Mary is a litigation attorney at Ethridge Law Group. She has a versatile civil litigation practice, including both plaintiff and defense work, in multiple areas of law including, but not limited to, education/special education, insurance coverage and bad faith, personal injury, debt collection, and commercial transactions/business law. Mary also often handles appellate cases and has successfully argued appeals at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the South Carolina Court of Appeals. Before entering private practice, Mary worked as a judicial law clerk for two United States District Court judges in South Carolina.

Mary was selected as a Rising Star® by Super Lawyers® in 2024, and she was recognized by Best Lawyers® as Ones to Watch® in 2024. Mary was also selected as the Attorney of the Year at the 2023 Autism Law Summit and received the Unsung Hero Award from SC Lawyers Weekly in 2022.

Mary has a passion for writing about legal issues that impact her practices areas. She is the author of the following articles: To Defend or Not to Defend: The Dilemma For Insurers, Subcontractors and their Attorneys regarding Additional Insured Coverage in Construction Defect Litigation, The Defense Line (Fall 2020), Raising the Bar: The Standard of Education Required under the IDEA, S.C. Lawyer Mag. (Nov. 2017), and Utilizing Prosecutorial Discretion to Reduce the Number of Juveniles with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System, 2016 BYU Educ. & L.J. 191 (2016). Mary also often provides pro bono legal work to those in need and gives back to the community by volunteering at local non-profits.

Mary earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. Mary earned her law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. During law school, Mary earned multiple awards including the Roberts Senior Class Writing Award and CALI Awards in Insurance, Evidence, Contracts, Civil Procedure, and Legal Research and Writing. Mary was inducted into the Order of the Coif and the Order of the Wig and Robe.