About Ryan Andrew
Ryan Andrew Brown is the founder and managing shareholder of Arlington Law Group, a boutique law firm in Arlington, Virginia, that specialize in business law, estate making plans, and tax law. He has been practicing law for over 18 years, serving clients in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. Born in Kansas City and raised in California, Ryan began his career within the computer enterprise on the age of 11, building and repairing private computer systems for a nearby keep in Santa Barbara. In 1993, he started a pc and Internet consulting company and released the primary Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Santa Barbara. He pursued higher schooling at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish in 2000.
He continued his research at Johns Hopkins, obtaining a Master of Science in Engineering in Computer Science in 2002. Ryan then earned his Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from George Mason University School of Law in 2006. Since founding Arlington Law Group in 2007, Ryan has been actively concerned in teaching and volunteering within the Arlington network. He frequently offers seminars on estate making plans and tax matters and has taught severa Continuing Legal Education courses for lawyers on trusts, estates, taxes, and legal ethics. Ryan has served on the forums of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, the Arlington Corps of The Salvation Army, and the Arlington County Bar Association.
He additionally serves as legal counsel and holds several management roles at Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, further to singing tenor in the choir since 2007. Ryan enjoys working with families and business owners in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia to craft their property plans and enterprise succession plans. Much of estate planning involves now not solely legal and tax concerns but additionally the larger worries of caring for the lengthy-term wants of the people that make up each family and making sure every client's legacy and philosophy convey with their assets to their chosen beneficiaries. He has provided pro bono legal offerings to the Arlington Community Foundation and frequently partners with the Foundation to assist clients with their charitable legacy making plans along side their property planning tasks. Ryan is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.
He is likewise involved within the Arlington County Bar Association's Young Lawyers' Committee, the American Bar Association, the Fairfax County Bar Association, and the Arlington County, Virginia Bar Association. He has been recognized for his contributions to the legal community, which includes providing annual ethics updates for the Alexandria Bar Association and coaching Continuing Legal Education classes at George Mason University School of Law. In his personal life, Ryan enjoys spending time together with his family and is a member in good standing of his church network. He continues to be dedicated to serving his clients and the Arlington community through his legal practice and volunteer efforts.
