Mary Byerley is a member of Jones Foster’s Trust and Estate Litigation practice group and concentrates her practice on probate and trust litigation.
Mary earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. While in law school, she served as Vice President of the Federal Bar Association student chapter and as a Notes and Comments Editor for the Journal of Law and Public Policy. She also served as a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator through the Mediation Clinic and competed on UF Law’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Team, developing skills in negotiation, mediation, and arbitration.
Mary gained experience through clerkships and summer associate positions, including Jones Foster’s Summer Associate Program, where she worked on substantive matters across multiple practice areas. She also served as a real estate clerk with a Gainesville law firm.
Mary previously served as an Adult Protective Investigator with the Florida Department of Children and Families, where she led investigations and collaborated with state attorneys on more than 400 complex cases.