He is a 1983 graduate of Dickson County High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from Middle Tennessee State University, and his doctorate of jurisprudence from Nashville School of Law. Brian is a member of the Walnut Street Church of Christ, and serves on numerous community boards and committees. Brian retired as a Major from the Tennessee Army National Guard after 21 years of service, which included a one year tour in Afghanistan as a combat infantry adviser. He served as a bank board member for The People’s Bank in Marion, Kentucky from 2007 to 2011, and in the 1990s he was a bank examiner, and later a legal counsel for the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions. Brian has been practicing law since 1993. He and his wife, Carol, have two children, Patrick and Emma.