BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shelby Bobosky, Esq.

Shelby attended the University of Kentucky for her undergraduate degree, earning a double major in History and Spanish in 1996. She then attended the University of Tulsa Law School and spent a year as a visiting law student at Northwestern University School of Law graduating in 1999. Shelby moved from Chicago to Dallas to begin her law practice and continued practicing general civil litigation for fifteen years when she decided to do only pro bono work putting in hundreds of hours in assisting animal welfare advocates and animal rescues when possible.

From 2011 to 2026, Shelby served as a board member, board chair and legislative chair of the Texas Humane Legislation Network and then as the Executive Director.  Under her leadership, she helped pass the following laws among others: the Anti-Gas Chamber law, the Mandatory Canine Encounter law, Strengthening the Animal Cruelty law, the Safe Outdoor Dogs Act and Strengthening the Texas Dog or Cat Licensed Breeder Act.

Shelby was heavily involved in the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, co-chairing the Animal Welfare Committee for four years and raising thousands of dollars for local 501(c)(3) rescues during her terms.  Shelby currently serves as an Adjunct Legal Professor at the SMU Dedman School of Law and she teaches Animal Law in the Fall (eight years) and Wildlife Law in the Spring (five years). She has presented courses on animal cruelty, the LINK between animal cruelty and interpersonal violence and Texas Animal Laws to judges, lawyers, animal cruelty investigators, LEOS and ACOs.

She and her husband, three boys, rescue dogs and fosters live in Dallas, Texas.