Vanessa Lowery Brown (born December 16, 1965)[2] is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 190th District.
Brown attended Philadelphia High School for Girls, graduating in 1984.
[5] On 31 October 2018 Brown was convicted on seven charges stemming relating to bribery.
The charges resulted from a sting operation which was controversially shut down by Democrat Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane who had claimed the investigations could not produce cases that were winnable in court.
[9] Brown was represented at trial by Patrick A. Casey, John B. Dempsey and Erik R. Anderson of the Scranton-based law firm, Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP.