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Mary E. Gardner is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm’s Chicago office. Mary is a member of the Trial Department and concentrates her practice on securities litigation, compliance and regulatory matters.
Mary represents corporations and their officers, directors and employees in inquiries, investigations and enforcement proceedings initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the PCAOB, the NASD, stock exchanges and other law enforcement and self-regulatory agencies. She also advises clients in connection with internal corporate investigations and shareholder and derivative litigation. Mary has experience counseling clients regarding allegations of accounting irregularities, improper disclosures, failure to supervise, breach of fiduciary duty, insider trading and other securities-related matters.
Before joining McDermott, Mary served as senior counsel in the Division of Enforcement of the SEC in Washington, D.C. She has substantial experience in all aspects of the regulation and enforcement of the federal securities laws, including the investigation and litigation of violations of the registration, compliance and antifraud provisions. While at the SEC, Mary received the SEC Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Enforcement, the Enforcement Director’s Award for Outstanding Enforcement of the Securities Laws and was detailed from the SEC to serve as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia where she handled a variety of criminal matters.
Mary is a member of the state bars of Illinois, Maryland and the District of Columbia and has been admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She is a member of the American Bar Association’s Securities Litigation Committee, the Chicago Bar Association, the National Association of Women Lawyers, the Compliance and Legal Division of the Securities Industry Association and the Association of SEC Alumni. She is also a past co-chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Securities Law Committee’s Subcommittee in SEC Litigation and Enforcement (2004-2005).
Education:
Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1998
Hendrix College, B.A., 1995 | 