Mary Catherine Rabbitt SL

Mary Catherine retired as the Colorado Legal Assistance Developer for Elders in December 2016, a position which she held from 2008 at Disability Law Colorado (formerly The Legal Center). As Legal assistance developer, she provided training and technical assistance to legal providers and local ombudsmen as well as legal support to the State Long Term Care Ombudsman. She tracked trends in elder law and served as the voice of elders to policymakers, regulators and government officials. Prior to coming to Disability Law Colorado, she was the president and CEO of the Sisters of Loretto for six years. For 16 years before that, she was an attorney with Colorado Legal Services where she was associated with the Senior Citizen Law Center. She was an advocate in class action litigation affecting low-income clients receiving Medicaid benefits and Old Age Pension. Mary Catherine received her law degree from the University of Denver College of Law in 1984.