About
Sean K. Brown, Esq.
I'm a Utah-licensed attorney (Utah Bar #10017, admitted 2004) and the former General Counsel of Juvo Ventures, a venture capital firm I helped launch under Western Governors University in 2018. There, working alongside WGU's leadership, I helped build out Fund I and Fund II and served as Managing Director.
Before Juvo, I was Senior Associate General Counsel at Western Governors University — a 155,000-student, $1.3B-revenue institution — and General Counsel of WGU Labs, leading corporate, compliance, employment, privacy, IP, and edtech legal functions.
Earlier in my career, I supported business finance and venture law at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Salt Lake City, and worked at King & Spalding in Atlanta after graduating from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU. I have been a featured speaker and panelists at numerous conferences such as JFF Horizons (2026 in D.C.), ASU-GSV (2026 in San Diego), NCHER, and the Utah Bankers Association.
I've served on the boards of more than 20 venture-backed companies (seed and series a), was named 2024 Corporate Counsel of the Year by the Utah State Bar (UMBA), and received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2005. I've also taught Media Law and Ethics as an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University since 2006, and I'm a Thurgood Marshall Fellow. I live in the Lone Peak area of Utah with my wife and our seven kids.
Philosophy
Legal work should reduce friction, not create it.
I've sat on the other side of the table — as an operator, as an investor, and as the person who had to sign off before a deal closed. That shapes how I practice: fast answers in plain English, a clear read on what risk actually matters at your stage, and a bias toward getting the deal done.
My practice is deliberately small. You'll never be handed to an associate, and you'll never wonder who is doing your work. When you need counsel, you get me.
- 2024Corporate Counsel of the Year, Utah State Bar
- 2005Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
- 2006–Adjunct professor of Media Law and Ethics, Brigham Young University
- 20+Venture-backed company boards served