About Marylou McAdams
Marylou McAdams Corson grew up in a family that valued education and public service. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy before earning her bachelor’s degree from Boston College in 1992. She returned to the classroom several years later and received her J.D. from Widener University Delaware School of Law in 1998.
After law school, Corson’s name appears in records from 2004 under her own name, indicating an early period of independent practice. The next decade brought shifts between public and private roles. She moved into prosecutorial work and built a career that included stints in county prosecutor’s offices.
Corson served as an Assistant Prosecutor in the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office beginning in 2014. She later took a similar post in the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office in 2017. In those roles she handled matters typical of county prosecutor offices: preparation of cases, courtroom appearances, and collaboration with law enforcement and victim-witness personnel. The positions required routine courtroom work and day-to-day case management across a broad criminal docket.
In 2023 Corson became an associate at Petrelli Previtera, LLC. She joined a team environment after years spent in public service. Her move represents a return to private practice and to handling a variety of matters on a firm docket. Colleagues describe her as steady in court and thorough in preparation. She brings prosecutorial experience to the files she manages and to client representation.
Corson is licensed to practice in New Jersey and holds membership in several local professional organizations. Since 2020 she has belonged to both the Cape May County Bar Association and the Atlantic County Bar Association. In 2022 she joined the Advisory Commission on Women, a role that places her among local officials and peers working on issues affecting women in the community. These memberships keep her connected to the county courts and to civic conversations in the region.
Her path through county prosecutor’s offices and private practice yields a mix of courtroom experience and client-side work. She has balanced case preparation, trial responsibilities, and the administrative demands of office-based practice. She now serves as an associate at Petrelli Previtera, LLC, where her practice centers on the matters the firm handles.
