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43 RD annual affair of honor
Special Acknowledgements
Robert Brown
PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF WEST LOS ANGELES
For the past 25 years, Mr. Brown has served as the President of the
University of West Los Angeles (“UWLA”). UWLA consists of
a California State Bar accredited school of Law offering a juris
doctorate degree, a business school featuring a bachelor’s
degree in Business Administration and a master’s degree in
Organizational Leadership and Business innovation and Leadership,
Management and Technology. UWLA has grown into one of the
largest State Bar accredited law schools in the United States.
UWLA’s mission is to provide quality legal and business education to
a diverse student demographic, especially those who desire to pursue their education while working
and those seeking re-entry to pursue their academic goals. The Western Association of Schools
and Colleges (“WASC”) has granted UWLA accreditation, which is a signi昀椀cant achievement for
the university. During Mr. Brown’s tenure, he has overseen a complete overhaul of the universities’
mode of providing quality legal and business education. The University has educated thousands
of lawyers, many business students, and professionals during Mr. Brown’s tenure. Recently the
University celebrated its 57th anniversary.
In addition to his role as President of UWLA, Mr. Brown has 45 years years’ expertise serving
as legal counsel and business advisor for Fortune 100 昀椀nancial institutions and corporations and
non-profit entities, specializing in real estate and corporate finance, construction financing,
banking regulations, compliance, Community Reinvestment Act compliance and loan workouts. He
has a reputation as a versatile and experienced attorney and businessman with exceptional skills in
communications, negotiations, problem solving and general management and administration. He
also serves as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and handles complex commercial
arbitrations and disputes. He is a California State appointed probate referee.
Mr. Brown started his career as a transactional banking attorney working in the general counsel’s
of昀椀ce for several major 昀椀nancial institutions. Mr. Brown’s banking practice consisted of structuring,
negotiating and documenting countless major business and real estate 昀椀nancings. He has handled
the completion of numerous construction projects as well as the work out of signi昀椀cant retail, of昀椀ce
and industrial properties. He has handled or participated in the structuring and operation of business
transactions totaling multi-billions of dollars.
The Achiever Program is a part of his commitment to “provide access for success.” He has worked
tenaciously within the community, including his support of and investment in The Achiever
Program for more than a decade.
President Brown holds a degree in Business Administration and Finance from California State
University at Los Angeles and a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Los Angeles.
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