Tavish M. Brown

Tavish is a business and employment litigator who is dedicated to achieving practical, timely, and effective results for his clients.

Biography

Tavish Brown is an experienced employment and labor counselor and member of HRW’s litigation group. His practice focuses on a variety of employment, labor, and business-related issues, including all manner of restrictive covenants, noncompete agreements, nonsolicitation agreements, nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements, no-business agreements, forfeiture agreements, protection of confidential and proprietary information, intellectual assignment agreements, trade secrets, intellectual property, fiduciary obligations, shareholder disputes, equity arrangements, change of control agreements, garden leave clauses, wage and hour compliance, discrimination, retaliation, termination, and other personnel matters. A member of the firm’s labor team, Tavish regularly counsels unionized clients in processing and responding to grievances, arbitration proceedings, and unfair labor practice cases before the NLRB.

Tavish proactively counsels’ clients to avoid future disputes and as a litigator, he works diligently and persuasively to effect client goals.

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts, 2024
  • New Hampshire, 2017
  • United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 2017
  • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2024
  • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2024

Education

  • Boston University School of Law, J.D., 2017
  • Western Washington University, B.A., 2013

Experience

Prior to joining Hirsch Roberts Weinstein, Tavish was a commercial litigation associate at a boutique business law firm in Manchester, New Hampshire.  In that position, Tavish focused on complex commercial litigation matters, and advised clients on employment matters, noncompetition agreements and other restrictive covenants, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, and other forms of intellectual property, shareholder and partner disputes, contract actions, and other commercial disputes. Tavish was also a litigation associate at one of New Hampshire’s largest full-service law firms, and has experience in the areas of construction litigation, medical malpractice, insurance defense, and probate litigation.

During law school, Tavish counseled students and startups from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through the BU/MIT Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw Program as a member of BU’s Technology Law Clinic.

Tavish moonlights as a gem and mineral dealer in his free time, an extension of his passion for rock collecting.  Tavish is a passionate music lover, with a fondness for bluegrass, americana, jazz, and live and improvisational music, among other genres.  A native of the New Hampshire Seacoast, Tavish enjoys sailing, skiing, hiking, and exploring New England with friends and family in his spare time.

 

 

Publications & Appearances

  • Panelist, Protecting IP Across Your Clients’ Range of Contracts, MCLE New England, March 2025
  • Panelist, NECCA Annual Meeting, September 2024
  • Author, Choice of Law Provisions & Non-Compete Agreements, Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin, June 2023
  • Panelist, INBLF Chicago Fly-In, June 2023
  • Panelist, What You Need to Know About the FTC’s Proposed Non-Compete Ban, Licensing Executives Society, Boston Chapter, April 2023

Affiliations

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
  • Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Member, Boston Bar Association
  • Member, INBLF
  • Member, Boston Inns of Court

Awards

  • Recognized in Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2024
  • Named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, 2020, 2021

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