Our Practice

 Chris Brown is a lifelong resident of the greater Philadelphia Area. Chris was born in Westbrook Park and raised in Glen Mills.  He graduated from Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware in 2004.  In 2008, Chris earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies from West Chester University.

While attending law school, Chris spent a summer working as an intern for the Office of the District Attorney of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Chris then worked as a law clerk for the firm presently known as Musi, Merkins, Daubenberger & Clark, L.L.P.   while earning his Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law – Delaware (now Delaware Law School), where he first became motivated to pursue a law career focused on estate planning.  Upon his graduation in 2011, he became an associate attorney at that same firm where he remained until joining the law firm of Eckell Sparks in May of 2017. 

In the summer of 2022, Chris formed the Law Offices of Christopher M. Brown, PLLC.

Chris concentrates his practice on estate planning and estate administration. He has discussed and presented these topics on podcasts, Continuing Legal Education courses, live seminars, and speaking engagements (including a segment on the local CBS news station).

Chris is also experienced in the areas of real estate, general civil litigation, zoning and land use, and business formation.  Chris was voted by his peers as a Main Line Today Top Lawyer in the area Wills and Trusts over 5 times, he was a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2019. Readers of the Delaware County Daily Times have voted Chris among its Best Lawyers in the Wills, Trusts & Estates category as recently as 2023.

Chris is an active member of the Delaware County Bar Association in the Young Lawyers Section, where he has served as the Section’s Treasurer, Secretary, Vice President, and currently as President for the 2023 calendar year.  Chris served as co-coordinator of the 2018 High School Mock Trial competition held at the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas. Chris is also an Associate Member of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Chris has accepted appointments by the Register of Wills to administer estates as personal representative, has served as an Arbitrator in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, and has served as the Assistant Editor and Editor of the Delaware County Legal Journal.

Chris is admitted to practice before both the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Trial and Appellate Courts, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and he has appeared before various municipal government branches and administrative law agencies. 

Since March of 2020, Chris implemented strategies, such as curbside Will-signings, to allow clients to continue to safely complete their critical estate planning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chris relentlessly and safely planned and administered estates without interruption throughout the pandemic.

Chris lives in West Bradford Township in the Downingtown area with his wife, Meghan, and their sons, Jack and Brady. Chris was inspired to pursue a career in estate law by his love of his family, friends, and his insatiable interest in history and legacy preservation.