About Jean
Jean Brown earned her J.D. from Marquette University in 1986 after completing a B.A. in Behavioral Science and Law and a Criminal Justice certificate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1982. The classroom years in Milwaukee and Madison set the foundation for a practice that spans trial work and courtroom procedure. She also holds a criminal justice certification from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Her early career placed her in Milwaukee-area firms where she gained courtroom experience. She worked at Shneidman, Myers, Dowling & Blumenfield, S.C., beginning in 1989. By the mid-1990s she was practicing at Hausmann McNally S.C., and in 1999 she joined Schott, Bublitz & Engel, s.c., which had absorbed Jastroch & LaBarge. Those roles involved civil litigation and trial preparation and helped build a practice grounded in courtroom advocacy.
Brown’s admissions reflect that trajectory. She has been admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin since 1989 and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 1996. Her professional affiliations extend across trial and bar organizations: long-term membership in the Wisconsin Association for Justice (formerly the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers), time on the Academy’s board in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and participation on its Constitutional Challenge Committee. She also maintained ties to city and county bar groups, including the Milwaukee Bar Association and the Waukesha County Bar Association.
Outside firm work, Brown has engaged in lawyer support and oversight roles. She has volunteered and acted as a monitor for the Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program since 2014, and served on a WisLAP committee through a State Bar appointment from 2015 to 2016. Her memberships have included the National Trial Lawyers Association and a period of membership in the National Academy of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Those experiences inform a practice centered on trial litigation in state and federal courts. Her background combines criminal justice training, long-standing courtroom admission, and years of trial and civil litigation work. She currently maintains a practice handling civil litigation and trial matters in Wisconsin and before the Seventh Circuit.
