Greg Brown graduated cum laude with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Political Science from Allegheny College. He received his Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University School of Law. Before joining the Capital Habeas Unit, he was an Assistant Public Defender in Hillsborough County, Florida where he tried approximately forty jury trials, and an Assistant Capital Collateral Regional-Counsel in the Middle Region of Florida where he represented Florida death sentenced individuals in state and federal collateral proceedings.