A Business Boutique Where Character Matters

Since 2010, Brown Fox has been focused on the legal needs of today’s thriving and innovative businesses and executives, providing top-caliber advocacy and advice for our clients’ most pressing legal circumstances. Our attorneys are committed to aggressively representing our clients, while always staying true to the firm’s Character Matters® foundation.

Expertise with Business in Mind

The typical boutique law firm specializes in a specific practice area. Brown Fox focuses on the issues confronting businesses and executive leadership, providing counseling and advocacy in the legal realms most common to our business clientele. We aim to be the Trusted Business Boutique for each of our clients.

The firm’s representative clientele includes start-ups; partnerships; small to mid-size private companies; publicly traded companies; international corporations; and governmental entities and Texas municipalities.  Our attorneys also specialize in representing C-level executives and upper management.

Our Expertise

Game Changers Serving Difference Makers

When talent and character come together, great things happen. Our team is comprised of game changers advocating and counseling for our clients, the difference makers in the business community. Our attorneys come from the top law schools in the country, carry invaluable experience, board certifications, a long list of honors, and exemplify our core values. Learn more about the talent behind Brown Fox.

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Character Matters

Character Matters® is our foundational maxim; our core values its roots. Brown Fox was founded on the belief that our pursuit of these values leads to a successful law firm, lawyer, leader, and person. We hire, make decisions, represent clients, interact in conflict, and strive to lead our lives devoted to these principles.


Integrity

The Texas Lawyer’s Creed calls for lawyers to adhere to “the highest levels of professionalism” in our practices. We agree.  We strive to act with high-integrity—honesty, ethics, and strong moral foundation—in every relationship and seize opportunities to celebrate high-integrity leadership in our team.

Servant Leadership

We believe that great leaders rise through service, and the legacy of a successful leader is marked by building up and protecting others.

Excellence

We hire the top talent available and reinforce a culture that expects every team member to bring his or her A-game every step of the way. Our goal is to bring excellence to the table in every encounter, whether negotiation, pleading, transaction, or trial. Our clients should expect nothing less.

Impact

We are not fans of the status quo, nor do we aim to blend in with the legal crowd. We maximize and leverage our talents to have a positive and lasting impact in every matter for our clients and in the community.

Great Things Happen When
Great People Come Together

At Brown Fox, we hire the best talent available, but we also place great emphasis on attorneys and staff who are well-rounded, bring depth in character, and adhere to our core values. Learn more about what made us, what drives us, and where we set our sights. Refresh the page to view more.

Explore Our Team in Depth

I walked with notecards in college and law school to study, and walking is my favorite way to think, process, pray, decide. Especially when my two large dogs join me, walking provides energy and relaxation.

The Verdict, one of my favorite lawyer films, has some great teaching lessons notwithstanding the protagonist’s flawed character. Despite a host of challenges – an unscrupulous opposing counsel, a judge who tried to railroad his case, and an expert who disappeared on the eve of trial – he outworked a small army of opposing lawyers and went to the mat for his client all the way to jury verdict.

Teaching forever changed the way I view work and community. I learned what hard, meaningful work looks like, and I gained a deep appreciation for communities different from the ones I grew up in. These lessons shape my legal practice and desire to serve today.

International travel is my favorite way to make new memories. There is nothing better than exploring a new place.

Courtney Trotter

“The world is a book and if we do not travel, we read only one page.” This sculpture, purchased in a small harbor town in France, reminds me how much I love reading and travel.

The University of Texas at Austin is not only my alma mater, but it is where I met my amazing husband of over three decades, learned to be self-sufficient, and made lifelong friendships and fond memories that I will always cherish.  Hook ‘Em!

Most of my “hobbies” these days revolve around my young children and their interests. My kids love arts and crafts. While I’m not much of an artist myself, I love to see their wild creativity and passion, even if it results in a lot of cleanup after each masterpiece is complete.

I believe that public service is at the core of the legal profession. This gavel from the Texas Senate and sound block from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas remind me to act justly, preserve the rule of law, and seek the good of my neighbors.

Baylor University will always hold a special place in my heart and life. Baylor taught me important life lessons and brought me many lifelong friendships. Cheering for Baylor is a family tradition that I love sharing with those I love the most. Sic Em Bears!

My dogs represent some of the best characteristics that a person can strive for: love, loyalty, and an unwavering ability to get back up again…whether that is for a tennis ball or a new challenge.

We named our daughter after my husband’s grandmother, and this key is to her hutch of books and letters in our daughter’s room. It’s a reminder to always keep family close.

My favorite way to wind down is to get lost in a good story. From biographies to fantasy, I feel like I’ve lived a thousand lives.

Courtney Trotter

Integrity-Driven Advocates, Problem Solvers, and Counselors Ready to Serve.
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