Randall Alan Spencer

     Mr. Spencer began  his career in Chicago, where he practiced in  the areas of bankruptcy, creditors' rights and business litigation.

     After relocating to California, Mr. Spencer first became Assistant General Counsel to USA Petroleum and then started his own practice. Mr. Spencer's practice presently consists of Civil appeals in the state and federal courts. He has been the attorney of record in several published appeals in Illinois and California and has argued successfully in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and Ninth Circuits.  Some of the appeals Mr. Spencer has handled include:

     (1) Obtaining the reversal of a federal court judgment that dismissed a defendant for improper venue;

     (2) Obtaining the reversal of a federal court judgment that dismissed a defendant for lack of personal jurisdiction; 

     (3) Obtaining the reversal of a state court order that stayed enforcement of a money judgment on appeal without requiring an appeal bond; and

     (4) Settling employment litigation on appeal after the trial attorney was placed on involuntary inactive enrollment by the California State Bar.

     In 2008, Mr. Spencer authored a two-part article, entitled " Multidistrict Litigation." The article appeared in the January and April issues of New Matter, the official publication of the  California State Bar section on Intellectual Property. He also is a contributor to a book on multidistrict litigation.

     In 2010, Mr. Spencer authored an article for the Los Angeles Daily Journal about a recent U.S. Supreme Court Case that concerned class actions.

     Mr. Spencer also prepared a revision to section 1856 of the California Code of Civil Procedure (the Parol Evidence Rule) that deals with the interpretation of contracts. Mr. Spencer's revision was signed in to law by Gov. Jerry Brown. 

     Mr. Spencer is a member of the Federal Bar Association, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, and the Appellate Courts sectiion of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has served as a delegate to the Conference of California Bar Associations.