About Ryan A
Ryan A Brown holds a J.D. from George Mason University, earned in 2003. He also completed graduate work in computer science at Johns Hopkins University, receiving an M.S. in 2000. His undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins yielded both a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Spanish in 1996. That mix of law, engineering and language study has shaped a career that moves between technology and the practice of law.
Brown began his professional life in technology. He served as chief technology officer at Roanoke Technology Corp in 1999. He founded Base 16 Consulting, Inc. and was its president and CEO beginning in 2003, leading a small consultancy that combined technical services and business advice. Those early roles gave him day-to-day experience managing projects, clients and technical teams.
He entered the legal profession after law school and by 2007 had taken on a managing lawyer role at Arlington Law Group. Over the years he has maintained membership in local and professional organizations, including the Arlington County Bar Association since 2007 and the MIT Enterprise Forum since 2005. He was active in the Fairfax County Bar Association from 2007 to 2011, and he has served in leadership roles in residential governance, including as treasurer and later secretary of the 1800 Wilson Boulevard Condominium Association between 2007 and 2012.
Community involvement has been a recurring theme. Brown has served on advisory boards for the Salvation Army in Arlington since 2015 and chairs the Endowment Committee at Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, where he has been on committees dating back to 2010 and assumed the endowment chair role in 2015. He has also participated in international club activities, serving on an advisory council of The St. George’s Club in Bermuda from 2010 to 2015.
Those professional and civic experiences inform how Brown approaches legal matters. He brings a technical background to work that touches on corporate and technology-related issues, and he draws on hands-on management experience when advising clients. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and in Virginia and continues to practice in those jurisdictions, handling legal matters that intersect with technology and business.
