Meteoric Legal Career
Shelby worked for five years as an assistant district attorney in Harris County. He served primarily in the Special Prosecutions Division. In 1989, he joined the U.S. attorney's office in Houston as an assistant U.S. attorney, with specialization in the investigation and prosecution of cases involviing public corruption, organized crime, and environmental law.
In 1997, the Shelbys moved to Phoenix, where he continued his work as an assistant U.S. attorney, with specialization in the prosecution of corrupt public officials and international narcotics trafficking. The Shelbys returned to Houston in 2002, when he became full U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas.
Shelby received many commendations for his work from the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Customs Service, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Internal Revenue Service, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He received personal letters of commendation from former Attorney General Janet Reno and former FBI directors Louis Freeh and William Sessions.
Shelby was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve and held the rank of commander. He was a decorated veteran with active-duty service in the Middle East during Operation Desert Storm and later in Bosnia.
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