Brian Kelsey

Kelsey works as a constitutional lawyer for the Liberty Justice Center, representing clients throughout the country for free whose constitutional rights have been violated.

Liberty Justice Center,[1] Oct. 2018–present

The Kelsey Firm, PLLC,[2] Aug. 2009 - Oct. 2018

Federalist Society, Memphis Lawyers Chapter Board Member and former Law School Chapter President

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Fall 2017 Adjunct Law Professor on Lobbying

University of Memphis, Fall 2010 & Fall 2011 as an Undergraduate Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law

Brian Kelsey was first elected as a state representative to the 104th Tennessee General Assembly (2004–2006). He served on the House Children and Family Affairs Committee; the House Commerce Committee; the House Domestic Relations Subcommittee; and the House Utilities, Banking and Small Business Subcommittee.[3] Kelsey was the former chairman of the House Civil Practice Subcommittee.

Kelsey ran for the District 31 seat vacated after the resignation of former Senator Paul Stanley. In 2010, Kelsey won re-election for a full term as the Senator from the Thirty-First District.

In the 106th General Assembly, Kelsey served on the Senate Government Operations Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In the 107th General Assembly, Kelsey was assigned to the Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee; the Senate Judiciary Committee; and he was named Secretary of the Senate Education Committee. Kelsey was also admitted to the Joint Committee on Fiscal Review, which consists of members from both chambers who oversee the Fiscal Review Office.

During the 110th General Assembly, Kelsey serves as the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4]

Kelsey is a member in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), having attended meetings of the organization.[5]

Kelsey ran unopposed in 2014 for the District 31 seat.

Kelsey is the only legislator in Tennessee history to sponsor two successful amendments to the state constitution: forever prohibited a state income tax,[6] and the other followed a Founding Fathers model for selecting appellate judges.[7] He also sponsored the governor's comprehensive tort reform act in 2011,[8] and passed a law to prohibit ObamaCare Medicaid expansion[9] in Tennessee in 2014. In 2019, his conference committee report instituting an Education Savings Account program was signed into law[10] by Governor Bill Lee.