Robert B. Schumer
Robert B. Schumer is a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group and former Chair of the Corporate Department from 2008 to 2020.
David Spears
David Spears concentrates his practice in complex civil, criminal, and regulatory litigation. In all three areas, he has had extensive trial and appellate experience and achieved notable successes.
David spent the early years of his career working in government, including at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., focusing on antitrust matters; as a Deputy Chief Trial Attorney in the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in Washington, D.C.; and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. During his years at the SEC and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, David tried a large number of cases involving a wide variety of charges.