Former Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Served as Chief of the Fraud Unit and Deputy District Attorney in Philadelphia. Nationally known in the field of employment discrimination. Experience with alternative dispute resolution. Mediator for Federal District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Arbitrator for American Arbitration Association. Chaired Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission investigating MOVE tragedy in 1985. Judge Pro Tem of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia. Mr. Brown has practiced for over 55 years and served on the Firm's Executive Committee from 1983-1987. Areas Of Experience Employment Practice Group Forty-five years of government service and private practice experience in the field of equal employment law. Employment Discrimination Lectured and written extensively. Faculty member of National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Participated on the faculty for EEOC trial advocacy training program. Professional Affiliations · American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations · Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights,Board of Directors/Co-Chair, 1991-1993 · Pro Tem of the Court of Common Pleas,J udge Pro Tem, 1995-Present · United Parcel Service, Board of Directors, 1983-2003 · National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Faculty Member · International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Member · National Bar Association, Life Member · American Law Institute, Life Fellow · NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Member · Philadelphia Board of Ethics, Member · Other cultural, social and nonprofit organizations Other Distinctions · Rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell® · Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for labor and employment law, 2005-2012 · The American Association for Affirmative Action's Arthur A. Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award, 2011 · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Champions of Equal Employment Opportunity Award, 2010 · Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004 · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Spirit of Partnership Award, 2003 · Honorary Member of the UPS Corporate Legal Department, 2003 · Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP's Earl G. Harrison Pro Bono Award, 2001 · University of Pennsylvania Law School Alumni of Merit Award, 1999 · Induction into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame, 1999 · Fidelity Award, 1998 · The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Champions for Social Justice and Equality" Award, presented by the Black Law Students Association of Rutgers University, Camden, 1997 · The Whitney North Seymour Award of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1996 · The Urban League of Philadelphia Whitney M. Young, Jr. Leadership Award, 1996 · American Heart Association Dr. Edward S. Cooper Award, 1995 · NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund William H. Hastie Award, 1992 · Tuskegee Airmen Award, 1991 · Philadelphia Bar Association's Fidelity Award, 1990 · Induction into Barristers' Association of Philadelphia, Inc. Hall of Fame, 1988 · Barristers' Association of Philadelphia, Inc. J. Austin Norris Award, 1987 · Recipient of NAACP Award, 1971 · Award of Recognition Alpha Phi Alpha, 1969 · Federal Bar Association, Columbus Chapter, Award of Merit · Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the East, Who's Who Among African Americans, Who's Who in the World · Who's Who in Finance and Industry, National Law Journal's Who's Who of Employment/Labor Lawyers News 09/19/2011, Sixty-Eight Schnader Attorneys Rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell® 09/01/2011, Thirty Schnader Attorneys Recognized as "The Best Lawyers in America" for 2012 06/30/2011, William H. Brown, III Honored with the American Association for Affirmative Action's Arthur A. Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award 02/23/2011, William H. Brown, III Receives the A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Minority Bar Committee 12/16/2010, William H. Brown, III Appointed to the City of Philadelphia Board of Ethics 12/08/2010, William H. Brown Honored as a "Champion of Equal Opportunity" 08/04/2010, Thirty-Two Schnader Attorneys Recognized as "Best Lawyers in America" for 2011 12/01/2008, Dandridge Comments on His Participation in Diversity Symposium 10/21/2008, Four from Schnader Are Fellows of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers 09/29/2008, Twenty-Eight from Schnader in Best Lawyers in America 2009 01/21/2008, Schnader Attorneys Contribute to The Barristers' Association of Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Breakfast 09/18/2007, Many Schnader Attorneys are 2007 Super Lawyers, 2008 Best Lawyers 09/18/2007, Twenty-Four from Schnader in Best Lawyers in America 2008 09/05/2006, Twenty from Schnader in Best Lawyers in America 2007 03/06/2006, Brown Discusses Civil Rights Era 09/06/2005, Several Schnader Lawyers Noted as Best in America Related Events 11/19/2008, Symposium and Reception: "Creating Access: The Norris Law Firm and the Liacouras Committee" 01/21/2008, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Memorial Breakfast Hosted by the Barristers' Association of Philadelphia 01/19/2006, Mid-Atlantic Region Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition Publications Alerts 01/02/2005, Schnader Appeals: Schnader Secures Victory for UPS in Nationwide Employment Discrimination Class Action Speaking Engagements 01/21/2006, Mid-Atlantic Black Law Students Convocation |