Linda Joanne Brown received her B.A. from Duke University and her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Immediately after law school, she had the privilege of clerking for the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division One, with Justices Molinari, Elkington and Sims. At the court she worked first as a Writ Clerk and then as an Appellate Clerk. During the two years with the court, she also taught legal research and writing at Hastings.
She began representing injured workers in Northern California in 1976. She received her workers' compensation Certificate of Specialization on April 12, 1983, and thereafter served for the State Bar on the Board of Legal Specialization as Chair and member of the Worker’s Compensation Law Advisory Commission from October 1, 1989 to October 10, 1993. In 2013, Linda was honored to receive the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association, San Francisco Chapter, Attorney of the Year Award. In 2018, she received the Applicant Attorney of the Year Award from the California Lawyers Association. Linda currently enjoys working with her partner, Karina Delzell, an attorney who shares her passion for representing the First Responders of our state, at Brown & Delzell, LLP in San Rafael. Our firm feels blessed to be able to represent the California State Firefighter Association and their brave members. We look forward to the coming years and will continue to vigorously defend your rights.