Prior to his legal career, Brian was a professional staff member for the Committee on Education and the Workforce in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he developed higher education policy and legislative strategy for the committee, drafted and negotiated legislation to begin reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, and directed committee and House floor proceedings for higher education legislation.
While earning his law degree, Brian was a summer associate at Virginia 529 College Savings Plan and a member of the University of Richmond School of Law's Education Rights Clinic, where he negotiated individualized education plans for low-income students with disabilities.