Brian attended William Jewel College, graduating summa cum laude in 1990. He graduated law school in 1993 from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. While in law school, Brian served on the Board of Advocates, the National Environmental Law Moot Court Team, and the Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review. He has received numerous honors for his trial skills, including receiving the Order of the Barristers award given to the top students in trial advocacy and the Fred L. Howard Award for Excellence in Advocacy.

Most recently, Brian has distinguished himself through his work representing individual plaintiffs in serious personal injury, wrongful death,trucking and medical device litigation cases. In 2005, Brian was selected to the Board of Governors for the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. Additionally, he is a member of the American Association of Justice (serving as a State Delegate and a Committe Memebr in the products liability and medical device litigation sections), the Orthopedic Device Litigation Group (Member), the Missouri Bar Association (serving on the Civil Practice and Tort Law Committees), the Kansas Bar, and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (a sustaining member serving on the Solo and Small Firm Practice and Tort Law Committees).

Brian’s accomplishments include being listed by Missouri Lawyers Weekly for obtaining the highest verdicts and settlements. He is routinely called upon to give presentations for other attorneys for Continuing Legal Education, speaking frequently on the practice of civil litigation and evidentiary issues.  Brian is the author of the Missouri Bar Evidence Deskbook: Chapter 20: Scientific Evidence (Mo. Bar Publications 2006, 2010); Plaintiff’s Personal Injury: Statutes That Effect Liability, (NBI, Inc. 2006); and A Practical Guide to Federal Court Rules and Procedures in Kansas, (NBI, Inc. 2003).

Brian is a resident of Lee’s Summit, Missouri with his wife Stacey Mortimer and four children, Emily, Caroline, Claire and Scott. Brian and Stacey are active members in the Lee’s Summit United Methodist Church, serving on the Children’s Ministry Board and assisting the Church in various legal matters.