Brown & Sterling, PS

Brown & Sterling continues the legacy of founder Lawrence F. Browns ancestors. Larry is a descendant of college-educated freed slaves that founded their own businesses when they discovered they were not welcomed in mainstream business. Later generations of Larrys family - most had college degrees - experienced the same treatment. Out of necessity, they also started businesses. By the time Larry graduated from college, business had been in his blood for generations. Larry realized early on that he had different ambitions. He grew up in a generation that believed the highest expression of freedom would come from the social status achieved through learned professions. Larry chose the law. Eventually, as a tax and business lawyer, Larry was named partner in a firm of about 80 attorneys. It did not take long before he realized he wasnt satisfied. He felt trapped his entrepreneurial spirit was calling. He left the security of the partnership to start his own firm. In ...