About Bryan S.
Bryan S. Brinyark began his professional path in Alabama. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama in 1986 and took his law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1990. Those local ties have shaped a career spent largely in state and municipal practice.
He entered private practice in the early 1990s, working first at Burns & Ellis in 1993 and then at Malone and Newell in 1994. Partnerships followed as his role shifted from associate to firm leader. In 1997 he joined Malone, Brinyark and Nelson as a partner, and in 2000 he continued with Brinyark & Nelson, P.C. A 2004 move placed him at Brinyark, Lee, Hickman and Hocutt, P.C. By 2009 he was a shareholder at Rosen Harwood, P.A., and in 2014 he became a shareholder at Brinyark & Frederick, P.C., the firm where he practices today.
Parallel to his private practice, Brinyark has taken on municipal judicial duties. He served as a substitute city judge in Tuscaloosa in 1999. He was appointed or elected as a city judge in Brent in 2003 and in Centreville in 2005. Later he served as a judge for the Town of Woodstock in 2015. Those roles put him regularly in municipal courtrooms and involved him in the day-to-day administration of local justice.
His bar credentials include admission to practice in Alabama and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Over three decades he has moved between courtroom work, firm management and municipal judicial service. That mix of responsibilities has left him comfortable both at counsel table and on the bench.
In 2024 he added elected office to his résumé, winning a seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. His time in the legislature builds on years of local legal work and municipal service. He brings the perspective of a practicing lawyer and a former municipal judge to his role as a state representative.
Today Brinyark splits his professional life between his duties as a shareholder at Brinyark & Frederick, P.C., his service in the Alabama House of Representatives, and the ongoing demands of his private practice. He currently divides his time between firm responsibilities, legislative work and maintaining his private legal practice.
