RICHARD SPARACO, ESQ.
Biographical Information
Richard Sparaco was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1956.
He attended Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, and graduated in 1974.
He was awarded a full-tuition academic
scholaraship from the Board of Trustees of St. Joseph's College,
Brooklyn, N.Y., where he obtained his B.A. cum laude in 1978. He was also a 1974 New York State Regents Scholar.
In 1981 he graduated Rutgers Law School,
Camden, N.J. and was awarded a Jurid Doctor degree, and was admitted to
practice by the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bars that same year.
Courts he is admitted to practice in:
State of New Jersey
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United
States District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court - District of New
Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States of America.
In 1981 to 1982 he served as a law clerk
for the Office of Administrative Law in Trenton, New Jersey, and was a
Burlington County Assistant Prosecutor from 1982 to 1984.
He has been in private practice in Cherry Hill and Mt. Holly since 1984.
Mr. Sparaco has represented the citizens
of the communities where he practices in defense of criminal
prosecutions, for persons who are injured as the result of negligence,
and those who need to get a fresh start under the United States
Bankruptcy laws.
High-Profile & Notable Cases:
United States v. Saul Febo.
Saul Febo was the leader of one of the most
prolific drug organizations in the history of Camden, New Jersey. Facing life in prison, Febo
pleaded guilty and received a ten year sentence. Febo testified in
the political corruption trial of former Camden City mayor Milton Milan, who was convicted
and sent to federal prison.
United States v. Serdar Tatar.
Internationally known as the "Ft. Dix Six" Terrorism Case. Trial lasted
from September to December, 2008. On December 22, 2008, the jury
acquitted 25-year-old Serdar Tatar of Attempted Murder of U.S. Military
Personnel. The jury
convicted Tatar of Conspiracy, and was sentenced by the Hon. Robert
Kugler, J.D.C. in April of 2009 to 33 years
in prison, despite a Sentencing Guideline that called for a Life
Sentence. Mr. Sparaco continues to represent Tatar on appeal to the
Third Circuit Court of Appeals. All of the other codefendants who went
to trial received
life sentences.
United States v. Martinez
Mortgage Fraud Indictment. Martinez pleaded Not
Guilty and, represented by Richard Sparaco, was prepared to go to trial
when the U.S. Attorney agreed to dismiss the indictment. Martinez
pleaded guilty only to obstruction of justice, and was sentenced to
federal probation.
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