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Brian Field is a Partner with extensive experience in complex litigation across a wide range of subjects in trial and appellate courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitration. His practice includes First Amendment and other constitutional matters, commercial disputes, class actions, employment matters, defamation claims, and cases involving the interpretation of federal statutes and regulations. In addition to representing clients in court, Brian has represented clients before the EEOC and PCAOB and has counseled clients appearing before grand juries. His experience covers all stages of litigation, including taking cases to trial and arguing cases in appellate courts.
Before joining Schaerr | Jaffe, Brian served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. In that role, Brian represented the United States in all stages of civil litigation, with an emphasis on defending the United States against employment discrimination, FOIA, Federal Tort Claims Act, Administrative Procedure Act, and immigration claims. Brian handled multiple jury and bench trials and argued several cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Brian also received numerous merit-based awards for exceptional achievement.
Before serving as an Assistant United States Attorney, Brian worked at Bancroft PLLC, where his work included representing clients before state and federal appellate courts, including briefing several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He also assisted with the firm’s corporate governance practice, advising clients on statutory and regulatory matters, participating in due diligence for potential acquisitions, and counseling clients through internal and federal investigations.
Earlier in his career, Brian served as a political appointee at the Department of Defense during the George W. Bush administration. Brian is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Messiah College.
Brian has also published scholarly works in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law, the University of Iowa Journal of International Law and Contemporary Problems, and for the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.