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Brown is named general counsel at Port of Olympia

The Port of Olympia has hired VaLiesha Brown to be its first in-house general counsel.

Before joining the port, Brown worked as an attorney at Ogden Murphy Wallace in Seattle, as an adviser to the city of Seattle’s public utility departments, and as an associate attorney with a business litigation law firm in Maryland, according to the port.

Brown earned her law degree at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington.

—Rolf Boone

This story was originally published May 13, 2021 at 5:45 AM.

Rolf Boone
The Olympian
Rolf has worked at The Olympian since August 2005. He covers breaking news, the city of Lacey and business for the paper. Rolf graduated from The Evergreen State College in 1990. Support my work with a digital subscription
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