About

Attorney. Playwright. Advocate. Absurd Human Being.

👋 Who I Am

Hi, I’m Brian Brijbag — Florida-raised, courtroom-tested, theatre-obsessed.

By profession, I’m a personal injury attorney with a long record of fighting for the wrongfully injured and underserved across Florida. By passion, I’m a playwright, satirist, and writer of weird little stories that ask big questions. I’ve spent decades in both the legal and creative trenches, and I’ve never found the line between them as clear as people like to think.

I also drink too much coffee, believe key lime pie is a symbol of marriage, and once staged a full dramatic reading of a legal deposition. It got a standing ovation. (Okay, polite applause.)

⚖️ 🎭 Why Law + Theatre?

Most people think the courtroom and the stage are opposites — one all logic and rules, the other chaos and emotion.

But if you’ve ever sat through a jury trial or a tech rehearsal, you know:
They’re the same room.

Both are places where:

People perform stories under pressure
Timing is everything
The stakes feel impossibly high
And what you say — and how you say it — can change everything

I became a lawyer because I believe in justice. I became a playwright because I believe in truth. And I built this site because I believe those things don’t have to be separate.

🌀 What Chaos and Craft Means

Chaos is what life throws at you:

A car accident.
A failing system.
A God who doesn’t show up to His own funeral.

Craft is what you do with it:

You write.
You fight.
You create something that didn’t exist before.

This site is the space where those two forces collide — a home for everything that doesn’t fit neatly into a filing cabinet or a final script.

You’ll find:

Blog posts on law, absurdity, and humanity
Original plays and monologues
Essays about justice, grief, and gnomes (yes, seriously)
Projects that are changing lives through quiet mercy

If it’s messy and meaningful, it probably belongs here.

❤️ The Things I Care About

Helping families navigate disability law and guardianship through pro bono legal work
Erasing medical debt through the Brijbag Family Foundation’s Project Jubilee
Creating theatre that speaks for the unheard
Fighting corporate nonsense with strategy, heart, and caffeine
Using humor as a weapon and a balm

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🎤 Final Words (For Now)

I created Chaos and Craft as a space to be more than one thing at a time.

If you’re someone who loves sharp writing, courtroom drama, offbeat theatre, or finding small ways to make a big impact — welcome.
If you’re not sure what you’re doing here, but something made you stop scrolling — welcome too.

The truth lives in the tension.

And this site lives in the glorious mess between justice and story.