Brian A. Coulter Partner

Brian is a business counselor, trial lawyer, and partner in Brouse McDowell’s Youngstown office. As outside general counsel for a number of companies, Brian works closely with his clients to understand their businesses, mitigate their risks, help capture their opportunities, and solve their problems proactively to avoid the burden and expense of litigation. When litigation is unavoidable or advantageous, Brian routinely and aggressively advocates for his clients in the courtroom and at the negotiation table.

As a member of Brouse’s Insurance Recovery Practice Group, Brian has helped clients of all sizes obtain the insurance coverage for which they bargained by forcing insurers to honor the terms of their own policies. Brian has been a key player in winning several multimillion-dollar judgments and settlements against insurers in both federal and state court.

Brian’s clients run the gamut from publicly traded Fortune 500 companies to locally owned family businesses. No matter the client, Brian approaches all legal matters with the same goal: to obtain the best possible outcome for the lowest possible cost, whether measured in time, attention, or dollars and cents.

Brian’s experience as a zealous advocate is significant. Some of his most recent matters involve:

• Assisting multiple corporate clients in obtaining the insurance coverage for which they paid by negotiating with and, when necessary, suing their insurers;
• Representing a global real estate investment trust in zoning and conditional use proceedings, as well as in adverse possession and breach of lease disputes;
• Representing a publicly traded environmental services conglomerate in regulatory proceedings, as well as in a mandamus action involving an alleged regulatory taking;
• Helping business clients struggling as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic by renegotiating leases, loans, and other contracts, and by securing them financial assistance provided through government relief programs; and
• Assisting both contractors and commercial property owners in construction defect and breach of contract disputes, including the filing, foreclosure, and litigation of mechanics’ liens.

Brian is a graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee (2011) and the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in Columbus, Ohio (2014). He is the former president of the Mahoning Valley Young Professionals, the recipient of the MVP Designation at the 25 Under 35 Awards (2022), and a proud graduate of the Ohio State Bar Association Leadership Academy.

Brian was born and raised in Columbiana, Ohio and currently resides in Canfield, Ohio with his wife and four children.