Joe Brotherton

Chairman at Democracy Live

Joe Brotherton is a Seattle-based attorney and CPA. Mr. Brotherton is also a successful entrepreneur across multiple fronts and was named one of Seattle’s “Most Influential” business leaders. Joe is one of the leading investors and thought leaders in the Northwest bringing decades of experience in the technology, legal, and investor community. Mr. Brotherton has served on many corporate and philanthropic boards. Joe is the past President of the University of Washington Law School Foundation, past President of the Attorney-CPA Foundation, past Trustee of Cornish College of the Arts, and past Trustee of the University of Washington School of Business Foster School Foundation.

Joe is a graduate of the University of Washington Business and Law schools where he has taught for most of the last 25 years. In addition, he has taught at Seattle University, Cornish College (Ethics and Law for the Practicing Artist), and, combining his interests in education and prison reform, at the University Behind Bars at the penitentiary in Monroe.