Mary Mullarkey was a chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and the first female Supreme Court chief justice in the state of Colorado.
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11 Facts About Mary Mullarkey
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Mary Mullarkey was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Mary Mullarkey began her career in Washington, DC with the Office of the Solicitor, US Department of the Interior.
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Later, Mary Mullarkey developed expertise in race and gender discrimination cases under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Mary Mullarkey then went to work for the office of the Colorado Attorney General, where she first worked on appeals under attorney general JD MacFarlane, then transitioned to the position of solicitor general.
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In that role, Mary Mullarkey was lead counsel for the state in major appellate cases from 1975 to 1982.
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In 1998, Mary Mullarkey was chosen by her fellow justices as the first female chief justice in the state's history.
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Mary Mullarkey took over the center chair on Aug 3,1998 and served as chief justice for 12 years.
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Mary Mullarkey helped to increase Colorado's number of judges by 27 percent, remodel courthouses, institute judicial training and juror appreciation programs, and turn Colorado's judicial system into a national technological model.
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Mary Mullarkey instituted a rule that all court buildings must have waiting rooms that provide children with a safe place to stay during their parents' court appearances.
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