FAIRMONT — Christina Mulligan’s father worked at a glass factory in Clarksburg and belonged to a union, so when she was contemplating career paths, she considered becoming a labor lawyer.
“I always thought that would be a useful profession, to protect the worker,” Mulligan said.
Then, when she went to West Virginia University College of Law, Mulligan ended up studying international law.
“But when I got out of law school, there wasn’t much call for international lawyers in Clarksburg, W.Va.,” she said. “So I started taking court-appointed cases.”
Mulligan “hung out a shingle” in her native Clarksburg and did both criminal and civil work for about a year and a half. However, when she saw an advertisement for an assistant prosecuting attorney in Marion County, she applied and got the job.
“There were wonderful lawyers in Clarksburg who mentored me, but I missed the camaraderie” that she experienced in law school, Mulligan said. “Plus, as a new lawyer, I knew that being an assistant prosecutor would be a great learning experience.”
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