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ATTORNEYS
KEN SPEARS

PARTNER

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PRACTICE AREAS
Toxic Tort, Civil Litigation, Employment Law, Property Law, Insurance Defense Litigation

EDUCATION

University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.A., 1969) Louisiana State University (J.D., 1972)


ADMISSIONS

State Bar of Louisiana

State Bar of Texas

United States Supreme Court

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

United States District Courts for the Western, Eastern, and Middle District of Louisiana

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas


AFFILIATIONS & HONORS

Kiwanis Club, Past President

Louisiana State Bar Association, Member

Texas State Bar, Member

Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, Member

Southwest Association of Defense Counsel, Member

Litigation Counsel of America, Senior Fellow

Trial Law Institute, Member

Diversity Law Institute, Member

 

BACKGROUND

Kenneth Spears, Managing Partner at Spears & Gary, LLC, concentrates his practice in complex toxic tort litigation, pipeline/electrical utility, and employment law. He graduated from the LSU School of Law in 1972, and has 51 years of experience handling complex litigation. He has counseled plant managers, law enforcement agencies, oil and chemical companies. Kenneth has tried “first chair” jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the state of Louisiana and he has successfully mediated hundreds of cases, both big and small. Kenneth has received an “AV Preeminent” attorney peer rating for the Highest Level of Professional Excellence by Martindale-Hubbell for over 40 years. He has also appeared in the “Louisiana Super Lawyers” since its inaugural issue in 2007.

 

CLAUDIA H. GARY

PARTNER

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PRACTICE AREAS
Toxic Tort, Contract Law, Sports Law, Premise Liability, Product Liability, Civil Litigation

EDUCATION
Tulane University School of Law (J.D. 1993)

Tulane University (B.A., Biology, With Highest Honors, 1990)

ADMISSIONS
Louisiana State Bar

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

AFFILIATIONS & HONORS
American Bar Association, member 

Louisiana Bar Association, member 

Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, member

JDRF Diabetes Foundation, member

 

BACKGROUND

Claudia H. Gary is a partner at Spears & Gary, LLC, where she concentrates her practice in toxic tort defense, employment law and sports litigation. Prior to forming Spears & Gary, LLC, Gary was an associate at Swift, Spears & Harper and the Jones, Tete firm, both located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Gary graduated from Tulane University in three years with a biology degree and attended law school at the Tulane University School of Law, obtaining her bar admission in 1993. 

Claudia Gary has spent her nearly thirty years of legal experience representing some of the nations largest oil and gas companies in both premise and product related toxic tort work. She also has successfully handled a variety of both employment and sports law/contractual litigation.

 

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JEFFERY D. FRUGE

ASSOCIATE

jfruge@law-sg.com

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f (337)-735-9724

PRACTICE AREAS
Toxic Tort, Premise Liability, Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense Litigation, Personal Injury Defense​


EDUCATION

McNeese State University (B.A., 2006) 

Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 2009)


ADMISSIONS

State Bar of Louisiana

United States District Courts for the Western, Eastern, and Middle District of Louisiana

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit


AFFILIATIONS & HONORS

Louisiana State Bar Association, Member

Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, Member

Southwest Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, Member

American Bar Association, Member

BACKGROUND

Jeffery Fruge graduated from McNeese State University in 2006 with a B.A. in Liberal Studies, where he was the Vice-President of the Pre-Law Society.   He graduated from Tulane University School of Law in 2009, with a Civil Law certificate.  He was admitted to the bar in 2009.  Prior to joining Spears & Gary, LLC in 2016, Fruge was an associate at the Woodley, Williams law firm and at the Frohn & Thibodeaux law firm.  His practice is focused on personal injury defense and toxic tort defense.  

 

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JESSICA R. WHITLEY

ASSOCIATE

jwhitley@law-sg.com

p (337)-457-7445

f (337)-735-9724

PRACTICE AREAS
Insurance Defense Litigation, Toxic Tort, Premise Liability, Civil Litigation, Contract Law, Real Estate Law

EDUCATION

Marquette University Law School (J.D. 2023)

Carroll University (B.A., Political Science, With Honors, 2020)


ADMISSIONS

State Bar of Wisconsin


AFFILIATIONS & HONORS

American Bar Association, member

State Bar of Wisconsin Association, member

Association of Women Lawyers, member

Association of Corporate Counsel, member

BACKGROUND

Jessica R. Whitley is an associate at Spears & Gary, LLC, where she concentrates her practice in insurance defense and toxic tort defense. Whitley joined Spears & Gary, LLC in 2017 as a paralegal and legal assistant, continuing through law school. Prior to rejoining Spears & Gary, LLC as an associate in 2024, Whitley was an associate at Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she focused on contract law, real estate law, and data privacy & security law. Whitley graduated from Carroll University with a political science degree and attended law school at Marquette University Law School, obtaining her bar admission in 2023.

 

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