District Attorney Mary Lacy has been with the Boulder District Attorney’s Office since 1983. She graduated from the University of Iowa Law School with honors in 1978, went into private practice and then worked as an Assistant Vice President and Trust Officer in Iowa and then in Boulder before joining the Boulder D.A.’s office. During her tenure as a deputy District Attorney Mary Lacy co-founded Blue Sky Bridge Child Advocacy Center and has been on the Board of Directors of Chestor House, the Board of Directors for the YWCA of Boulder County, the Executive Board of the Colorado District Attorney’s Council, the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board and the Advisory Board for Boulder County Partners.

District Attorney Lacy established the Boulder County Sexual Assault Team, has become a successful prosecutor and national instructor on Acquaintance Rape, and assisted in the revision of the Prior Acts Legislation. She was inducted into the YWCA Hall of Fame in 1999 for Contributions to Women and Children; she received the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault Award for Excellence in 1998, and was honored by the Colorado Juvenile Council.

Mary is an avid bicyclist and gardener. She is married to Jack Lacy - they have five grown children between them.

Lacy continues to maintain a caseload while supervising an office of over 100 staff and community volunteers. She says her legacy will be to create a strong District Attorney’s office with a vision that embraces the future and offers a staff equal to any challenge in protecting our community.