About
About Mary Lou
The most qualified and experienced
to be your next County Court Judge
Professional Experience
- Over 30 years of legal experience
- Of Counsel with Cole, Scott & Kissane
- Practice focuses on Labor and Employment Litigation, Personal Injury and Appellate Litigation
- Over 12 years as a Family Law Magistrate
- Over 12 years of experience years as a Criminal Defense Attorney
- Appointed as a Child Care Licensing Hearing Officer
- Served as an Assistant Attorney General representing Department of Children and Families to protect abused, abandoned or neglected children
- AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale Hubbell® (the highest rating of attorneys)
Education
- University of Florida, Levin College of Law graduate
- University of South Florida graduate
Community Involvement
- Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers, Vice President of Programs
- Chair of the Florida Bar Association Family Law Rules Committee (July 2019 – July 2020)
- Adjunct Professor of Law at the W.M. Cooley Law School and Hillsborough Community College
- Volunteer for the Children’s Cancer Center
- Member of the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce
Personal
- Third Generation Florida Native
- Attends St. Mark the Evangelist Church
- Mother of two children
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