82R28006 MGR-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.R. No. 2177
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Hugh L. Brady was named the 2010 Gertrude Shelburne
Volunteer of the Year by Planned Parenthood of North Texas at the
board of directors' annual awards luncheon on February 10, 2011;
and
WHEREAS, A professor at The University of Texas School of
Law, Mr. Brady is the director of the school's Legislative
Lawyering Clinic, which allows students to prepare legislation and
other materials used by political decision makers; an acknowledged
expert on the Texas legislative process, he is the editor of Texas
House Practice, a text on the House Rules; the UT School of Law's
Student Bar Association chose him as their Adjunct Faculty Member
of the Year in 2011; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Brady also maintains a law practice in Austin
with a focus on legislative and appellate law and has provided
advice on complicated issues to Texas lawmakers of both parties and
to local officials; in addition, he is a member of the education
committee of the Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law in
Ottawa, Canada; and
WHEREAS, The son of a preacher and a horsewoman, Mr. Brady was
raised in Jack, Palo Pinto, and Dallas Counties and earned a
bachelor's degree from Burlington College in Vermont and a juris
doctorate from Boston University, where he served as the
editor-in-chief of the school's Public Interest Law Journal; he
passed the Texas bar exam while in his third year of law school and
worked for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Juan Torruella; before
becoming a lawyer, he was a reporter, political newsletter
publisher, lobbyist, marketing firm executive, and legislative
aide; and
WHEREAS, This accomplished Texan has established himself as a
leader in his field and an expert in matters that affect all
residents of the Lone Star State, and his willingness to share his
expertise to benefit Planned Parenthood ensures that the
organization and the people it serves have an effective advocate in
Austin; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby honor Hugh L. Brady on being named the 2010
Volunteer of the Year by Planned Parenthood of North Texas and
extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Brady as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.