SuperLawyers Magazine:
~ 2025, 2026
SuperLawyers (Rising Star):
2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Top 100 Trial Lawyers (NTLA):
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Nation’s Top One Percent:
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
As a trial lawyer for 20 years, Kaspero brings innovative and battled-tested strategies into the courtroom where he represents victims of accidents and those charged with public offenses. Balancing personal injury litigation with criminal defense gives this firm a unique advantage in tailoring litigation techniques that bring justice for the client.
In civil cases, injury victims are guided to recovery and awarded the most compensation for those at fault.
And for those charged with crimes, a fair and just result is what he aims to deliver.
It is for this reason Kaspero has been sought by and chosen to represent members of the community with sensitive reputational risks or high-profile matters.
Fighting hard to earn Dismissals, Not guilty verdicts, and lowered charges, Kaspero brings a unique perspective to those accused by the prosecutors and regulatory agencies.
For two decades, Kaspero has handled 1000’s of complex legal cases on behalf of his clients. His experience spans over unique legal issues including accusations of serious felonies, misdemeanors, DUIs, Public Intoxication, Domestic Violence accusations, Restraining Orders, Drug Offenses, Sealing Arrest Records, Expungements, criminal record privacy, white-collar prosecutions, consumer rights, and data governance liability.
Despite being actively engaged in trial through out the year, Bart Kaspero’s journey carved out time to promote technological solutions to criminal record privacy law (and is far from traditional)–which he often finds to be an advantage for his clients. This convergence of practice areas is what sets the firm apart–and pushes the limits of full spectrum representation.
Graduating from UCI with honors with a Bachelors in Clinical Psychology, Kaspero postponed law school so that he can gain experience in finance when he accepted an offer from E*Trade. After leaving the company, he began his legal education at Chapman School of Law in Orange County, CA.
At Chapman Law, Kaspero became a member of the Moot Court honors board and took specialized courses in trial advocacy. He clerked for the Hon. Judge Ngo T. Nguyen (ret.) in the West Justice Center for the California Superior Court where he researched Miranda Rights violations, pre-trial Evidentiary motions, commercial violations, Contract disputes, and multi-party jury trials. He then interned with the City Attorney’s office for the City of Newport Beach where he obtained trademark and copyright certifications for the city and was responsible for developing a research strategy on First Amendment matters related to online Internet privacy policies. There, he learned the important facets of intellectual property law as it pertains to public agencies as well as private enterprises.
While still in law school, Kaspero also managed a consulting firm where he represented minority-owned businesses in obtaining commercial licenses and public entitlement projects. He worked on projects ranging from: entertainment licenses, city zoning amendments, CUP’s, general plan amendments, building code violations, Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) licensing, and other unique regulatory hurdles faced by businesses.
In 2006, he began his litigation career as a California state-appointed lawyer with the County of Riverside where he litigated both mid-level and serious felony cases to verdict.
His high volume of jury trials resulted in full acquittals (Unanimous Verdict of Not Guilty) and hung verdicts for the clients he represented. After leaving the County, he founded his own private practice in Orange County, CA.
For the next ten years, Kaspero managed a multitude of complex legal issues and was often put to test his client’s positions in the courtroom. His most notable achievements included:
Kaspero carries a unique background in bringing civil rights lawsuits against government agencies. He has represented clients harmed by police agencies (for abuse and misconduct) which require litigating against Cities and Counties. He has secured settlements on behalf of his clients whose rights were harmed under the color of state law.
At the same time, Kaspero has helped small business owners who have been denied rights by local governments such as planning commissions and city councils. Harnessing his background in land use entitlements and municipal permits from when he was in law school, he understands the mechanisms of local government law and the competing interests that unfortunately result in litigious environment.
Similarly, Bart has also represented sworn police officers who were arrested or charged for criminal allegations as well as officers who have been harmed by their own agencies for retaliatory acts. Being able to see both sides gives Kaspero an advantage to see the truth in matters and find justice for his clients.
Past cases involving officers as clients include domestic charges, child abuse, restraining orders, and Gun Violence RO / Dispossession petitions. Kaspero believes everyone has a right to a defense–ESPECIALLY those who dodge bullets to keep us safe. Anyone can find themselves on the “other side” of the justice system regardless of who they are in their community.
In 2016, he completed a specialized credential certificate in BI/DW Technology from the University of California Irvine, which eventually would lead him to develop his own proprietary data mining and analytic/results validation tools where he utilized his own mixture of parallel computing (“big data”) tools.
With a strenuous learning curve, Kaspero developed the foundational knowledge behind designing dimensional models, working with relational database management systems (RDBMS), and using various iterations of SQL to build, manage, and edit large scale databases.
He is also the lead author a data privacy research paper published in numerous legal technology journals related to his criminal record privacy practice and data warehouse knowledge.
In 2016, Kaspero invented a way of automating the removal of private criminal records by conceptualizing what would be RecordFixer.com. Leading a team of legal researchers and designers, he build the first and only web-application that helps those with criminal records optimize their privacy from background check databases. Kaspero’s unique multi-disciplinary approach caught the attention of notable innovators and soon became a go-to resource for unique businesses and experimental entrepreneurs, most notably: blockchain programmers, information engineers, and advising emerging cryptocurrency quantitative traders.
While developing new legal technology for use in the public and private markets, Kaspero joined SKT in 2017 to add to the all-inclusive legal services the firm provides for their clients at the Huntington Beach office. There, Kaspero helped guide the firm’s clients into the cutting-edge of international trade and innovative businesses. Keeping his designation as Special Counsel for the firm, he left his position in early 2023 to establish Bart Kaspero Law in Irvine Spectrum.
