General Counsel
Patricia A. Brady
Emeritus General Counsel
Patricia A. Brady was General Counsel of the University of Wisconsin System from 2002 to 2010. Before becoming General Counsel, she served as Deputy General Counsel and Senior System Legal Counsel for the UW System, practicing in the areas of diversity, employment, student affairs, public records and meetings, contracts and intellectual property. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Her previous legal experience includes service as an Assistant Attorney General in North Carolina, where she represented the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the University of North Carolina. She is a regular speaker on legal issues in higher education, and has taught higher education law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was designated Emeritus General Counsel upon her retirement in October 2010.