Leadership

Marcus V. Brown, Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Marcus V. Brown was elected senior vice president and general counsel for Entergy Corporation on January 27, 2012. In this role, Brown is responsible for all internal and outside counsel, providing legal advice and counsel to all subsidiaries of Entergy Corporation.

Prior to his appointment, Brown served as vice president and deputy general counsel. He was responsible for Commercial and General Litigation, Affiliate Rules Compliance, Bankruptcy, Casualty Litigation, Consumer Law, Right of Way and Records Management. He was also a member of Entergy legal department’s Management Committee.

Key among his accomplishments, he led the company’s efforts to recover more than $500 million in insurance proceeds that was critical to rebuilding the electric and gas infrastructure of Entergy’s utility system following Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike. Brown also supported Entergy New Orleans Inc.’s successful emergence from bankruptcy. Recently, he led the Entergy legal team’s successful challenge to several Vermont statutes impacting the future operations of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

Prior to joining Entergy in 1995, Brown was an associate attorney in the New Orleans-based Stone Pigman law firm, concentrating his practice in commercial litigation, copyright and trademark protection, and constitutional law.

Brown received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern University A&M College in 1985 and a Juris Doctorate from the Southern University Law Center in 1988, where he was a member of the Law Review. He received his MBA from the Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business in 2002, and certification in Corporate Governance from Harvard Business School in 2009.

Updated 4/12