A native of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, Kirk received his degree from West Virginia University where he was a four-year starter on the WVU Baseball team. Prior to working at Lynch Carpenter, Kirk played Minor League Baseball from 1997-2001 and was inducted into the Frontier League Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014. Following his career in Minor League Baseball, Kirk worked as Sole Proprietor of TNT Collectibles Sports Cards/Memorabilia from 2001-2019 in Monroeville, PA. He joined Lynch Carpenter as an Investigator in May 2019.

Residing in Murrysville, Kirk spends his time coaching his sons’ Jet and Jaxon sports teams and attending activities with them. He enjoys binge watching television series and loves traveling and is an overall hometown sports loyalist and avid sports fan period.