BROWN, Russ

July 22, 1934 - January 10, 2021

Legendary lawyer Russ Brown, known for his ferocious advocacy on behalf of injured motorcyclists, died in his Los Angeles home with his wife, Hana and his daughter Lauren by his side on January 10, 2021. He was 86.

Russ Brown, a celebrated personality in the motorcycle community all across the US, was a fierce advocate for riders for more than 40 years. To everyone in the industry, he was known as a motorcyclist first and an attorney second. His care for motorcycle riders was so ingrained in his life that he spent most Sundays at the famed Rock Store, a restaurant popular with motorcyclists and celebrities in the Santa Monica Mountains, giving out free legal advice. Russ was also one of the founding members of ABATE of California and served on the board of directors, provided legal counsel for the Southern California Motorcycle Association and was a major financial contributor to the Motorcycle Rights Foundation, and was there at its inception.

Russ Brown’s unequivocal advocacy for motorcyclists led to the honor of being inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame in 2013 and having a street named after him at the Legendary Buffalo Chip in Sturgis, South Dakota. Russ Brown Drive takes motorcyclists from the CrossRoads and Sturgis Rider Café® into the Legendary Sturgis Buffalo Chip, where some of the music industry’s biggest acts perform at the largest music festival in motorcycling.

A Celebration of Life event for Russ Brown will be scheduled by the Brown family at a later date.

Russ is survived by his wife Hana, his three children, Allison, Aaron (Samantha), and Lauren, his grandchildren Sevaun, Devyn, Weston, and Sawyer, his sister Carol and several nieces and a nephew.