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 Mary Jane Ciccarello is an elder law attorney in private practice in Salt Lake City, Utah. She served previously as the Legal Services Developer for the Utah State Division of Aging and Adult Services, a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake and Utah Legal Services, and the dean of students at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law where she now teaches as an adjunct professor. She has been a Fellow with the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging since 2002.
Mary Jane received her B.A. magna cum laude from Barnard College, M.A. and M.Phil. from Columbia University, and J.D. from the University of Utah College of Law. The Utah State Bar named her the distinguished pro bono lawyer of 1997. A member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, she served as the chair of the Needs of the Elderly Committee of the Utah State Bar (2002-2004) and as president of the board of Jewish Family Service of Salt Lake (2003-2005). She currently serves on the Utah State Courts Standing Committee on Resources for Self-Represented Parties and on the Mental Health Special Committee of the Utah Commission on Aging.
Mary Jane writes and lectures regularly on law and aging issues and has published, together with Edward D. Spurgeon, “The Lawyer in Other Fiduciary Roles: Policy and Ethical Considerations” in a special March 1994 issue of the Fordham Law Review on Ethical Issues in Representing Older Clients, and “The Lawyer as Guardian: Policy and Ethical Considerations” in a special Spring 2002 issue of the Stetson Law Review on Wingspan-The Second National Guardianship Conference.
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