Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Experience
Brian D. Goodrich joined First Financial in 2024, as the organization’s first in-house general counsel. Mr. Goodrich began practicing law more than 20 years ago with Thompson & Knight LLP (which is now Holland & Knight LLP) in its Houston, Texas office. Mr. Goodrich then began his in-house journey with Compass Bank in Birmingham, Alabama, and prior to joining First Financial, Mr. Goodrich was deputy general counsel at MidFirst Bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Before Mr. Goodrich began practicing law, he was a branch manager and lender with NationsBank (now Bank of America) and worked with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in its Customer Assistance Group.
Education
After graduating from high school in Abilene, Texas, Mr. Goodrich earned a BBA in Finance from Texas Tech University, and his JD summa cum laude from South Texas College of Law Houston.