Mari C. Spears is a litigation associate focusing her efforts in the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation and Environmental Litigation practice areas.  Ms. Spears received her B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University in 1996, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 2000.  Ms. Spears was formerly an associate with Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP focusing in the areas of insurance litigation and commercial litigation.