Ada Brown

Associate

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Judge Ada Brown is an Associate in the Dallas office of McKool Smith.

Prior to joining McKool Smith, Judge Brown was judge of Dallas County Criminal Court #1 where she presided over 1,888 criminal cases and 12 capital murder examining trials. She became the youngest sitting judge in Texas when she took the bench at age 30.

Judge Brown was a Dallas County Assistant District Attorney for 5 & 1/2 years before taking the bench. She was promoted to Chief Prosecutor within 7 months of her hiring date and served as Chief Prosecutor of 4 criminal courts.

As a lead felony prosecutor, Judge Brown had a 100% jury trial conviction rate.  She prosecuted 100+ jury trials during her career as a criminal prosecutor, including prosecution of the Fair Park Rapist, the Dallas Info Mart Murder, and a Mexican Mafia prison gang murder.

She has been a featured speaker at the 2007 Texas College for Judicial Studies, as well as at the Texas Annual Judicial Conferences in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Judge Brown is an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at Southern Methodist University's School of Law, and she has been an instructor at the Southern Regional NITA (National Institute for Trial Advocacy) Trial Skills seminar in 2007 and 2008.

Her article, “Batson and Peremptory Strikes in Criminal and Civil Cases,” was given a Best Feature Story award from the State Bar of Texas in 2008.

Judge Brown is a barrister in the Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, and she is also a member of Mensa, whose members have IQs in the top 2 percent of the nation.  Judge Brown speaks French and Spanish.

Representative Matters

Medtronic, Inc. v. Boston Scientific- member of McKool Smith trial team representing Medtronic in its patent infringement lawsuit involving a series of dilation and balloon catheters used in the surgical treatment of heart disease in which the jury awarded a very favorable verdict on behalf of Medtronic.

Awards & Recognition

Named Rising Star by Texas Monthly magazine, 2005; Appointed Chair, Dallas Bar Association Criminal Justice Committee, 2007 and 2008; Appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve as Commissioner on Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, 2008. Appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve as Commissioner of the Texas Public Safety Commission - the commission responsible for formulating and overseeing policies for the Texas Department of Public Safety, the State's chief law enforcement agency, 2008-2011.

Recent Matters

• Medtronic, Inc., et al. v. Boston Scientific, et al.

News

• McKool Smith Records More Top 2008 Verdicts than Any U.S. Law Firm
• Texas Jury Awards Medtronic $250 Million Patent Infringement Verdict

Articles

"What Lawyers Should Know About Internet Predators," Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, September 2005. 

"Batson and Peremptory Strikes in Criminal and Civil Cases," Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, September 2007.