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{{Short description|American judge}}
{{For|the American football player|Thomas Edward Patrick Brady}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Edward Brady
| birth_name          = Edward Thomas Brady
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|November 1, 1943}}
| birth_place         = [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S.
| office              = Associate Justice of the [[North Carolina Supreme Court]]
| term_start          = January 1, 2003
| term_end            = January 1, 2011
| predecessor         = [[G. K. Butterfield]]
| successor           = [[Barbara Jackson]]
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| branch              = {{flag|United States Army}}
| serviceyears        = 1963–1993
| battles             = [[Vietnam War]]
| education           = [[University of Nebraska at Omaha]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[John Jay College of Criminal Justice]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])<br>[[California Western School of Law]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}
'''Edward Thomas Brady''' (born November 1, 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|title=North Carolina Supreme Court Justices - Edward Thomas Brady|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/Courts/nc_supreme_court_justices_ETB.html|access-date=2021-04-13|website=www.carolana.com}}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] trial attorney and former associate justice of the [[North Carolina Supreme Court]]. He was [[2002 North Carolina judicial elections|elected in November 2002]] as a Republican, defeating incumbent [[G. K. Butterfield]]. His term expired in January 2011 and he did not seek re-election in 2010. 

==Early life and education==
Born in [[Brooklyn]], Brady enlisted in the [[United States Army]] in 1965 as a private and was decorated for his service in the [[Vietnam War]]. Brady then served as a special agent with the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms]], assigned to [[Milwaukee]]. Brady earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from the [[University of Nebraska Omaha]]. In 1977, he earned a Master of Science in criminal justice from the [[John Jay College of Criminal Justice]]. He also earned a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from the [[California Western School of Law]] and was awarded the Dean's Award. Justice Brady is a member of the state bar of Georgia, the North Carolina state bar, and the District of Columbia bar.

==Career==
Brady retired from the [[United States Army Reserve]] as a [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] (O-6) in 1993, having held military police, special operations, aviation command, and staff assignments. In 1968, while on active duty, Justice Brady was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]], [[Bronze Star Medal]], [[Air Medal]] with Valor Device for heroism and 2nd-18th Oak Leaf Cluster, [[Army Commendation Medal]] with Valor Device for heroism and the [[Vietnam Cross of Gallantry]] with Bronze Star. In 1966, he graduated from Infantry Officer Candidate School and earned the [[Parachutist Badge (United States)|Parachutist Badge]], [[Pathfinder Badge]], [[Special Forces Tab]], and was subsequently awarded the Senior Army Aviation Badge.

===Legal career===
Upon graduating law school in 1978, Justice Brady began in private practice in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]. He continued with the private Law firm of Brady and Brady until 2003, when he took office as an associate justice for the North Carolina Supreme Court. Since retiring from the Supreme Court of North Carolina, he has joined the Brady Law Firm. His area of practice is criminal defense.<ref name="courtbio">{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.nccourts.org/Courts/Appellate/Supreme/Biographies/Biography.asp?Name=Brady|publisher=North Carolina Courts|accessdate=August 24, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125172529/http://www.nccourts.org/Courts/Appellate/Supreme/Biographies/Biography.asp?Name=Brady|archivedate=January 25, 2011}}</ref>

For two decades, Justice Brady's area of practice was litigation in both state and federal courts in Eastern North Carolina. As a citizen-soldier, Justice Brady represented members of the armed forces in both administrative matters and general [[court-martial|courts-martial]] under the [[Uniform Code of Military Justice]]. In 2002, the people of the "Old North State" elected Justice Brady to serve as an associate justice on their State's highest court.

He is additionally admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit]], the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]], the [[United States Army Court of Military Appeals for Armed Forces]], and the [[United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals]].<ref name=courtbio />

==Personal life==
Brady is a Southern Baptist. He and his family are members of Village Baptist Church in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]], where Brady also served as a member of the personnel committee.

==Electoral history==
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Edward Thomas Brady
| votes = 162,956
| percentage = 50.24%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Ralph Walker
| votes = 161,420
| percentage = 49.76%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 324,376
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice ([[G. K. Butterfield|Butterfield]] seat) general election, 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=354|title=11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide|publisher=[[North Carolina State Board of Elections]]|accessdate=September 14, 2024}}</ref>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Edward Thomas Brady
| votes = 1,159,476
| percentage = 53.88%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = [[G. K. Butterfield]] (incumbent)
| votes = 992,603
| percentage = 46.12%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 2,152,079
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

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