Brian Holbrook

Brian Holbrook is a Senior Staff Attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services Family Defense Practice, where his practice focuses on appellate litigation. In his time at the Family Defense Practice, he has also litigated numerous trials and emergency hearings to prevent family separations and abuse findings. He previously worked as a Supervising Attorney at the New York City Commission on Human Rights, where he supervised lawyers investigating and prosecuting discrimination complaints in housing and public accommodations. He began his legal career as an associate at Grais & Ellsworth LLP, where he worked on complex mortgage-backed securities litigation in federal and state courts. He clerked for the Honorable Harris Hartz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Brian received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his B.A. from Oberlin College.