Mary is an Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Insurance & Unemployment Fraud Division (IUFD) in the Criminal Bureau of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) where she leads a team of attorneys, financial investigators, an administrative assistant, and a paralegal, who investigate and prosecute people and businesses who commit fraud against private insurance carriers, the Commonwealth’s unemployment trust fund and the Commonwealth’s workers’ compensation system. IUFD’s efforts help to protect the people of Massachusetts from higher premiums and higher taxes, as well as to ensure those in need receive appropriate assistance. Prior to joining the AGO, Mary served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office (DA’s Office) for over 15 years, where she successfully tried over 40 jury trials to conviction. During Mary’s time at the DA’s Office, she served as the supervising attorney in the Brockton Juvenile Court, the supervising attorney in the Wareham District Court, became a member of the Superior Court trial team in the Family Protection Unit for a number of years, and then joined the Appeals Unit in 2018 where she handled a broad range of post-conviction cases and successfully argued over 24 cases resulting in affirmed convictions before the Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Mary is a member of the Board of Directors and serves as co-chair of the Government & Public Interest Committee for the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts (AALAM). She is a member of the Women of Color Attorneys Leadership Forum at the Boston Bar Association (BBA). She recently completed her fourth year of service as co-leader, treasurer, and cookie coordinator of her daughter’s Girl Scout troop. Mary graduated from Syracuse University, magna cum laude, with a BA in Magazine Journalism and Political Science with a minor in English & Textual Studies. She holds a JD from New England Law Boston.