Brian AJ Newman, LLB - On Truth, Stoicism, and the Discipline of Endurance

I am often asked why I remain silent in the face of provocation, misrepresentation, or personal attack. The answer is simple: I am a Stoic.

Stoicism is not weakness. It is discipline. It is the practice of controlling what is within one’s power—character, conduct, and integrity—while refusing to be consumed by noise, malice, or ignorance. I do not react impulsively, and I do not perform outrage for an audience. I document, I endure, and I act when action is justified.

That philosophy has shaped my professional life and my response to recent accusations that I am “fake” or that I have pretended to be a lawyer.

Let me state this plainly and on the record.

• I have never pretended to be a lawyer.

• I have never represented myself as a legal practitioner.

• I have never provided legal advice.

I have practised openly and transparently as an Employment and Human Rights Advocate and as a Professional Investigator. Those roles are legitimate, regulated, and clearly distinct from legal practice. I have also owned a law firm. Ownership is not practice. Confusing the two is either careless or deliberate.

Brian AJ Newman, LLB - On Truth, Stoicism, and the Discipline of Endurance

My qualifications, experience, and advocacy history are public. They are verifiable. They are real.

Stoicism and Survival

There is another truth I do not often speak about publicly.

In 2018, I was the victim of a violent robbery. During that incident, I apprehended the offender. The matter was widely reported, including by Channel 7, and the offender was subsequently convicted and sentenced to three and a half years’ imprisonment.

Since that event, I live with ongoing post-traumatic stress disorder. It is not episodic. It is daily. It is managed, not cured.

Stoicism does not mean the absence of pain. It means refusing to allow pain to define one’s conduct or erode one’s ethics. I continue to work, advocate, investigate, and represent others despite that burden—not because it is easy, but because it is necessary.

Those who speculate about my character without knowing that history reveal more about themselves than they do about me.

On Defamation and Accountability

False statements about a person’s profession, integrity, or qualifications are not harmless. When presented as fact, they are defamatory. I am preserving records, statements, and evidence carefully.

I will be addressing these matters through proper legal channels in 2026.

• Not emotionally.

• Not publicly for spectacle.

• But lawfully and conclusively.

To Those Who Doubt

If you doubt my credentials or my character, you are free to disengage. You are not required to agree with me, respect me, or support my work.

But you are required—legally and ethically—not to lie about me.

If you cannot meet that standard, then the appropriate course is simple: move on.

I have spent my career standing beside people who were disbelieved, dismissed, or written off. I am comfortable being doubted. I am not concerned with applause.

Time, evidence, and truth resolve these matters.

That is the Stoic way.