Paul E. Brown

The Honorable Paul Edmond Brown was a judge of the 16th Circuit Court from 1944 to 1966. He was also the Commonwealth's Attorney from 1936 to 1944.

Brown was born in Arnett, Oklahoma, and moved with his family to Fairfax County in 1919.

On September 21, 1931, Brown was appointed as the judge of the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court by Circuit Court Judge Walter T. McCarthy.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adopted the Trial Justices Act of the Virginia Code on June 16, 1932, creating a new Trial Justice Court, which served as a bridge between the Justice of the Peace Courts and the Circuit Court. Judge Brown was appointed as the judge of the newly-created court by Judge Walter T. McCarthy on June 21, 1932.