Mary Kathryn Beck Briscoe (born April 4, 1947) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Briscoe was born in Council Grove, Kansas, and grew up on a farm near that community.

She graduated from Dwight Rural High School in 1965 as her small class's valedictorian, according to a June 1, 1995 article in the Kansas City Star.

[3] On March 14, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Briscoe to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to replace Judge James Kenneth Logan, who retired on August 31, 1994.

Her nomination was uncontroversial, and the United States Senate confirmed her by a voice vote on May 25, 1995.