Mara is a seasoned litigator specializing in complex commercial litigation across federal and state courts nationwide. With a passion for creative legal solutions, Mara is committed to achieving optimal outcomes for her clients, whether through trials, alternative dispute resolutions, or favorable settlements.
Mara focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes, including fraud, breach of contract, false claims/qui tam, shareholder disputes, M&A and indemnification disputes, bankruptcy proceedings, and intellectual property (including trade secrets). She has significant experience managing all stages of litigation, including drafting and responding to initial pleadings, conducting discovery, preparing witnesses for testimony, taking and defending depositions, drafting dispositive motions, and participating in court hearings, oral arguments, arbitrations, and trials.
Prior to joining BFKN, Mara was a Senior Managing Associate in the Litigation group at Sidley Austin and previously practiced at White & Case. She clerked for the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and began her legal career as a litigation fellow with Impact for Equity, where she worked on landmark civil rights cases, including a federal consent decree to reform the Chicago Police Department.
Mara maintains an active pro bono practice, having represented multiple prisoners on Alabama’s death row facing immediate execution dates in federal district court hearings and appellate arguments.
Education
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2016
University of Chicago, B.A., Law, Letters, and Society, with General Honors, 2013
Practice Area(s)
Litigation
Bankruptcy & Creditor Rights
Practice Areas
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Litigation & ADR
Practice Areas
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Litigation & ADR
Specialty Groups
Bio
Mara is a seasoned litigator specializing in complex commercial litigation across federal and state courts nationwide. With a passion for creative legal solutions, Mara is committed to achieving optimal outcomes for her clients, whether through trials, alternative dispute resolutions, or favorable settlements.
Mara focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes, including fraud, breach of contract, false claims/qui tam, shareholder disputes, M&A and indemnification disputes, bankruptcy proceedings, and intellectual property (including trade secrets). She has significant experience managing all stages of litigation, including drafting and responding to initial pleadings, conducting discovery, preparing witnesses for testimony, taking and defending depositions, drafting dispositive motions, and participating in court hearings, oral arguments, arbitrations, and trials.
Prior to joining BFKN, Mara was a Senior Managing Associate in the Litigation group at Sidley Austin and previously practiced at White & Case. She clerked for the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and began her legal career as a litigation fellow with Impact for Equity, where she worked on landmark civil rights cases, including a federal consent decree to reform the Chicago Police Department.
Mara maintains an active pro bono practice, having represented multiple prisoners on Alabama’s death row facing immediate execution dates in federal district court hearings and appellate arguments.
Education
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2016
University of Chicago, B.A., Law, Letters, and Society, with General Honors, 2013
Practice Area(s)
Litigation
Bankruptcy & Creditor Rights
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