Mary Beth has more than 12 years of experience in the legal and business world and uses this background when defending clients on insurance coverage and construction liability claims.
Most recently, Mary Beth provided strategic guidance and implementation support to large corporations with a management consulting firm. Her previous experience includes working at a California-based law firm counseling developers and general contractors working from their Las Vegas office. Mary Beth also has experience working at a nationwide insurance company where she advised clients in subrogation and mass litigation claims.
In 2020 Mary Beth was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), the governing oversight entity charged with financial oversight, funding and regional transit planning for the following operating transportation service boards: Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, Pace Suburban Bus service and Pace Americans with Disabilities Act Paratransit. In April 2019 Mary Beth was elected to the Village Board of Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Practices
Education
- University of Arizona, Rogers College of Law, JD, 2006
- Outstanding Senior Award
- Externship: Magistrate Marshall, US District Court, District of Arizona
- Ninth Circuit Pro Bono Appellate Project
- The College of William & Mary, BA, 2003
- Benjamin Stoddart Ewell Award
Admissions
- Illinois
- Nevada
- United States District Courts: Northern District of Illinois, Central District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois, District of Nevada
Professional Memberships
- Director, Regional Transportation Authority (RTA)
- Board Member, Village of Arlington Heights, Illinois
- American Bar Association
- Tort Trial And Insurance Practice Section
- Construction Law Section
- Civil Rights and Social Justice Section
- Forum on Affordable Housing & Community Development Law
Languages
- English
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Presentations/Publications
- Presenter, “Affordable Housing,” Our Saviour’s Advocacy Group – POWER, Arlington Heights, IL (June 2021)
- Webinar Host, “Ready to Run?,” League of Women Voters – Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, & Buffalo Grove, IL, webinar (October 2020)
- Webinar Host, “Language, Faith & Fighting,” Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, webinar (October 2020)
- Presenter, “Up In Smoke: Continued Marijuana Legislation Program,” Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, IL (March 2020)
- Presenter, “Marijuana Legislation: Facts and Myths,” Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, IL (February 2020)
- Presenter, “So You Want to Talk About Race,” Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, IL (October 2019)
- Presenter, “Black in a White World,” Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, IL (February 2019)
- Presenter, “Agile Overview,” CDW Enterprise Business Intelligence Department, Vernon Hills, IL (January 2018)
- Presenter, “Shape Tomorrow: Register and Vote,” Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, IL (September 2018)
- Presenter, “Change Management: All the Cool Kids are Doing It,” ARMA International Chicago Chapter, Chicago, IL (January 2018)
- Presenter, “Blockchain Technology,” Kenway Consulting, Chicago (August 2017)
- Presenter, “Illinois Anti-Indemnity Statute and Indemnity Agreements,” Chicago Bar Association, Insurance Law Committee, Chicago, IL (October 2011)
- Co-Author, “Know Your Easement,” Caveat (March 2006)