Celebrating King County Health Heroes

Judge Mary Roberts
Superior Court
Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center, Kent

"It's not like I am the leader. We all encourage each other"

Superior Court Judge Mary Roberts has always run a high performance courtroom and now she and her colleagues have joined together to be a high performance athletic team.

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The competitive spirit has requires changes in the office culture in several ways.

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Mary ran a half marathon, her bailiff did the Seattle- to-Portland bike race, one of her clerks took on the Danskin Triathlon while the other entered the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

“I never ran a step until I was 45 and last fall I ran a half marathon.  I didn’t believe I could run a mile and I ran over 13 miles and this year I am training for a full marathon.”

For Mary, her younger colleagues have been key to her success.  “We all encourage each other.”