Brian is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan, where he also earned a master's degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering. Thereafter, he received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was a Book Reviews Editor for The Yale Law Journal and an Articles Editor for the Yale Law & Policy Review. While at Yale, Brian won the Morris Tyler Moot Court competition and was named best oralist. He was also awarded prizes by the faculty for his writings on law and economics and on ethology and the law.