Lawyer Overview

Mr. Spertus is a former federal prosecutor and an experienced trial attorney who is an expert in civil and criminal litigation.

Before establishing his own practice, Mr. Spertus was a Vice President at the Motion Picture Association of America ("MPAA"), Director of United States Anti-Piracy Operations. As Director of United States Anti-Piracy Operations, Mr. Spertus supervised all aspects of the MPAA's anti-piracy program in the United States, including all day-to-day operations, the strategic development of new and innovative anti-piracy strategies, internet piracy programs, and public relations efforts designed to increase public awareness of piracy issues. Mr. Spertus was ultimately responsible for all aspects of the United States anti-piracy program, including the activities of more than 150 permanent and contract personnel in all 50 states.

Before joining the MPAA, Mr. Spertus was a federal prosecutor in the Central District of California and spent more than 7.5 years as a criminal trial attorney. Mr. Spertus was a founding member of the Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section and spent many years as a computer crimes and intellectual property specialist. Mr. Spertus supervised complex investigations involving trade secret theft, computer intrusions, and intellectual property theft, and pursued numerous cases involving novel and untested legal theories that set precedents for similar cases throughout the country. For example, in a case involving trade secrets valued at more than $25 million, Mr. Spertus obtained the first-ever economic espionage conviction in the Central District of California and, in an unrelated case involving the theft of satellite signals, obtained the first-ever conviction after trial in the United States under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Mr. Spertus has also lectured at numerous training sessions for federal agents and Assistant United States Attorneys, including advanced training sessions at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and has provided strategic advice on techniques and strategies for prosecuting intellectual property crimes. Mr. Spertus also has tremendous experience with complex fraud, narcotics, and major crimes cases, and has had many jury trials.

From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Spertus was an associate at the Los Angeles law firm Irell & Manella, specializing in civil litigation. From 1991 to 1992, Mr. Spertus clerked for the Honorable Proctor Hug, Jr., on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Spertus earned his law degree from the University of Southern California Law Center in 1991, where he was Order of the Coif (Top 10%), Phi Kappa Phi (Top 5%), and Managing Editor of the Southern California Law Review. Mr. Spertus earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1988. 

Mr. Spertus also serves as President of the Cutthroat Trial Lawyers Bar Association. 
 

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1990 S Bundy Dr
Suite 705
Los Angeles, CA 90025-5256

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(310) 584-7671

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