Mary became a lawyer because she wanted to help people and believes the best way to do that is one person at a time with individual care, concern and dedication. Most people come to lawyers with a problem. Mary's commitment to address each client's unique individual circumstances in the most thoughtful and effective way possible remains a hallmark of her practice. This commitment has only deepened and sharpened over the years.

Mary's practice, centrally located on the 16th street Mall in downtown Denver, where it has been since its inception, encompasses the Metropolitan area including Jefferson, Denver, Arapahoe, Adams, Boulder and Douglas counties. Mary has also represented people on the western slope and the eastern plains of the state, as well as out of state residents with legal issues in the Metropolitan area.

After graduation from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, in 1969 Mary traveled to Detroit, Michigan where she served in VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) and later worked in the typesetting industry. She then worked as a director and counselor for disadvantaged children in Detroit. Mary then returned to her home in Colorado where she graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 1979. After graduation she served in the CJAWS where she was instrumental in establishing Colorado's existing statutes concerning domestic violence, one of the forerunners of the serious attention now paid to domestic violence throughout the country.

Mary is admitted to practice in all state courts in Colorado and the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Her practice centers around all aspects of family law, wills and estates and probate.

Mary and Kurtz & Peckham have an A-V rating with Martindale-Hubbell. An A rating means very high to preeminent lawyering and the V rating means the ethics are exemplary. M-H ratings are achieved by M-H requesting confidential opinions from other attorneys in the area, and is the guide lawyers turn to when referring clients to lawyers out of state.

Mary is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, The Denver Bar Association, Family Law section, and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. She is a staff member of Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, where she has been on the faculty since 2000. Mary spends time each year teaching other attorneys at the college, including a graduate seminar as well as helping to establish, facilitate and teach at Regional Seminars throughout the country.

Mary's work with Trial Lawyers College led her to a rigorous course of study in psychodrama and sociometry, and in 2006, Mary was certified as a practitioner in psychodrama and sociometry.