BACKGROUND​​

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Brian was born in El Paso, Texas and raised in Port Neches, Texas. He is the younger of two siblings and the son of Lee and Junella Poulter. Having grown up in a blue collar, working-family household, Brian was taught the value of hard work at a very young age. Nothing was ever given—everything had to be earned. Brian credits his hometown and his parents’ work ethic for his success in life and in the courtroom.

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Brian graduated in the top 10% of his class at Port Neches-Groves High School where he was a two-year letterman in baseball and football. After his time at PN-G, Brian attended Texas State University at San Marcos, Texas where he obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management with honors from the McCoy College of Business. Since 2011, Brian has served as an Advisory Board Member & Steering Committee Member for Texas State University’s McCoy College of Business.

After two years of working for a Fortune 100 company, Brian decided to pursue his dream of becoming a trial lawyer. He began his legal studies at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. After finishing his first year of law school in the top 5% of his class, Brian transferred to Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California to become a trial lawyer. Loyola is ranked consistently as a top 10 law school nationally for trial advocacy by U.S. News & World Report with 11 National Championships. Brian specifically chose Loyola because of its reputation for cultivating some of the best young trial lawyers in the country.

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In his first semester at Loyola, Brian tried out for Loyola’s nationally-ranked Byrne Trial Advocacy Team, known colloquially as “the Byrne Team.” Brian was 1 of 12 team-members selected to represent Loyola at trial advocacy competitions all over the country. He would spend two years on the team and eventually serve as team captain. It was during this time that Brian honed his trial advocacy skills, which he continues to perfect to this day. Over the next two years, Brian and his teammates met on Monday and Wednesday nights from 6 – 10 P.M. (after his regularly scheduled classes), as well as on Saturdays and Sundays from 8 A.M. to often as late as midnight. The process was grueling but incredibly rewarding. Brian received over 3,200 hours of individualized attention from some of the best in the business, such as Susan Poehls, Sean Kennedy, Joshua Karton (as seen on The Staircase | Netflix Original), Mark P. Robinson, Amy Fisch Solomon, Rahul Ravipudi, and David deRubertis just to name a few.

Brian graduated from Loyola after having tried over 150 mock jury trials, which were often judged by ABOTA members with over 100 civil jury trials each to their credit.  Brian’s significant awards and achievements while on the Byrne Team included: 2012 “Top Gun”—an honor given to the top 16 individual trial advocates in the country;  2012 International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award; 2012 National Trial Competition—Southern California Regional Champion; 2012 National Trial Competition—National Elite 8; and the Byrne Trial Advocacy Scholar—$20,000 scholarship for excellence in the art of trial advocacy.

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CATASTROPHIC INJURY & WRONGFUL DEATH

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As a junior lawyer, Brian cut his teeth at one of the nation’s preeminent personal injury trial law firms. Brian worked side-by-side and tried cases with some of the best plaintiff’s personal injury trial lawyers in the country. Brian also litigated highly complex catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, as well as products defect and negligent excessive security force cases. He also served as the firm’s handling attorney for the Porter Ranch litigation, which stemmed from the October 23, 2015 massive gas injection well blowout of well SS-25 in the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility operated by Southern California Gas Company. Brian personally oversaw over 6,000 clients’ cases. The Porter Ranch litigation settled for $1.8 billion dollars in 2021.

Brian then moved on to a small, boutique trial firm where he was a partner for 5 years.  During this time, Brian added to his accomplishments by securing multiple 7-figure verdicts, which put him in the elite company of other multi-million dollar verdict club members. In addition to his many trial successes, Brian was also instrumental in obtaining countless 6 and 7-figure settlements for his clients, bringing the total amount recovered for his clients over the past decade to $150,000,000 and counting.  Over the years, Brian has written articles and given speeches on the art of trial advocacy, establishing himself as one of the top, up-and-coming plaintiff's personal injury trial attorneys in Southern California.

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After over a decade of practice, Brian launched Poulter & Co. He continues to fight for the injured while establishing Poulter & Co. as the go-to, up-and-coming preeminent trial firm for the injured in California and beyond.

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AWARDS​ & RECOGNITION

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Named among the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, Brian has consistently proven his mettle in the courtroom. His exceptional skills have also earned him multiple nominations for the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles ("CAALA") Trial Lawyer of the Year, as well as 'Rising Star', which is the equivalent of Trial Lawyer of the Year but for attorneys under 40 years of age. Brian was also nominated for The Street Fighter of the Year Award by the Consumer Attorneys of California ("CAOC"), which recognizes extraordinary results on difficult cases of a worthy or righteous cause. Further cementing his reputation as an up-and-coming force in the legal world, Brian has been listed in Super Lawyers' Up-And-Coming Top 100, which is an honor bestowed upon the Top 100 lawyers for all areas of practice in Southern California with 10 years or less experience or under the age of 40 years-old. Most recently, he has been recognized in Best Lawyers' Ones to Watch and as a distinguished member of both the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Verdict Club. He was also named to the Super Lawyers Southern California's 'Rising Star' List for the years 2018 to 2023, and in 2024 he was named a Southern California Super Lawyer, which is comprised of the top 2.5% of all lawyers in all of Southern California.

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