Counsel Built on
Strategy and Trust.
Lamar C. Brown is the Principal Attorney and Founder of Brownstone Law and Advisory Group, a Chicago boutique law firm dedicated to helping individuals, families, business owners, and property owners build, protect, and transfer wealth with intention and precision.
Lamar's practice is built on a foundational conviction: that wealth — however earned — deserves to be protected with the same strategic rigor that built it. He brings a sophisticated, counsel-first approach to every engagement, working directly with clients to design legal frameworks that are built for the long term, not the immediate transaction.
"Wealth doesn't protect itself. But with the right structure, the right instruments, and counsel that understands the full picture — it can be protected for a very long time."
His work spans trust and estate planning, domestic asset protection strategies, business formation and structuring, real estate transactions, and probate administration. Clients who engage Brownstone are not looking for templates or off-the-shelf solutions — they are serious about their legacy and expect counsel that matches that seriousness.
Lamar believes deeply in the relationship between attorney and client. At Brownstone, every client works directly with Lamar — no hand-offs to associates, no distance from the work. This personal, direct model of engagement is by design: the most important decisions in your financial life deserve the full attention of experienced, dedicated counsel.
- Trust & Estate Planning
- Domestic Asset Protection Trusts (DAPTs)
- Wealth & Asset Protection Structures
- Revocable & Irrevocable Trusts
- Business Formation & Structuring
- Operating Agreements & Succession Planning
- Real Estate Acquisitions & Contracts
- Probate & Estate Administration
- Powers of Attorney & Healthcare Directives
- Entity Ownership & Asset Segregation
Proactive Over Reactive.
Lamar's approach is fundamentally proactive. The most effective estate plan, asset protection structure, or business framework is one built before a problem arises — not in response to one. Brownstone clients are counseled to think structurally, plan generationally, and close exposure gaps before they become vulnerabilities.
This means the firm looks beyond the immediate transaction. A real estate purchase is also a question of ownership structure, liability exposure, and estate plan integration. A new business is also a succession planning matter and an asset protection question. Lamar brings the full picture to every engagement.