M. Jane Brady
Appearance
Jane Brady | |
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Attorney General of Delaware | |
In office January 3, 1995 – December 7, 2005 | |
Governor | Tom Carper |
Preceded by | Charles Oberly |
Succeeded by | Carl Danberg |
Personal details | |
Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Wilmington, Delaware, U.S |
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of Delaware, Newark (BA) Villanova University (JD) |
M. Jane Brady is an American attorney and judge. She was the Attorney General of Delaware from 1995 to 2005, the first woman to serve in that position.[1] Since 2005, she has been a judge on the Delaware Superior Court.[1]
Career
Brady became an attorney in 1977.[1] She then proceeded to serve as a prosecutor for twelve years, followed by four years of private law practice, which then culminated in her 1994 election as Delaware's first female attorney general in 1994, elected as a Republican.[1] She was re-elected in 1998 and 2002.
She resigned as attorney general in December 2005, and became a judge on the Delaware Superior Court.[1]