Sean K. Brown, Esq.

I'm a Utah-licensed attorney (Utah Bar #10017, admitted 2004) and the former General Counsel and Managing Director of Juvo Ventures, a preferred seed- and Series A-focused venture capital firm I helped launch under Western Governors University in 2018. At Juvo, I sat on the investment committee, helped build out Fund I and Fund II, oversaw investment/oversight into 29 portfolio companies, and served on more than 20 venture-backed boards in various capacities — as director, observer, and advisor — giving me a ground-level view of what growing companies actually need from outside counsel at each stage. I understand how to support founders at their stage and how to help them navigate and grow their business to the next round of funding or business milestone.

I also served as Senior Associate General Counsel at Western Governors University — a 185,000-student, $1.3B-revenue institution — and General Counsel of the following: WGU Labs, CWGU, Suncrest, Pineview, WGU Academy, leading corporate, compliance, employment, privacy, IP, and edtech legal functions. I have a deep understanding of corporate goals and how a General Counsel can partner on growing the business while providing clear legal guidance that protects and promotes not hinder and deny.

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 was named 2024 Corporate Counsel of the Year by the Utah State Bar (UMBA), and our company 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.