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/> Tel: +1 (215) 569-8901<br /> Fax: +1 (215) 569-8912 <br /><br /> <a href="mailto:abrown@mslegal.com">abrown@mslegal.com</a> <hr noshade style="height:1px;color:#C5CEE2;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;" /> <a href="Anna_Brown_pf.htm" target="_blank"><img src="images/printer.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> &nbsp;<a href="Anna_Brown_pf.htm" target="_blank">Print Friendly Version</a> <!-- <br /><br /> <a href="#"><img src="images/vcard.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a> &nbsp;<a href="#">Vcard</a> --> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="60%" style="padding-left:25px;padding-top:25px;padding-right:25px;padding-bottom:25px;"> <div class="LargeAccent">Anna Brown</div> <div style="font-size:10pt;color:#003466;margin-bottom:15px;">Of Counsel</div> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:6px;">Practice Description</div> Anna Brown s practice focuses on U.S. and international litigation, business transactions and providing advice on international business laws. <br /><br /> Prior to joining Marks & Sokolov, Mrs. Brown was an associate with O Brien, Belland & Bushinki, LLP, in New Jersey where she practiced employment law, ERISA, labor arbitration and federal labor law litigation. <br /><br /> Anna Brown graduated with honors from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University (J.D. cum laude, Dec. 2006). While in law school, Anna Brown was the President of the International Law Association and the moderator of international law debates. Anna was also a member of the International Law Moot Court Team and the oralist in the regional rounds of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and Stetson University International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. <br /><br /> During the fall of 2006, Anna Brown served as judicial extern to Chief Judge Hon. Randolph Baxter, United States Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Ohio. Anna Brown also gained experience in Complex Federal Litigation and Mass Tort Actions when she had summer clerkship at Spangenberg, Shibley and Liber, LLP, a Cleveland based firm specializing in civil trial litigation. <br /><br /> Prior to moving to the United States, Anna Brown received her Russian Jurisprudence Degree from the Far Eastern State University, Vladivostok, Russia (1993-1999). While in Russia, Anna served as judicial extern for the Sakhalin Oblast Court of Appeals in Uzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. <br /><br /> Anna is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. She is a member of the American Bar Association (business and international law committees), Pennsylvania Bar Association and New Jersey Bar Association. <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:6px;margin-top:20px;">Publications</div> <ul> <li><span class="NormalText"><a href="documents/oilandgas-engl-article.PDF"><i>Placement of Russian Energy Companies IPO on NYSE Euronext and NASDAQ Opens Up New Opportunities, Oil & Gas Eurasia Journal, volume 7 (July 2008).</a></span></li> <li><span class="NormalText"><a href="documents/RenewEnergy_Journal_version.pdf"><i>Russian Renewable Energy Market: Design and Implementation of National Policy</i>, Russian/CIS Energy & Mining Law Journal, 6/2005 (Volume III).<acronym></acronym></span></li> </ul> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="background-color:#C5CEE2;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;"> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:6px;">Education</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, J.D. Cum Laude, Dec. 2006</li> <li style="color:Black;">Far Eastern State University, Vladivostok, Russia, Jurisprudence Degree, 1999</li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:6px;">Industries Served</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">Energy</li> <li style="color:Black;">Mining</li> <li style="color:Black;">Construction</li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:6px;">Regions</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">Russia and the CIS</li> <li style="color:Black;">USA</li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:6px;">Courts Admitted</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">New Jersey</li> <li style="color:Black;">Pennsylvania</li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:6px;">Professional/Civic Duties</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">American Bar Association</li> <li style="color:Black;">Pennsylvania Bar Association</li> <li style="color:Black;">New Jersey Bar Association</li> </ul> <div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:6px;">Languages</div> <ul> <li style="color:Black;">English</li> <li style="color:Black;">Russian</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="Copyright"> <div id="footer"> <a href="Bruce_Marks.htm">Bruce Marks</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="Sergey_Sokolov.htm">Sergey Sokolov</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="about_the_firm.htm#phila">Philadelphia Law Office</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="about_the_firm.htm#moscow">Moscow Law Office</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="about_the_firm.htm#kyiv">Practice in Ukraine</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="attorney_profiles.htm">Attorney Profiles</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp; <a href="contact_us.htm">Contact Us</a> </div> <small>Copyright &copy;2008 -- Marks & Sokolov, LLC</small> </div><script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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