Allyn L. Brown

Allyn Larrabee Brown (born Norwich, Connecticut, October 26, 1883; died in Norwich October 22, 1973) was a lawyer, judge, and chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

[1] He was a 1908 graduate of Harvard Law School and joined his father's law firm of Brown & Perkins in 1909 after being admitted to the bar in January 1909.

In 1917 Brown was appointed as the first public defender in New London County.

In 1935 he was raised to the Supreme Court, with the appointment taking effect in 1936, and in 1950 became chief justice.

Brown served as trustee or director of a number of educational institutions - the Norwich Free Academy, the Mansfield Training School, Brown University, and Connecticut College.