Robert Laidlaw Brown[1] (born June 30, 1941) served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
in 1963 from the University of the South (Sewanee), magna cum laude, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
He also was a deputy prosecuting attorney for the Sixth Judicial District in 1971 and 1972, worked in Washington, D.C. as the administrative assistant for Congressman Jim Guy Tucker in 1977 and 1978.
Currently, Brown is of counsel to the Little Rock, Arkansas, law firm of Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP.
[2] Brown is an Episcopalian and attends St. Margaret's Episcopal Church where he has served on the Vestry and as Senior Warden.
He is a member of the board of directors for the Marie Foundation (To Honor Community Service) and serves on the advisory committee for the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series and on the selection committee for the Jefferson Scholars nominations for the University of Virginia.
He currently serves on the University of Arkansas Medical Systems Foundation Fund Board and is co-chair of the Advocacy Committee.