His work focuses on large energy-related projects and transactions. He joined the Crowley firm in 2004 after serving as Senior Counsel with the Montana Power Company Legal Department, where he worked starting in 1992. Prior to that position, he was in private practice in Seattle for four years, was with the Butte-Silver Bow County Attorneys Office for four years. Brian is a Butte native who graduated from the University of Montana Law School in 1982, with his undergraduate degree in Economics from Carroll College in 1978.