Listen to this article

Mary K. Denton’s legal career began in Arizona following her completion of a Juris Doctor at the Arizona State University College of Law. “I liked the idea of understanding the foundation on which we operate as a society; that included knowing what people’s rights were and the limits of authority,” Denton said of her interest in working in law. “It seemed natural as there is a great deal of reading, writing and research and I have always enjoyed all three.”

She first completed a judicial clerkship with the Arizona Court of Appeals before stepping in to serve as assistant corporate counsel with Empire Southwest Co. “After clerking for two years, I was hired as in-house counsel for a large Caterpillar dealer in Arizona. They had not had in-house counsel before but ha

See Full Page