Foga Brill held a position within the Galactic Republic's Judicial Department, specifically in the Office of Criminal Investigations. In the time of the Clone Wars, a conflict between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Brill functioned as the Director of Investigation for the office.
The character Foga Brill was brought up in the current Star Wars canon in Rise of the Separatists. This was a 2019 addition to Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars Roleplaying product line. Within the Star Wars Legends timeline, Foga Brill initially appeared in Shield of Lies, a 1996 book written by Michael P. Kube-McDowell.