One thing everyone should know about Mariah Dylla Gardiner, who his now an associate in the family law practice at Black & Graham, P.C. in Colorado Springs, is that she has a considerable education to draw upon. While in high school, she did something that would make her the envy of every law student in the country, when she published an article for the prestigious Concord Review, entitled “Criminal Justice.” After her high school education, she went on to earn an undergraduate degree in French from Portland State University, cum laude. She received her Juris Doctor from the S.J. Quinney College of Law from the University of Utah, where she also received the Frankel Public Interest Fellowship.
However, even before she went to law school, Mariah curated an oral history museum exhibit, in which she told the story of underground uranium miners in northwest New Mexico. She interviewed many of the miners and used the miner’s own words to impart a lot of technical and historical information in the context of the Cold War, when the government and contractors concealed hazards and delayed the implementation of safety regulations until the U.S. nuclear arsenal was complete. That gave her a lot of experience in listening to people and understanding their problems from their own unique perspective.
In addition to a lot of considerable legal experience gained over the years, Mariah Dylla Gardiner has also advocated for women’s rights in various parts of the developing world. She has rapporteur status to the United Nation and she has conducted research and written on issues regarding post-colonial feminism in West Africa. Mariah has a large range of experience that serves to inform her law career and makes her a great asset to clients.
