Brian is a member of the Adjunct Faculties of The New School College of Performing Arts in York City, SUNY/New Paltz, and George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia teaching courses in The Culture and Creative Industries, Legal Issues in Arts Management, and Arts and Entertainment Law. He has also taught as a Guest Lecturer at Yale University, the Juilliard School, New York University, the Mannes School of Music, Brooklyn College, Dean College, Marlboro College, the University of New Orleans, the APAP Young Performers Career Advancement Fellowship Programme, the Kennedy Center Arts Management Fellowship Programme, and Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect Fellowship Programme.

His speaking engagements have included teaching workshops and seminars, as well as serving on discussion panels, for the American Association of Theater Educators, the American Choral Directors Association, the Association of California Symphony Orchestras, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), the Beijing International Chinese Performing Arts Conference, the Brooklyn Arts Council, Chamber Music America, Dance USA, The District of Columbia Bar Entertainment Law Committee, the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts, the International Artist Managers Association (IAMA), the International Dublin Theater Festival, Kentucky Presenters Network, the League of American Symphony Orchestras, the League of Historic American Theaters, the Midwest Arts Conference, New York City Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, The NEXT Festival of Emerging Artists, The North Carolina Presenters Consortium, Opera America, Performing Arts Exchange, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the United States Institute of Theater Technology, and Western Arts Alliance.

Brian writes on business and legal issues for the blog Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division hosted by Musical America, America’s oldest classical music magazine. In addition, he has been published and quoted in publications including The New York Times, The New York Observer, Billboard magazine, Classical Music Magazine, Dallas Morning News, International Artist Manager magazine, Chamber Music America, and Inside Arts magazine, as well as interviewed by such media outlets as National Public Radio, the PBS Newshour, WQXR New York, WBUR Boston, and KVUE Austin.  

The recipient of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters 2010 Sidney R. Yates Advocacy Award for Outstanding Advocacy On Behalf of The Performing Arts, Brian also received a 2000 Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts Educational Programs Award and was nominated for a 2005 Outstanding Entertainment Executive of the Year Award by the Washington Area Music Association. In 2011, he was named a "Top Entertainment Lawyer" by Washingtonian Magazine.

In addition to advising numerous arts organizations as a consultant and legal advisor, he has served as a member of the Virginia Opera Statewide Board of Directors and Past-President of its Northern Virginia Board of Governors; served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Arts Council of Fairfax County, Virginia; served as Co-Chair of the International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts; and a member of the Arts at Mason Board of George Mason University.

As an artist and performer, Brian's credits include numerous regional theater as well as film and television productions. He was the Artistic Director and a co-founder of Lord Foppington & Company, a theatrical production company dedicated to the performance of period and period-themed comedies. The company performed to critical acclaim throughout the United States, as well as in Europe. Brian is the author and co-author of numerous original plays and songs produced and performed by the Company, including Colonial Fair, an album featuring music and stories inspired by the 18th Century, on which Brian also performed, and which was awarded the "Best Children's Album of the Year" by the National Association of Libraries. Most recently, Brian performed the role of The Narrator in the February 2020 workshop of the musical The Little King by Cassandra Marsh at The Green Room 42 in New York City.

Brian received a B.A. (With Distinction and Recognition) in English and Theatre from George Mason University and his J.D. from American University. He also attended Oxford University (St. Peters College) where he studied medieval history and literature. He is a member of the New York State Bar; the Virginia State Bar; the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association; and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.