Alan William Sparer

For over 30 years, Mr. Sparer has successfully represented individuals and businesses in litigation involving securities, contract, insurance, real estate, probate, and trust matters. Sparer Law Group (SLG), Mr. Sparer has obtained over $200 million in settlements, judgments, and recoveries on behalf of securities investors. Mr. Sparer also leads an SLG team that has successfully defended financial professionals and investment funds under investigation by the SEC, FINRA, and the California Department of Business Oversight.

SLG regularly helps resolve sensitive and confidential family disputes involving claims of elder abuse or financial misconduct. In the process, Mr. Sparer has successfully represented trustees, special administrators, and beneficiaries in mediation, arbitration and probate court.

SLG is frequently called upon to provide legal representation in one-of-a- kind legal disputes that cross the boundaries of multiple areas of law such as securities regulation, real estate, elder abuse, trust and probate, fraud, or fiduciary duty.

Mr. Sparer has been honored for his public service, which includes impact litigation on behalf of World War II veterans exposed to radiation during America’s atomic weapons testing program, litigation on behalf of resident Vietnamese fishermen seeking the right to own and pilot fishing vessels in California coastal waters, and defense of UC Berkeley students facing expulsion for participating in peaceful anti-apartheid protests.

Stanford University

J.D.

1982

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D.

1976

Columbia College of Columbia University

B.A. (1969)

1969

Attorney. Principal

Sparer Law Group

2003 - Current

Attorney, Director

Howard Rice Law Firm (now Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP)

1982 - 2003

Assistant Professor

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

1975 - 1979

Change of Venue

Bonora & Krause: Jurywork: Systematic Techniques

Batson and the Discriminatory use of Preemptory Challenges

Bonora & Krause: Jurywork: Systematic Techniques

1983

AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated

Martindale Hubbell

Northern California Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers

2008-2010, 2014-2018

Bar Association of San Francisco

Member

Current

Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA)

Member

2004 - Current

California State Bar  # 104921

Member

1982 - Current

California

Since 1982

9th Circuit

Since 1986

10th Circuit

Since 2015

U.S. District Court of Colorado

Since 2009

U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Since 1995

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

Since 1982

U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

Since 2014

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1987

• Free Consultation
  SLG offers no cost initial consultations to potential firm clients.
• Contingent Fees
  Alternative and contingent fee arrangements offered

• Trust and Probate Litigation
• Elder Financial Abuse