Mallory grew up in Bellingham, Washington and attended the University of Washington for her undergraduate degree, where she studied in Paris for three months during her Junior year. After graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, Mallory attended the UW School of Law where she sat on the Moot Court Honor Board, published two articles in the Washington Journal of Law Technology and Arts, and was invited to be a member of the trial advocacy honor society, Order of the Barristers. As a second year law student, she won First Place Speaker in the 2010 UW Law School Mock Trial Competition.  In her third year, she represented the UW on two national mock trial teams.  She won Best Advocate at the 2011 Buffalo, New York National Mock Trial Competition and Best Oral Advocate in the 2012 Judge John C. Coughenour Award in Trial Advocacy. In 2012, she joined PWRLK as an associate attorney. Mallory has also been riding horses competitively from a young age and has traveled across the US to compete, earning national championships in numerous events. She still rides several times a week in her free time.