Appointed By: Gov. Samuel D. Brownback
The Hon. Mary E. Mattivi is a judge for the 3rd Judicial District Court of Kansas in Shawnee County. She was appointed to the bench by former Governor Sam Brownback on October 2, 2012, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of the late Hon. Daniel L. Mitchell.
Prior to her appointment, Mattivi sat as a pro tem judge in Shawnee County and the Topeka Municipal Court. Her legal career also includes stints as an assistant district attorney with the Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office, a city prosecutor for the Maple Hill Municipal Court, and an associate litigation counsel for the Kansas Board of Healing Arts.
Mattivi began her legal career as an assistant county attorney with both the Lyon County and Jackson County Attorney’s Offices. She was also a former investigator for the Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Mattivi received a bachelor’s degree from Southeast Missouri State. She then completed a J.D. at Washburn University School of Law in 1994. Mattivi was admitted to practice in Kansas in 1995.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Mattivi and her husband, Tony, a fellow attorney and former federal prosecutor, have three children.
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