Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington. Seattle, Lowman and
Hanford Co., 1922. p. 86.

EDWIN JAMES BROWN, of Seattle, is an attorney well known throughout the state, 
and has a splendid clientele.  Mr. Brown, the eldest son of Mayor Edwin J. 
Brown, of Seattle, was born in Kansas, in 1887, but was raised and educated in 
Seattle.  As a youth he attended the old Denny school and graduated from 
Seattle High School in 1906.  In 1910 he received the B. A. degree from the 
University of Washington, and the LL. B. degree in 1912.  He attended Harvard 
Law School in 1911.  During his attendance at the University of Washington he 
was prominent in student affairs and was elected president of the student 
body.  In the practice of his profession he has met with success and has 
represented, as counsel, many of the best known business houses in the state 
in addition to the United States Bureau of Fisheries.  He has had broad 
experience in military affairs and is captain of Battery d. 146th Field 
Artillery.  Mr. Brown belongs to the school of lawyers who prefer keeping 
clients out of court whenever possible.  He believes that a fair settlement is 
better than a hazardous law suit.  However, when occasion necessitates that 
legal action be taken, Mr. Brown never hesitates and no member of the bar is 
more thorough in his court and trial work.  Mr. Brown is a Shriner and a 
member of St. John's Lodge, A. F. and M., of Boston, Mass., the oldest 
regularly constituted Masonic lodge in America having been organized in 1734.  
He also is a member of the Elks, Arctic club, Inglewood Country club, Sons of 
American Revolution, Signa Nu and Phi Delta PHi, college fraternities, and 
Gray Law club of Harvard Law school.

Submitted by: Judy Bivens

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