Blaine M. Brown is a co-founder of the OC Trial Group and acts as one of their primary trial attorneys. Mr. Brown is a highly awarded and reviewed trial attorney who has been named to Best Lawyers’ annual list of “Ones to Watch” and has also been rated by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star.” He has also earned an Avvo rating of “Superb 10/10” and recognition as a “Top 40 Under 40 Trial Layer” by the National Trial Lawyers.
Mr. Brown represents clients in a variety of matters, including trust and estate matters (trust litigation and trust administration), financial elder abuse actions, fraud actions, business disputes, and real estate disputes, wrongful death, and personal injury actions.
One of Mr. Brown’s recent trust litigation matters earned an award from Top Verdict as the #1 Settlement in 2022 for Elder Financial Abuse, Constructive Fraud, and Embezzlement in the State of California. Other successful results include numerous 7 figure ($1,500,000, $1,300,000, $1,000,000, etc.) pre-trial and trial settlements in trust and estate litigation matters involving financial elder abuse, undue influence, fraud, and trustee removal, as well as numerous defense judgments on behalf of clients who were the trustee of a trust and claimed to have committed breaches of fiduciary duty, breaches of trust, undue influence, and fraud.
Mr. Brown is also an active board member of the Veteran’s Legal Institute and an active member of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association.
Focus Areas
- Trust/Will Contests
- Trustee Removal
- Financial Elder Abuse
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Breach of Trust
- Fraud Actions
- Misappropriation Actions
- Trust/Estate Administration
- Business Disputes
- Contract Actions
- Wrongful Death
- Nursing Home Abuse
Education
- Western State College of Law, Irvine, California
- J.D., Summa Cum Laude, Salutatorian
- Class Rank: 2
- Law Review: Marketing Editor
- Moot Court: Student Competitor
- Business Law Association: President
- Witkin Excellence Award/Highest Grade: 14 courses
- J.D., Summa Cum Laude, Salutatorian
- California State University, Chico
- B.S., Business Administration with Option in Finance/Accounting
Associations/Board Positions
- Veteran’s Legal Institute Board of Directors
- Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
- Orange County Bar Association
- Trusts and Estates Section of the Orange County Bar Association
In The News
- Attorney Blaine M. Brown received an alumni spotlight from Western State College of Law. Read more here!
- Electronic Communications Do Not Constitute Valid Trust Amendments