The Honorable Mary D. Colins served with distinction on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas for 25 years. First elected in 1989, Judge Colins retired in 2004 to serve as one of the original appointees by Governor Edward Rendell to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and was named Chair of the Gaming Control Board in 2007.

In 2009, Judge Colins returned to the bench as a senior judge and served in that capacity until her retirement in 2019. Judge Colins started her legal career in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office where her service included working as the Assistant Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit.

She also served as a private practitioner in Philadelphia, in-house counsel at a Fortune 500 company, and a hearing examiner for the Federal Employee Appeals Authority.

The inaugural work of the Judicial Portrait Project recognized Judges Mary D. Colins and Patricia A. McInerney of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas at an unveiling ceremony held on June 14, 2023 in the Law Library of the First Judicial District in Philadelphia City Hall.