Nick was raised in Pierce County. He earned his bachelor's degree from Morehouse College and his law degree from Harvard University. He has 2 children. 

Nick previously served in the U.S. Army, serving in the JAG Corps. He also previously served as the U.S. attorney for Western Washington and as a partner for Pacifica Law Group LLP.

Nick Brown's campaign for attorney general is his first run for public office.

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Plans to establish a missing and murdered indigenous women cold case team, set up an AGO tip line for reporting incidents, and implement all 10 recommendations from the MMIW taskforce.

Plans to establish a missing and murdered indigenous women cold case team.

Supports creating a police accountability unit.

- Plans to establish a missing and murdered indigenous women cold case team.
- Supports creating a police accountability unit.

Criminal Justice

Supports abortion access and plans to protect health care providers from legal action.

Believes the lack of data collection and case prioritization contributes to the crisis of missing indigenous women.

Supports respecting and strengthening Washington tribes’ sovereign rights.

Supports gun safety laws, including eliminating ghost guns and keeping high-capacity magazines off our streets.

Supports the United Against Hate Initiative, which seeks to improve hate crime reporting, build trust between law enforcement and communities, and facilitate cooperation between local groups and federal, state, and local authorities.

- Supports abortion access and plans to protect health care providers from legal action.
- Believes the lack of data collection and case prioritization contributes to the crisis of missing indigenous women.
- Supports respecting and strengthening Washington tribes’ sovereign rights.
- Supports gun safety laws, including eliminating ghost guns and keeping high-capacity magazines off our streets.
- Supports the United Against Hate Initiative, which seeks to improve hate crime reporting, build trust between law enforcement and communities, and facilitate cooperation between local groups and federal, state, and local authorities.

Public Safety

As U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, prosecuted individuals for fraudulently misrepresenting non-native-made art as native-made.

As the U.S. attorney for Western Washington, prosecuted individuals for fraudulently misrepresenting non-native-made art as native-made.

Wrote Initiative 1639: Safe Schools and Safe Communities, which regulates deadly weapons of war and ensures safe storage for all firearms.

- As the U.S. attorney for Western Washington, prosecuted individuals for fraudulently misrepresenting non-native-made art as native-made.
- Wrote Initiative 1639: Safe Schools and Safe Communities, which regulates deadly weapons of war and ensures safe storage for all firearms.

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Plans to address issues of improper insurance coverage denial, unsafe staffing levels, and high costs in the healthcare system.

Plans to protect tribal cultural practices, art, and subsistence practices from "erasure and appropriation."

Plans to use the office’s consumer protection capacity to address housing affordability.

- Plans to address issues of improper insurance coverage denial, unsafe staffing levels, and high costs in the healthcare system.
- Plans to protect tribal cultural practices, art, and subsistence practices from "erasure and appropriation."
- Supports enforcing state antitrust laws.
- Plans to use the office’s consumer protection capacity to address housing affordability.

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Nick Brown

Nick was raised in Pierce County.  He earned his bachelor's degree from Morehouse College and his law degree from Harvard University.  He has 2 children. 

Nick Brown previously served in the U.S. Army, serving in the JAG Corps. He also previously served as the U.S. Attorney for Western Washington and as partner for Pacifica Law Group LLP.

Nick Brown's campaign for Attorney General in State of Washington is his first run for public office.

Believes Washington must be a "safe haven for women’s rights."

Believes in recognizing and upholding the rights of Indigenous tribes, noting that Washington is home to 29 federally recognized tribes and three more with treaty rights in the region.

- As U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, prosecuted individuals for fraudulently misrepresenting non-native-made art as native-made.
- Wrote Initiative 1639: Safe Schools and Safe Communities, which regulates deadly weapons of war and ensures safe storage for all firearms.

As of October 8, 2024, Nick Brown’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Nick Brown previously served as the U.S. Attorney for Western Washington.

- The attorney general is the head of the Department of Justice. They represent the State of Washington before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, and trial courts in all cases involving the state’s interest and defend court state officers or employees acting in their official capacities.
- The attorney general protects the public by upholding the Consumer Protection Act and enforcing laws against anti-competitive business practices.
- The attorney general investigates and prosecutes persons accused of crimes when a county prosecutor (or in rare instances the governor) refers jurisdiction of a criminal case and the attorney general accepts the referral.
- The attorney general is elected in presidential election years and serves a four-year term.
- They are paid an annual salary of $172,259.