Our Team.

Makes A Difference.

Every member of the team at the Law Offices of Pat Brown is dedicated to providing the best possible representation to our clients.

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Delena Brown

Associate

Attorney Delena Brown joined the Law Offices of Pat Brown in April 2016.

A lifelong resident of Connecticut, Delena and her husband Pat were married and began practicing law together in 2016 and live together with their twin baby daughters. Delena began her career as a law clerk with the Connecticut Superior Court for the Hartford Judicial District. In this role she coordinated proceedings, interacted with Judges, counsel, jurors and handled evidence and evidentiary matters in Part A criminal trials. Delena practices criminal and personal injury law. She handles complex Part A and federal criminal matters throughout Connecticut. She has distinguished herself as one of the few people who has secured the release of an accused on parole who was convicted of murder as a juvenile.

Delena graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2014, where she earned her Juris Doctor and Tax Certificate. While in law school, she served as Legislative Clerk to the House Democrat’s Caucus where she researched and authored memoranda concerning pending legislation, administrative law, and Freedom of Information requests. Additionally, Delena participated in the UCONN Law Poverty Clinic and attended Social Security Disability and housing hearings on behalf of low income clients in the Waterbury area.

Delena is admitted to the bar of the State of Connecticut and the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. She is a member of CCDLA, NACDL, and has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 in 2020 and 2021. 

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Laura Hawk-Allen

Associate

Attorney Laura-Hawk Allen joined the Law Offices of Pat Brown in November 2017.

Laura earned her Juris Doctor from Western New England School of Law, where she earned a CALI award for her work in Domestic Violence Law. Laura was admitted to practice law in Connecticut in 2016.

Before joining The Law Offices of Pat Brown, Laura worked in the field of social work. Laura worked closely with families and children to strengthen supports and resources and promote stability, particularly with low-income families. Laura has a passion for assisting lower income individuals and families and feels that everyone deserves to have someone who believes in them and will fight for them.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Hannah Sheard

Paralegal

Paralegal Hannah Sheard joined the Law Offices of Pat Brown in March 2018.

Hannah Sheard graduated from Salve Regina University with a Bachelor’s Degree is Psychology and from the University of New Haven with a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice and Forensic Psychology. Before working at the Law Offices of Pat Brown, Hannah worked as a Private Investigator for 1.5 years out of New Haven, CT and she was also a Personal Injury Paralegal in Plainville, CT.
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Magdalena Narozniak

Associate

Magda joined the Law Offices of Pat Brown
in 2019.

Attorney Magdalena Narozniak graduated from Fordham University in Manhattan with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and International/Intercultural Studies. Her interest in world affairs led her to Universität Bremen in Germany where she earned a Master of Arts degree in International Relations with a concentration in global governance and social theory. During her graduate studies, Attorney Narozniak assisted an international human rights lawyer and former judge of the European Court of Human Rights in his research on criminal justice reform. This experience motivated her to make the transition from the theoretical study of law to the actual practice of law.  

Back in Connecticut, Attorney Narozniak received her Juris Doctor from the UConn School of Law while she worked full-time for UConn’s Office of Early College Programs. In her last year of law school, she participated in UConn’s Human Rights and Asylum Clinic where she advised clients seeking refugee status, withholding from removal, and assisted with their post-asylum needs. She joined the Connecticut Bar in 2019, followed by admission to the District of Connecticut in 2020.

Attorney Narozniak handles all aspects of criminal cases including from the investigative stage, through arrest and bail process, pre-trial motions, then ultimately trial preparation to verdict and, if unsuccessful, the appeals process. She is experienced with charges of DUI and vehicle-related crimes, narcotics possession, RICO Conspiracy, domestic violence, breach of peace, disorderly conduct, risk of injury, felony gun possession, child enticement, assault on a public safety officer, burglary, and sexual assault.

Attorney Narozniak emigrated from Poland as a child and speaks fluent Polish. As an immigrant, she has personally witnessed how economic and social injustice can distort an individual’s capacity to thrive. She believes it is her duty to remind prosecutors and judges to seek justice, not merely to convict, and to recognize a defendant’s humanity.

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Melissa McCahill

Paralegal

Mike joined the Law Offices of Pat Brown
in 2019.

Melissa J. McCahill graduated in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice.  Melissa has 5 years of experience working as a real estate and civil litigation paralegal. She recently joined the Law Offices of Pat Brown and is excited to return to her interest in criminal law.

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