Adam Sparks

Partner.

Adam advises and represents national, state, and local candidates, campaigns, nonprofit organizations, voters, and other industry participants in political and election law spaces. He also frequently represents private entities and individuals in business and civil rights disputes.

Adam prioritizes developing diverse skills and practices to aid clients with a variety of tools and a creative approach. He has experience litigating matters and trying cases as varied as voting rights and constitutional emergency litigation on the one hand, to bet-the-company breach of contract disputes on another. Some areas of experience include:

• Election Law / Voting Rights Law
• Political Law (including campaign finance and ethics disputes)
• Georgia Constitutional Interpretation
• Federal, Section 1983, Quo Warranto, and other State and Local government and Civil Rights Actions
• Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions
• Appeals
• Business Contract Disputes and Torts
• Business Divorce
• Franchisor/Franchisee Disputes
• False Claims Act, FIRREA Violations, and Whistleblower Actions
• Arbitration, Mediation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Admissions

• Georgia, 2014
• New York, 2010

Community Activities

• American Constitution Society, Georgia Lawyers Chapter, Executive Committee
• East Atlanta Community Association
• Leadership Dekalb Class of 2025

• State Bar of Georgia
• Lawyers Club of Atlanta
• Atlanta Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Federal Bar Association, Atlanta Chapter
• Cooper Inn of Court

• Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY, J.D., 2009
• Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, M.A. (Politics & Education), 2009
• The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, B.A. (Drama), B.A. (Political Science), magna cum laude, 2005

Hailing from Watkinsville, Georgia, Adam earned degrees in drama and political science from the Honors College at the University of Georgia, where he served as the president of its Student Government Association. He then headed to Columbia University to earn a law degree and a master’s of arts in Politics and Education. Adam practiced law at a Global 50 law firm in Washington, D.C. before providing legal and policy assistance to Georgia political campaigns and to clerk for several judges at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.