Office of the Minnesota Attorney General
Brian Carter currently serves as Special Counsel and Assistant Attorney General in the Environmental and Natural Resources Division at the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General since July 2023. Previously, Brian worked as an Assistant City Attorney with the Minneapolis City Attorney from January 2014 to July 2023, focusing on civil trial law. Prior experience includes serving as an Associate Attorney at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. from September 2011 to December 2013, specializing in patent litigation, and as a law clerk for U.S. District Court judges in Minnesota and Michigan from September 2009 to September 2011. Brian holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics from the University of Minnesota and a Doctor of Law from Mitchell Hamline School of Law.