Alan W. Sparer

Attorney
asparer@sparerlaw.com
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Phone: (415) 217-7300
 Fax: (415) 217-7307

100 Pine Street, 33rd Floor
San Francisco, California 94111

For over 25 years, Mr. Sparer has successfully represented individuals and businesses in litigation involving securities, business disputes, environmental, real estate and health care issues. He serves as outside general counsel to ongoing businesses and represents investors in class and consolidated actions and individual arbitrations.

Since 2003, Mr. Sparer has obtained tens of millions of dollars in settlements and judgments on behalf of securities investors, focusing on complex products such as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), structured products, hedging strategies and derivatives. See RESULTS.

AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale Hubble.
2008 Northern California Superlawyers.

Education

J.D., Stanford Law School, 1982

Ph.D. , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976

Kellett Fellow, St. Johns College, Oxford University, 1971

B.A., Columbia College of Columbia University, 1965

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

California, 1982
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1982
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1986
U.S. Supreme Court, 1987
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2000

Employment

Sparer Law Group. founded 2003

Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, A Professional Corporation
Associate 1982-1986; Director 1986-2003

North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 1975-1979

REPORTED DECISIONS

Switzer & Sons LP et al. v. Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. et al. (NASD Arbitration 2006) ($5.8 million arbitration award arising from the marketing and sale of CDOs, private equity funds and other structured investments).
 
B. Maltz et al. v. Merrill Lynch et al. (NASD Arbitration 2004) (arbitration award arising from misrepresentation of risk of proprietary investment funds).
 
In re Atomic Testing Litigation, 820 F.2d 982 (9th Cir. 1987) (discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act).
 
In re Wedtech Securities Litigation, 81 B.R. 237 (S.D.N.Y. 1987) (bankruptcy jurisdiction in cases involving related federal court proceedings).
 
In re Wedtech Securities Litigation, 87 B.R. 285 (S.D.N.Y. 1988) (bankruptcy recognition of unresolved securities claims).
 
Vietnamese Fisherman Association of America v. California Department of Fish & Game, 816 F. Supp. 1468 (N.D. Cal. 1993) (preemption of federal environmental regulation over state ballot initiative).
 
Pietrelli v. Peacock, 13 Cal. App. 4th 943 (1993) (enforcement of health care arbitration agreement as to not-yet-conceived child).