Britt graduated in 1977 from the University of Illinois with a degree in economics, and from DePaul Law School in 1983. After law school Britt specialized in corporate reorganizations in Chicago with Sidley & Austin and Lord, Bissell & Brook. Later, he became a prosecutor in Apache County, and served as Chief Civil Deputy in the Cochise County Attorneys Office until 2020. He is now Of Counsel to the County Attorney’s Office. Britt has frequently been on the faculty at the annual Arizona Public Practice Seminar in Prescott.