John Freeman and Stephen Key Celebrate Five Years with Brown Fox

July 22, 2024 by

We are pleased to celebrate John Freeman’s and Stephen Key’s five-year anniversaries with the firm. Brown Fox celebrates all five-year honorees with personalized bobbleheads and all ten-year honorees with customized baseball bats.

John Freeman is an AV-rated attorney and Senior Counsel with Brown Fox. He serves clients in employment litigation matters across Texas. Last year the State Bar of Texas honored Mr. Freeman for his fifty years of practicing law. In September, Brown Fox Managing Partner Russ Brown interviewed Mr. Freeman on wisdom gained during six decades and fifty years of practice. Click here to read the interview.

Stephen Key is a board-certified labor and employment attorney, garnering many accolades for his legal talents throughout his career, including honors from D Magazine, Best Lawyers, and Super Lawyers. Mr. Key is Of Counsel with Brown Fox, focusing his practice on management-side labor & employment counseling and litigation. He splits his time between the practice and working as a local artist in Dallas. Visit @s3.0foundry on Instagram to see Mr. Key’s incredible sculptures.


Founded in 2010, Brown Fox is a business boutique law firm focused on serving businesses, executives and entrepreneurs in practice areas most commonly needed to advance business growth, manage risk, and defend from attack. The firm’s representative clientele includes companies ranging from start-ups to publicly traded companies. The firm has offices in Dallas and Frisco.

Best Lawyers recently named Brown Fox a Tier 1 Best Law Firm for a third year in a row, Chambers & Partners has recognized the firm as a top small to midsize firm in both of its Regional Spotlights, and Inc. 5000 has twice recognized the firm as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. The firm’s attorneys have garnered over seventy Super Lawyers & Rising Stars honors, several Best Lawyers honors from both D Magazine and Best Lawyers in America, among other honors.

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