Biography
Brian concentrates his practice on bankruptcy, creditors' rights and commercial litigation.
He regularly represents banking and financial institutions, credit unions, businesses, contractors, secured and unsecured creditors, trustees, executors and guarantors before state and federal courts. Brian also provides strategic counsel on a wide range of bankruptcy issues, including complex Chapter 11 cases, avoidance actions, adversary proceedings and out-of-court workouts.
Brian is a Board Certified Specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification and the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. He also serves as a United States Bankruptcy Trustee for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Before Fox Rothschild
Prior to joining Fox Rothschild, Brian was a member of the Bankruptcy and Financial Services Group at a Mid-Atlantic regional law firm.
Brian clerked for the Honorable Thomas W. Waldrep, Jr. of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
Court Admissions
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Education
- American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 2002)
Memberships
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Federal Bar Association
- Middle District of North Carolina Chapter, Past President
- Greensboro Bar Association
- Habitat for Humanity
- Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Section, Former CLE Committee Co-Chair; Former Council Member
- Young Lawyers Division, Former Wills For Heroes Committee Member
- North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization
- Bankruptcy Law Specialty Committee
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, Panel Trustee
Board of Directors
- Middle District Bankruptcy Seminar, Inc., Board of Directors/Treasurer
- Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop Advisory Board
- 2026 Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop
- 30th Anniversary Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop
Honors & Awards
- Recognized by the American Bankruptcy Institute as a “40 Under 40” Emerging Leader in the area of Insolvency
- Recognized by Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring in North Carolina (2017-2019, 2021-2025)
- Selected to the "Super Lawyers" list for Bankruptcy Business in North Carolina by Super Lawyers (2020-2026)
- Selected to the "Super Lawyers Rising Stars" list for Bankruptcy Law in North Carolina (2014-2018)
- Named to the "Legal Elite" list for Bankruptcy by Business North Carolina (2015, 2017-2026)
