Attorney Profiles

David Marshall Brown, Esq.

Senior Partner
David@BrownVanHorn.com

Educational Experience David Marshall Brown, Esq., was born and raised in the Western Suburbs of Chicago, the youngest of a family of five. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Florida Atlantic University. He then received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1989.

Professional Experience From 1989 to 1991 he served as Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Lamar W. Davis, Jr., Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Georgia in Savannah. Thereafter, from 1991 through 1993, he served as an Attorney with the Office of the United States Trustee, Department of Justice, Miami-Dade and West Palm Beach divisions, wherein he took an active role in Chapter 11 cases as well as a monitoring role with the panel Chapter 7 Trustees. From 1993 through 1995, he served as Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Raymond B. Ray, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Florida in Fort Lauderdale. Thereafter, he worked for a commercial litigation firm, then as in-house counsel for a Chapter 7 Trustee in Fort Lauderdale from 1995 to 1997. In 1998 he started the Law Firm of David Marshall Brown, P.A., which is today called Brown, Van Horn, P.A.

Bar Admission Mr. Brown is admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, the Florida Bar and the United States District Courts for the Southern District of Georgia and the Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida.

Chad T. Van Horn, Esq.

Managing Partner
Chad@BrownVanHorn.com

Educational Experience
Mr. Van Horn received a Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship and International Business, from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA. While at Robert Morris University, Mr. Van Horn had the opportunity to study abroad at the American University of Rome in Rome, Italy. He then went on to receive his Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, where he was named speaker of his Graduating class.

Professional Experience
Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Van Horn is a Florida Attorney that has been with Brown, Van Horn since 2007, where he started as a law clerk. He has experience in many different areas in the legal field, particularly in the areas of Business and Real Estate Transactions, Commercial and Real Estate Litigation, Loan Modifications, Landlord Tenant Disputes and Bankruptcy Law, both personal and corporate.

Bar Admission
Mr. Van Horn is admitted to the Florida Bar and the United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.