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Brian is a fierce litigator who relentlessly defends the nation’s largest companies in high-stakes product liability and commercial disputes. He has built a national practice centered on delivering results in complex, high-value cases – particularly in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and industrial sectors. He handles litigation at every scale – from multi-district litigation (MDL) to class actions, coordinated state proceedings, and single-plaintiff actions.

Brian has defended a wide range of businesses dealing in a number of products – from hernia mesh and breast implants to helmets, planes, trains, industrial equipment, and other consumer products – that have allegedly caused various injuries – everything from cancer to catastrophic brain injuries. He has played pivotal roles in bellwether mass tort trials, including one of the country’s largest MDLs with more than 17,000 cases, and he has successfully drafted and argued dispositive motions that have resulted in major wins.

Credentials

  • University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2014, J.D., Cum Laude, Senior Supervising Editor, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly; National Finalist, Evan A. Evans Moot Court Competition; Moot Court Board Member; Witkin Award for Academic Excellence in Legal Writing and Research
  • University of California, Santa Barbara, 2011, B.A., History and Political Science, With Honors

  • California

  • DRI Drug and Medical Device Committee
    • Member, Steering Committee, 2024-present
  • DRI, Young Lawyer’s Committee
    • Steering Committee Member, 2018-2024
    • Co-Chair, Online Programming Subcommittee, 2023-2024
    • Co-Chair, Online Community Subcommittee, 2022-2023
    • Co-Chair, Corporate Counsel Development Subcommittee, 2020-2022
    • Co-Chair, Online Education Subcommittee, 2019-2020
    • Vice-Chair, Online Education Subcommittee, DRI, 2018-2019
  • Associate Representative, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Young Lawyer’s Division, 2021-2024
  • Co-Chair, Discovery Strategies Subcommittee, American Bar Association Mass Torts Committee, 2019-present
  • Southern California Marketing Liaison, DRI Annual Conference, 2019
  • Young Lawyer Liaison Chair, DRI, Trial Tactics Committee, 2018-2019
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association

Awards & Recognition

  • Featured as a Rising Star on Super Lawyers' Southern California Rising Stars List (2018, 2023-2025)