Mary Smith Joins Chicago Litigation Practice

Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP is pleased to announce that Mary Smith has joined the Firm’s Litigation Practice. She will be a partner in the Chicago office.

Ms. Smith formerly served as a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice and as Associate Counsel to the President in the White House. Ms. Smith specializes in securities enforcement and compliance; corporate governance; complex litigation; class action litigation; and securities litigation. She is one of thirteen members of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession. She is also a Member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Board of Managers. Ms. Smith graduated from the University of Chicago School of Law, cum laude, where she was a member of the Law Review. Immediately prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Smith was Senior Litigation Counsel at Tyco International (US) Inc. Ms. Smith is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and currently serves as the National Native American Bar Association’s delegate to the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates.