About Brian Thomas
Brian Thomas Cagle built a legal path that moves between public service and private practice. He came to law after undergraduate study in history and political science, and completed his J.D. in the late 2000s. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and is also admitted before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Cagle earned a Bachelor of Arts from Mercyhurst College in 2004 and a Juris Doctor from Widener University in 2008. Those academic years preceded a string of early-career positions that placed him inside courtrooms and government offices. He completed internships and certification work at the Governor’s Office of General Counsel and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in 2006, then moved into private and nonprofit roles immediately after law school.
In 2008 he worked as a contract lawyer in the Law Office of Robert S. Mirin and volunteered with the ACLU of Pennsylvania. The next year he served as a judicial law clerk for the York County Court of Common Pleas, an experience that exposed him to trial procedure and judicial decision-making at the county level. In 2010 he joined the York County District Attorney’s Office as a deputy prosecutor. That prosecutorial role was followed by a return to private practice; by 2012 he was an associate at Pepicelli, Youngs and Youngs, P.C.
Throughout these shifts he has remained active in bar organizations. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, listed as a member since 2005, and joined the Crawford County Bar Association in 2012. He has been associated with the Pennsylvania Association for Justice since 2014. He also belonged to the York County Bar Association during the years he clerked and prosecuted there.
Colleagues describe Cagle as someone who has worked on both sides of the courtroom aisle. His resume includes prosecutorial responsibility, time spent under a trial judge’s guidance, stints in private practice, and volunteer civil liberties work. That mix has supplied him with varied courtroom experience and familiarity with local court systems.
He now practices law in Pennsylvania. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and continues to handle matters arising in Pennsylvania courts.
