Julio Brady

{{Short description|U.S. Virgin Islands judge, politician and attorney}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Julio Brady |office = 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands |term_start = January 3, 1983 |term_end = January 5, 1987 |governor = Juan Francisco Luis |predecessor = Henry Millin |successor = Derek Hodge |birth_date = {{birth date|1942|8|23}} |birth_place = Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands |death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2015|9|16|1942|8|23}}}} |death_place = Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands |party = Democratic (Before 1986)<br>Republican (1986–2015) |spouse = Gwendolyn Hall |children = 2 |education = Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce (BA)<br>New York Law School (JD) }} '''Julio A. Brady''' (August 23, 1942 – September 16, 2015) was an American Virgin Islander judge, politician and attorney. Brady served as the fifth lieutenant governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1983 to 1987 during the second term of former Governor Juan Francisco Luis.<ref name=vidn>{{cite news|first=Aldeth|last=Lewin|title=Gov. Juan Luis dies at 70|url=http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/gov-juan-luis-dies-at-70-1.1157759#axzz1T2knWZ7L|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313122434/http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/gov-juan-luis-dies-at-70-1.1157759#axzz1T2knWZ7L|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-03-13|work=Virgin Islands Daily News|date=2011-06-05|access-date=2011-07-24}}</ref> Prior to his death, Brady served as a U.S. Virgin Islands Superior Court judge since 2006.<ref name=stcroix>{{cite news|first=Lynda|last=Lohr|title=Gov. Turnbull Nominates Julio Brady for Superior Court Judge|url=http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-news/2006/01/19/gov-turnbull-nominates-julio-brady-superior-court-judge|work=St. Croix Source|date=2006-01-18|access-date=2011-07-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318132958/http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-news/2006/01/19/gov-turnbull-nominates-julio-brady-superior-court-judge|archive-date=2012-03-18}}</ref>

==Biography==

===Early life=== Brady received bachelor's degrees in philosophy and English from Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in 1964.<ref name=stcroix/> He worked at the V.I. Employment Security Agency as an interviewer before enrolling in law school.<ref name=stcroix/> He then earned a Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School of New York City in 1969.<ref name=stcroix/>

===Career=== Brady began his legal career at the Legal Aid Society of New York, where he worked from 1969 to 1971 as a public defender.<ref name=stcroix/> He then served as an assistant U.S. attorney from 1971 to 1973.<ref name=stcroix/> Brady was promoted to U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Islands District, a position he held from 1973 until January 30, 1978, when he resigned to pursue a political campaign for U.S.V.I. delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref name=vidn3>{{cite news|title=Brady Formally Quits U.S. Attorney's Post |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rQ5OAAAAIBAJ&pg=2904,1923684&dq=julio+brady&hl=en |work=Virgin Islands Daily News |date=1978-01-19|access-date=2011-07-26}}</ref>

Brady's ultimately sought the Democratic nomination for Delegate of the U.S. Virgin Islands to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978.<ref name=vidn4/> He was narrowly defeated in the September 12, 1978 Democratic primary election by Janet B. Watlington, an aide to former Delegate Ron de Lugo.<ref name=vidn4>{{cite news|title=Brady Eyed As Governor's Capital Rep. |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hW1aAAAAIBAJ&pg=5638,2730271&dq=julio+brady&hl=en |work=Virgin Islands Daily News |date=1979-02-21|access-date=2011-07-26}}</ref><ref name=vidn5>{{cite news|title=Brady Backs Watlington |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nA1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=5602,1630510&dq=julio+brady+alexander+farrelly&hl=en |work=Virgin Islands Daily News |date=1978-09-14|access-date=2011-07-26}}</ref> Republican Melvin Evans defeated Watlington in the November general election to become delegate.<ref name=vidn4/>

He was also reportedly considered for appointment as Lieutenant Governor by Governor Juan Luis in January 1978 following the death of Governor Cyril King.<ref name=vidn2>{{cite news|first=Penny|last=Feuerzeig |title=Henry Millin is Luis' Choice for Lt. Governor |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PA1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=5304,2387272&dq=henry+millin+luis&hl=en |work=Virgin Islands Daily News |date=1978-02-22|access-date=2011-07-25}}</ref> However, Governor Luis ultimately chose Henry Millin as his Lieutenant Governor and running mate in the 1978 gubernatorial election.<ref name=vidn2/> Brady practiced law for a private law firm, Isherwood, Colianni, Alkon and Barnard, on Saint Croix after leaving the U.S. Attorney's office.<ref name=vidn3/> He ran the firm's Saint Thomas office for a time.<ref name=vidn3/>

Governor Juan Francisco Luis appointed Brady the first federal programs coordinator in Washington, D.C. from 1979 to 1982.<ref name=stcroix/><ref name=vidn4/> He simultaneously served as the chairman of the Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands from 1980 to 1982.<ref name=stcroix/> Brady was also involved with the Fourth Constitutional Convention held in 1980.<ref name=vidn6>{{cite news|first=Bernita|last=Akin|title=Brady Blasts Constitution's "Native" Role |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CA1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=5352,3164580&dq=julio+brady&hl=en |work=Virgin Islands Daily News |date=1980-06-21|access-date=2011-07-26}}</ref> He heavily criticized a proposed provision in the U.S. Virgin Islands Constitution that would have required that all future Governors and Lt. Governors of the territory be born in the U.S. Virgin Islands or have at least one parent who was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands in order to hold office.<ref name=vidn6/> As a guest speaker, Brady told the constitutional delegates, "For you people who were elected by a microcosm of the entire Virgin Islands to decide that for all time we cannot have in these Virgin Islands as governor somebody who was not born here, or whatever definition you use, is - to say the least - the height of arrogance."<ref name=vidn6/>

In 1982, Lt. Governor Henry Millin opted to challenge incumbent Governor Juan Francisco Luis in the gubernatorial election.<ref name=vidn/> Luis chose Brady as his running mate for lieutenant governor in the 1982 gubernatorial election.<ref name=stcroix/> Luis and Brady won the election on November 2, 1982, with 11,354 votes, defeating Millin and three other candidates for governor.<ref name=sjnp>{{cite news|title=Virgin Islands Runoff Not Needed |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qs1bAAAAIBAJ&pg=5447,4156912&dq=julio+brady+virgin+islands&hl=en |agency=Associated Press |publisher= St. Joseph News-Press|date=1982-11-25|access-date=2011-07-25}}</ref> He served as Lt. Governor until leaving office on January 5, 1987, when he was succeeded by Derek Hodge.

In 1986, Brady ran for Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, this time as a Republican. However, he was defeated in the election by Democrat Alexander A. Farrelly.

Brady was elected as a delegate to the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans.<ref name=latimes>{{cite news|first=George|last=Skelton|title=1988 Republican National Convention : Seek to Portray Unified Party : Delegates Now Turn to Supporting Roles |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-16-mn-694-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1988-08-16|access-date=2011-07-26}}</ref> Brady opposed a move to include a constitutional amendment to ban abortions in the Republican Party's 1988 party platform explaining, "It's a personal and moral issue, and I don't believe government has any business mucking around with it."<ref name=latimes/> In the late 1980s, the Legislature of the Virgin Islands expelled then-Senator Kenneth Mapp from the legislature after he failed to re-register as a U.S. Virgin Islands resident after voting in a primary election in the state of Georgia.<ref name=stcroix/> Brady represented Mapp in the court case challenging his expulsion.<ref name=stcroix/>

Brady went on to serve as a judge on the U.S. Virgin Islands Territorial Court from 1992 to 1994. The Territorial Court is now called the Virgin Islands Superior Court.<ref name=stcroix/> By 2006, Brady, a former Democrat, had become Chairman of the Republican Party of the Virgin Islands.<ref name=stcroix/> He was also working as a lawyer for Innovative Communications Corporation.<ref name=stcroix/>

In December 2005, Virgin Islands Superior Court Judge Edgar D. Ross retired from the bench.<ref name=stcroix/> Governor Charles Wesley Turnbull nominated Brady to the Virgin Islands Superior Court on January 18, 2006.<ref name=stcroix/> Brady's nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Virgin Islands Senate in an 8–3 vote in April 2006 after a series of heated and controversial confirmation hearings.<ref name=stcroix2>{{cite news|first=Ananta|last=Pancham|title=Despite Concerns, Brady Nomination Approved By Full Senate|url=http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-news/2006/04/20/despite-concerns-brady-nomination-approved-full-senate|work=St. Croix Source|date=2006-04-19|access-date=2011-07-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318133023/http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-news/2006/04/20/despite-concerns-brady-nomination-approved-full-senate|archive-date=2012-03-18}}</ref> He died in St. Croix after a long illness on September 16, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/judge-julio-brady-former-lieutenant-governor-dies-1.1943945 |title=Judge Julio Brady, former lieutenant governor, dies - News - Virgin Islands Daily News |access-date=2015-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151001200624/http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/judge-julio-brady-former-lieutenant-governor-dies-1.1943945 |archive-date=2015-10-01 }}</ref><ref>http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2015/09/17/judge-julio-brady-dies-73{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111001212621/http://www.stx.k12.vi/profileindex.html Virgin Islands Dept. of Education: Profiles of Outstanding Virgin Islanders - Julio A. Brady]

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