Judge Mary A. Celeste (Ret.), J.D.

Director

National Interdisciplinary Cannabis Symposium

Judge Mary A. Celeste (ret.) sat on the Denver County Court bench 2000-2015. She was the Presiding Judge 2009-10 and the co-founder of the Denver County Court Sobriety Court. She is currently a law school professor teaching Cannabis and the Law at California Western School of Law and is considered a national content expert on the topic of cannabis. She is a coordinator for the annual National Interdisciplinary Cannabis Symposium.

She is a former member of the Judicial Advisory Board for the Foundation for the Advancement of Alcohol Responsibility (FAAR); former Faculty for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) and the National Judicial College (NJC). She has also served as the past chair of ABA National Conference of Specialized Court Judges; the President of the American Judge’s Association and the Colorado Women’s Bar Association Foundation, and, as a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Judicial Outreach Liaison for Region 8. She has written many articles and is a national speaker on the topics of marijuana; marijuana and drug impaired driving, drugged driving, and specialty courts.

She has presented to AJA; ALA; NEADCP, NADCP, APPA, AJA, ABA, DATIA, NHTSA, NEADCP, Lifesavers, Colorado Bar Association; ICIA, Pennsylvania DUI Association, Michigan and Louisiana Association of Drug Court Professionals and to Judges, Attorneys; Specialty Court Conferences, and Safety Highway Offices in the States of Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, U.S. Territories, and in Canada.