Marc Haber

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

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

Education

J.D., University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, 1997
California Law Review, Associate Editor. American Jurisprudence Award-Criminal Law; Moot Court Best Brief.

B.A.,Political Science and Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1993
University Honors; High Honors in Political Science.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

California and the United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

EMPLOYMENT

Sparer Law Group, San Francisco, California
Associate, September 2005-present.

Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, California
Associate, March 1999-September 2004.

Kirkland & Ellis, Los Angeles, California
Associate, October 1997-January 1999.

Honorable Susan J. Illston, Northern District of California, San Francisco, California
Extern, June 1995-December 1995.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Since 2005, Mr. Haber has successfully represented investors in litigation against Toronto Dominion Bank, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., and Citigroup. In 2006, he participated on the Sparer Law Group legal team that obtained a $5.8 million arbitration award in a case involving improper marketing of CDOs and other structured securities investments. In the same year that team also obtained settlement in excess of $3 million for investors in cases involving overconcentration in high risk stocks.

Mr. Haber also has represented defendant Frank Quattrone before the NASD regulatory authorities in enforcement actions alleging unlawful "spinning" of IPO shares. His business litigation experience includes the defense R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. before the California Supreme Court and the Marshall Islands High Court and representation of DirectTV in a consumer contract action.

Mr. Haber currently represents City College of San Francisco in litigation over its plans to site a new campus in San Francisco's Chinatown/North Beach district . He also represents investors against OrthoClear Holdings, Inc., in a securities class action alleging fraud, misrepresentation, and sale of unregistered securities in violation of Section 12(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.