David Brown is a biologist and attorney, originally from New Orleans. While pursuing his master’s degree in botany and environmental studies at Louisiana State University, he helped launch the LSU chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) and the Cannabis Action Network of Louisiana (CANoLA). David went on to complete his JD at Vermont Law School. While enrolled there, he spent a semester in practice as a legal intern doing lobbying and legal work on Capitol Hill for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). 

In 2004, David returned to Louisiana to begin working at a small firm in Baton Rouge handling plaintiff-side environmental and criminal defense cases. From October, 2009 until May, 2013, David served as an assistant prosecutor for the City of Baton Rouge and maintained his own private practice.  

David has been a lobbyist at the Louisiana state Capitol for more than 20 years and is a co-founder of WHYR, Baton Rouge Community Radio. At the Beginning of 2013, David shifted part of his practice to Washington state where he lives part time and advocates for that state's legal adult-use Cannabis program. He currently runs a law practice in both states, heads or helps with a handful of medical Cannabis companies, and lobbies for wider progressive policy reform.