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Kevin H. Lewis

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

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

Kevin Lewis joined Sparer Law Group in April 2009.   His practice focuses on representing businesses and individuals in securities litigation and arbitration, intellectual property disputes, and other commercial and complex litigation.  Before joining the Sparer Law Group, Kevin practiced for more than ten years as a litigation attorney and partner at the law firm of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin.  He has substantial trial and arbitration experience in venues throughout the country, including a notable 2008 verdict in a bench trial in Montana District Court.  He also has assisted corporate clients with various issues involving e-discovery, including preserving, reviewing, and producing e-mail and other digital information.

Kevin served as an extern to the Honorable Maxine M. Chesney of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.  Prior to attending law school, he was a writer and editor for the Congressional Information Service in Bethesda, Maryland from 1992-1995.

Education

J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law , 1998
Cum laude, Senior Articles Editor, Hastings Law Journal

B.S., Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia , 1992
Summa cum laude, Economics

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

California, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

State Bar of California

American Bar Association

Bar Association of San Francisco

Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Pursued trademark infringement litigation and other trademark enforcement efforts as part of a comprehensive international strategy for protecting Franzia, Corbett Canyon and other wine-related trademarks held by The Wine Group, LLC, one of the top three wine producers in the United States.

Represented Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. in complex class action litigation
involving RICO and fraud-related claims of over $300 million stemming from the collapse of an IRS Section 1031 Exchange Company in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Defended publicly traded bank against trade secret and unfair competition claims of over $100 million stemming from the hiring of 24 bankers from rival financial institution. Claims successfully resolved in mediation
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Represented national brokerage firm in class action jury trial in Washington state court arising out of $20 million defaulted municipal bond offering.  Won unanimous jury verdict in favor of defense.


Represented publicly traded media company in litigation brought by founder alleging breach of operating agreement and stock purchase agreement.  Case favorably resolved through a confidential settlement when motion practice initiated by company resulted in change of venue from superior court to AAA.

Selected Presentations

"Evaluating the Real Cost if E-Discovery," International Quality and Productivity Center’s 3rd E-Discovery Conference (February 2007)