Mary Weeks

Career

Mary leads the firm’s Securities Litigation Practice Group. She vigorously defends and resolves high-stakes securities litigation and shareholder disputes and manages internal investigations for corporations, officers, and directors. Mary’s efficient approach and lengthy track record of early-stage resolutions in key jurisdictions help clients effectively manage and mitigate risk.

Mary defends clients facing allegations involving securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate governance, and other shareholder derivative and securities class actions brought under Sections 10(b), 14(a), and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and state law. Her straightforward approach to evaluating and resolving claims has earned her loyal clients and dozens of early dismissals in critical venues such as the Delaware Court of Chancery, the Southern District of New York, and other federal courts within the Second, Third, and Ninth Circuits.

Mary leads a core team of securities litigators who have refined an efficient, time-tested process for handling all aspects of her clients’ matters. She and her team have handled the full range of complex securities litigation, shareholder derivative litigation, dissenters’ rights actions and appraisal proceedings, as well as stockholder disputes before the Delaware Court of Chancery. Her clients benefit from her leadership and hands-on management of every matter, drawing from deep experience defending market leaders in sectors such as automotive, manufacturing, health care, life sciences, and early-stage biopharmaceuticals.

Mary leads and manages board of directors special committee and internal investigations, as well as regulatory investigations, including with the SEC, DOJ, and other government agencies.

Mary’s background includes trial-to-verdict experience in areas beyond securities litigation. She also serves as Troutman Pepper Locke’s firmwide hiring partner, leading the firm’s Regional Recruiting Committees.

Professional Memberships

Board member-at-large, Atlanta Bar Association, Litigation Section (2023-present); Activities committee member (2022-2023)

Director of Regional Meetings, American Bar Association, Business Law Section (2025); vice chair, Securities Litigation Subcommittee (2022-present)

Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Securities Litigation Committee (2022-present); co-chair, Women In Securities Litigation Subcommittee (2023-2024)

Member, Georgia Intrastate Moot Court Competition Committee, Young Lawyers Division, State Bar of Georgia (2012-2023); co-chair (2016-2018)

Member, Women’s White Collar Defense Association, Atlanta Chapter (2019-present)

Member, Association for Corporate Growth (2014-2022)

Personal

Alumni engagement committee member, UNC School of Law (2015-present); chair, Carolina Law Club of Atlanta (2015-2024); member, Young Alumni Leadership Council (2021-2024)