Brian grew up on a farm in Ohio and earned his law degree from The Ohio State University. He later worked for Ohio Governor Ted Strickland before going into private practice in Columbus. In 2015, Brian became the inaugural Lead Attorney on the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project, serving for six months. Brian is one of only three Ohio attorneys who are also Ohio Supreme Court certified court interpreters. He and his work with CARA have been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, the Columbus Dispatch, and in a variety of other publications. Brian has appeared on Al Jazeera America, Telemundo, CNN en Español, NPR, and many local news programs in Ohio.