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The Gertrude Shelburne Volunteer of the Year, 2010
The Gertrude Shelburne Award is given to honor an outstanding individual for his or her humanitarian efforts on behalf of the health and welfare of North Texas women and their families. The award is specifically intended to promote the awareness of women's health and reproductive rights in the community.
Attorney Hugh Brady is an adjunct professor and director of the Legislative Lawyering Clinic at The University of Texas School of Law. "Without ever stepping on the House floor, Hugh Brady ... had a larger impact on the 78th Legislature than many representatives did," reported the Texas Observer in 2003. He is an acknowledged expert on the Texas legislative process and is the author of Texas House Practice, considered the authoritative text on the House Rules.
As an Austin lawyer with a practice in legislative and appellate law, Mr. Brady has provided advice on complicated legislative issues to Texas lawmakers of both parties and local officials. He was editor-in-chief of the Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, worked for United States Circuit Judge Juan Torruella, and sat for and passed the Texas bar examination while still a third-year law student.
Before becoming a lawyer, Brady worked as a reporter, a political newsletter publisher, a lobbyist, a marketing firm executive, and a legislative aide. He is the son of a preacher and a horsewoman, and was raised in Jack, Palo Pinto, and Dallas counties. Mr. Brady was honored this year for donating his time and talents to represent Planned Parenthood of North Texas’ best interests in Austin.
