Raymond A. Brown is a distinguished lawyer because of his courtroom theatrics and oratorical ability. Now that he is in his 80s, he is still practicing law and would always address matters aggressively. One time, he told the jury, “I invite you to hate me. I hope you will…I hope the prosecutor hates me. If he didn’t, I would be very, very upset.” In another occasion, a judge asked Brown to shed light on a question for a witness and he refused. Later on, when the judge ruled against Brown’s questioning of a witness, he turned to the audience and rolled his eyes, as if annoyed by the judge’s claim. In another court, a judge requested him to hang his coat in the back of the courtroom. He refused to do so. Instead, he rolled his coat round like a ball and sat on it for the entire trial.

Raymond A. Brown, best known for his antics in the courtroom, was admitted to the bar in 1949. He currently practices with his son, Raymond M. Brown Jr. at their office called the Brown and Brown, situated in New Jersey. Brown Jr. is a lecturer and an occasional legal affairs analyst on various court television shows. Brown Sr.’s list of clients includes prominent names like ex-Black Panther H. Rap Brown, who was involved in a deputy murder case. Other clients were Camden Mayor Angelo Errichetti of the Abscam scam (or Arab Scam), bookmaker Joseph “News boy” Moriarty, Sara Vaughan the singer, and Rubin “Hurricane” Carter.

One of Brown Sr.’s notable cases was the 1977 Bergen County murder case that involved the so-called “Dr. X,” Mario E. Jascalevich. The case led to the imprisonment of a reporter of the New York Times, Myron A. Farber, who declined to expose and turn over his sources and notes. The Farber case went to the Supreme Court of New Jersey. It helped toughen up the state Shield Law. As a result, Mario E. Jascalevich was found not guilty.