Brian . East
Advocacy Inc
Brian East, Esq., graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1977. He
worked at legal aid for two years, and in private practice for 14 years, before joining
Advocacy, Inc., a non-profit corporation advocating for the rights of people with
disabilities. Brian has handled a number of disability-discrimination and disability-rights
cases in state and federal court, and has written and lectured extensively on these issues.
Brian is currently a Board Member of both the National Employment Lawyers Association
(NELA) and the Texas Employment Lawyers Association (TELA). He is a past chair of
NELA's Disability Rights Committee, serves on the Legal Advocacy Subcommittee of the
American Diabetes Association, and in the past has served on the legal committees of the
National Disability Rights Network and of AIDS Services of Austin. He is the co-author
and editor of the chapter on "Workers with Disabilities" in the Employee & Union Member
Guide to Labor Law (Thompson/West). Brian was named a "SuperLawyer" by Texas
Monthly magazine for 2003-2009, and he received the 2003 Excellence in Public Interest
award from the Texas Law Fellowships, and the 2008 Martha Arbuckle Meritorious Service
Award from the Austin Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities.
(05/10)
