Baird A Brown

Baird was born in Exeter, New Hampshire on June 18, 1946, to the Reverend Arnold Brown and Elizabeth Baird Brown. Baird’s earliest childhood memory was being pulled by sled across a frozen lake in New Hampshire with the sunlight glistening off the ice. He was always optimistic, figuring that things would “play out” in a positive way.

Throughout Baird’s childhood, the family moved every five years to a new locale so that his father would have a fresh congregation for his message. Whenever the locale changed, Baird had to be the “new kid” in school and was often pitted against the schoolyard bully. Even though Baird had a calm and kind demeanor and hated confrontation, he always faced the challenge and won the fight. He said these experiences were an unwanted lesson, but taught him to be courageous and proud to be a Scot.

Baird’s favorite locale was Hood River, Oregon, where Baird attended high school and became the Senior class president. He graduated with honors and received a full four-year Austin Scholarship to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. It was there in his sophomore year that he met his future wife, Ann Bulloch. They were together from that time on and got married after graduation in San Francisco, California in April of 1969.

Baird attended Stanford Law School from 1970 – 1973 and after graduating worked for the Melvin Belli firm in San Francisco. He and Ann later moved to Los Angeles where Baird worked in the firm of Cohen and Freedman. But, because of his independent nature and the fact that he was a definite risk-taker, Baird decided to go out on his own and set up the Baird Brown Law Firm. It only lasted a couple of years before he went to Sacramento to work for Freeman and Collard. But the desire for independence drove him back to Los Angeles in the early 1990’s and he again opened the Baird Brown Law Firm in K-town. The K-town office lasted until April of 2024.

Baird and Ann had their first son, Ian, in January 1976. Twenty months later, they had twin boys Peter and Jaime in September 1977. Even though the first three years with the three toddlers were exceedingly difficult, Baird recognized that his three sons were the joy of his life. He bequeathed to them his sense of adventure, his insatiable curiosity, his belief in fairness, and his calmness.

Baird is survived by his wife Ann; his sons Ian, Peter, and Jaime; his sister Bonnie Howard, and his seven grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, please send any donations to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

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