Gary D Sparks

Assertive and resourceful family law / divorce attorney practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area (Contra Costa, Solano, Napa and Alameda Counties), California.

Divorce is never easy... let me help. I specialize in the dissolution of marriage, legal separation, annulment, child custody and visitation, paternity, child support, spousal support (alimony), property and debt division, domestic violence and restraining orders, prenuptial agreements, marital and marital settlement agreements, divorce mediation, 730 custody evaluations, QDROs and retirement division, collaborative divorce, wills, trusts and estate planning.

From my main office in Walnut Creek, I serve clients in both Contra Costa, Solano, Napa and Alameda counties, including San Ramon, Danville, Alamo, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Martinez, Antioch, Brentwood, Benicia, Vallejo, Fairfield and Vacaville, Napa, American Canyon, Pleasanton and Dublin, among others.

I am a graduate of the John F. Kennedy University School of Law, where I graduated magna cum laude at the top of my class and was the managing editor of the Law Review. I once clerked for the Family Law court, and was even certified by the State Bar of California to engage in the limited practice of law while still a law student. I worked for several years as a student instructor and thereafter as a teaching assistant at the School of Law, and today continue to privately tutor and mentor law students in preparation for their finals and the bar exam.

I was formerly a partner at Holmes, Moore and Sparks, Inc., a well-known family law firm with a reputation for being firm, yet fair. My experience working for the court has given me valuable insight and experience into the inner workings of our legal system, flawed as it may be. I excel at legal research and analysis, and practice law from the perspective of a divorced father who learned the legal system firsthand during my own highly contested custody case.