Richard Allen Brown (November 13, 1932 – May 3, 2019) was an American attorney and judge from the State of

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. He was the Queens County District Attorney, having held office from 1991 until his death in 2019. Prior to becoming district attorney, Brown served as a judge of the

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, Second Department. Brown was the longest serving district attorney in

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. Brown died at the age of 86 in 2019.

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