Mary joined the Federal Public Defender Office for the District of Connecticut in December 2023. Previously she worked as an Investigator/Mitigation Specialist for the Habeas Corpus Resource Center in San Francisco, California. Earlier she was an Investigator/Mitigation Specialist for the Federal Public Defender Office in the Western District of Pennsylvania, Capital Habeas Unit. She got her start in investigation as a private investigator in Los Angeles, California working on high profile criminal and civil cases.

Mary received her bachelor’s degree from The New School for Social Research, with a major in philosophy. She holds a graduate certificate in criminal investigation from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and has completed training in Defense-Initiated Victim Outreach (DIVO).