Daniel D. "Dan" Sparks

Daniel D. "Dan" Sparks


Christian & Small LLP

Recognized since 2009

Birmingham, Alabama

Practice Areas

Banking and Finance Law

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Banking and Finance

Litigation - Bankruptcy

Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law

Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
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Dan Sparks is head of Christian & Small’s Creditor & Lender Rights Practice Group. He focuses his practice in the areas of bankruptcy and business litigation involving creditors’ rights, consumer finance, lender liability and injunctive relief. Dan represents commercial lenders, debt buyers, corporations, Trustees, individuals and other secured and unsecured creditors in all aspects of commercial litigation, loan workouts, loan restructuring, asset recovery, foreclosure and adversary proceedings in bankruptcy.

He spends a significant amount of his time representing creditors in all bankruptcy courts in Alabama and the Southeast. Among his extensive list of clients are several financial institutions, including Federal Express Credit Association, Synovus Bank, Aliant Bank, First Commercial Bank, Bank of Tuscaloosa, Commercial Bank and Trust, Coastal Bank, Regions Bank, Oakworth Capital Bank, Alamerica Bank and First Partners Bank.

Contact & Links
Location
  • Financial Center, Suite 1800
    505 North 20th Street
    Birmingham, AL 35203
Languages
  • English
Education
  • Samford University, J.D., graduated 1985
  • Samford University, graduated 1985
  • University of Georgia, graduated 1981
Bar Admissions
  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
  • Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Bankruptcy Institute - Member

Christian & Small LLP
Headquarters: Birmingham, Alabama

23 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

6 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Birmingham (2025)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Birmingham (2024)
  • Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Birmingham (2022)
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Birmingham (2018)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
  • Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Special Focus:
  • Banking
  • Bankruptcy
  • Bankruptcy and Creditors'-Debtors' Rights
  • Breach of Contract
  • Business Disputes
  • Civil Litigation
  • Commercial
  • Commercial Disputes
  • Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
  • Creditors' Rights
  • Foreclosures
  • Lender Liability
  • Litigation
  • Out-of-Court Workouts
  • Trustee Representation
  • Workouts and Restructurings
Awards:
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights; insolvency and reorganization law; commercial litigation; bankruptcy litigation; and banking and finance litigation
  • Recognized in Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Alabama
  • AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
  • Selected for inclusion in Alabama Super Lawyers® Top 50 Attorneys in Alabama
  • Selected for inclusion in Alabama Super Lawyers® in the field of bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights
  • Listed as one of the Birmingham Business Journal’s “Best of the Birmingham Bar”
  • Listed as “Top Attorney” in fields of banking and bankruptcy for Birmingham Magazine

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