Marilyn C. O'Leary

Background

O'Leary, Marilyn C. was born on September 22, 1940 in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Charles Samuel and Nell Theresa Cacciatore.

Education

Bachelor, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1962; Master of Arts, U. New Mexico, 1974; Juris Doctor, U. New Mexico, 1981.

Career

Admitted to the bar, 1981, New Mexico. Lead Articles Editor, Natural Resources Journal, 1980-1981. Author: Comment, "Texas v.

New Mexico: The Pecos River Compact Litigation," Natural Resources Journal, Volume 20, No. 2, 1980. Co-Author: "Pueblo Indian Water Rights," University of Arizona Press, 1981. "Administrative Law," New Mexico Law Review, Volume 14, No.

1, 1984. Author: "Negotiated Settlements in Utility Regulation," Public Utilities Fortnightly, Volume 118, No. 4, 1986. Co-Author: "Public Utility Regulation: The Social Control of Industry," Chapter VIII, Klewer Academic Publishers, 1989. Author: "A Proposal For Dialogue as a Regulatory Tool," Public Utilities Fortnightly, Volume 129, No.

4, 1992. Law Clerk to United States. Bankruptcy Court, 1981-1982. Chairman, New Mexico Public Service Commission, 1986-1987.

Member: State Bar of New Mexico (Chair, Natural Resources Section, 1987-1988). American Bar Association. Experienced in both working for and representing clients before a variety of state agencies, Ms.

O'Leary has extensive experience in administrative, water and public utility law. She has represented companies before the New Mexico Public Utility Commission, where she has served as Chair of the Commission, the New Mexico State Engineer, and the New Mexico Supreme Court. Her expertise encompasses matters of conflict between federal and state regulation.

Municipal authority over utilities. Formation of a developer-owned water utility. State action defense to a antitrust claim.

Contracts between a municipality and its power supplier. And municipal condemnation of a public utility.

Achievements

• Avcocations: skiing, music, karate, gourmet cooking. F C.

Works

• book

  • Pueblo Indian Water Rights: Struggle for a Precious Resource (V. 2-3: Wrri Report)

    ( "A sound a scholarly review of the legal questions at s...)

  • Pueblo Indian Water Rights: Struggle for a Precious Resource (V. 2-3: Wrri Report) by Charles T. Du Mars (1984-06-01)

Membership

Member City of Albuquerque Police Advisory Board, 1978-1980. Member Interstate Oil Compact Commission, 1983-1987. Board directors Transplant Recipients International Organisation.

Vice president Albuquerque Technology Vocational Institute Foundation, 1995-1996. Member American Bar Association, New Mexico Bar Association (officer natural resources section since 1983), Oil Compact Commission, National Association Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

Connections

Married James O'Leary, Aug.4, 1962. Children: James, Charles.