Linda Joanne Brown received her B.A. from Duke University and her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She then clerked for the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division One, with Justices Molinari, Elkington and Sims. At the court she worked first as a Writ Clerk and then as an Appellate Clerk. During the two years with the court, she also taught legal research and writing at Hastings College.
She began representing injured workers in Northern California in 1976 and received her workers' compensation Certificate of Specialization in 1983, and served for the State Bar on the Board of Legal Specialization as Chair and member of the Worker’s Compensation Law Advisory Commission from 1989 to 1993. In 2013, Brown received the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association, San Francisco Chapter, Attorney of the Year Award. In 2018, she received the Applicant Attorney of the Year Award from the California Lawyers Association. She currently enjoys working with her partner, Karina Delzell, an attorney who shares her passion for representing the first responders of California, at Brown & Delzell, LLP in San Rafael. Our firm feels blessed to be able to represent the California State Firefighter Association and their brave members.