Mary Lipscomb obtained her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where she specialized in Critical Race Studies. During law school, Ms. Lipscomb chaired the Reentry and Expungement Clinic, and worked on asylum applications and removal defense in the Immigrant Family Legal Clinic. She also served as Managing Editor of the Indigenous Peoples Journal of Law Culture & Resistance and Articles Editor of the Dukeminier Awards Journal of Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Law. Ms. Lipscomb received her B.A. degree in Anthropology with a minor in Colonialism Studies from Tufts University.

Prior to joining Sacks, Glazier, Franklin & Lodise, Ms. Lipscomb was a staff attorney at Public Counsel in their Homelessness Prevention Law Project, where she defended tenants in unlawful detainers. Previously, she was an Eviction Defense Fellow at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.