Brian E. Shear was born Los Angeles, California, admitted to bar, December 1986, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California.

Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); Pepperdine University (J.D., cum laude, 1986); Oxford University, England.

Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for: Evidence, Corporations.

Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; Santa Monica Bar Association; State Bar of California.