Orestes “Rus” Brown is a civil litigator with a diverse practice primarily focused on complex business litigation, real estate litigation and class actions.  Rus has successfully represented both U.S. and international clients throughout Massachusetts in state and federal trial courts, appellate courts, administrative proceedings and mediation.  Rus began his career in real estate (title claims, municipal permitting, and construction) litigation, simple contract litigation and trust and estate litigation and has since developed extensive experience in complex business litigation involving partnership and shareholder disputes, securities fraud, employment litigation and consumer class actions.  Rus has been managing complex jury trials and discovery for over
20 years and currently manages a wide array of real estate litigation, business disputes and class actions.

Representative matters:

• As lead counsel, successfully represented sellers of a technology business in multi-million dollar securities litigation resulting in multi-million dollar recovery for his clients.

• As lead counsel, successfully represented shareholders in multi-million dollar securities fraud litigation resulting in multi-million dollar recovery.

• As lead counsel, successfully represented business owners in multi-million dollar employment dispute resulting in multi-million dollar recovery.

• As lead counsel, successfully represented environmental pollution whistleblowers in multi-million dollar recovery.

• As lead counsel, successfully represented small company shareholders in multi-million dollar casino development dispute resulting in multi-million dollar recovery

• As lead counsel, successfully represented investors in multi-million dollar power generation plant construction and operation dispute resulting in multi-million dollar recovery.

• Recently certified as lead class counsel in multi-million dollar class action lawsuit against national real estate developer.

• Current lead counsel in multi-million dollar consumer class action against fortune 500 company

Education:

• Princeton University

• Suffolk University Law School

Bar Admissions:

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• United States District Court, District of Massachusetts

• United States Court of Appeals, First District