A
dedicated
trial attorney with thirty years
Psychiatric Malpractice
Medical Malpractice
Adoption Malpractice
Legal Malpractice
Personal Injury
Product Liability
Commercial Law
General Negligence
General Torts
Criminal Law
Consumer Protection
Age, Race, Sex Discrimination
Asbestos Litigation
Class Actions
HIV Infected Blood Supply Litigation
Attorney Spero
has successfully represented clients against
Psychotherapists
Adoption Services
Bioenergetic Therapists
Biofeedback Therapist
Clergy
Clinics
"Diet Doctors"
Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counselors
Family Therapists
Health Maintenance Organizations
Hospitals
Insurance Companies and Agents
Marriage Counselors
Nurses in Psychiatric Hospitals
Physicians
Dentists
Plastic Surgeons
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Social Workers
Teachers
University Psychological Counselor
Hypnotherapists
Supervisors of Psychotherapists and Health Care Providers
Litigated all aspects of complex and fact intensive
Established a new exception to the statute
of
limitations which has been used extensively
in sexual
abuse, incest and malpractice cases.
Litigated and recovered in a psychiatric malpractice case in Kansas
City against a high profile doctor, hospital, and Washington, D.C. medical
organization. This case involved sexual
conduct with an institutionalized
patient, a highly questionable diagnosis of Multiple Personality
Disorder, implanted and false memories of childhood incest, and
ritual sexual abuse. This litigation is similar to other cases involving
the creation of false
memories in therapy and the misdiagnosis of
MPD (now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder in the DSM IV.)
Years of participation as a "trial judge" and advisor in
Lectured for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
Program regarding proof of damages in tort actions.
Litigated and recovered from a psychiatrist who
sexually
exploited his patient, turned him into a valium
addict, and then
abandoned him after moving his practice
to another state.
Numerous boundary
violations in the therapy contributed to the
plaintiff's injuries.
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Litigated and recovered from adoption agencies
for negligently
placing sexually abused children who were consequently abusive
of one another with an unsuspecting and uninformed adoptive
family.
Litigated and recovered for plaintiffs in lawsuits against a
psychiatrist who considered himself a "guru."
This
health provider improperly directed his patients' lives
and persuaded them to make career and lifestyle choices
which he considered suitable. The psychiatrist frequently
spoke in detail about his personal problems during
therapy
sessions, improperly socialized with patients, used them as
employees, and otherwise violated customary and recognized
therapeutic boundaries in patient dealings.
Litigated and recovered against a plastic surgeon for negligently
performing breast implant surgery and
improperly initiating and
pursuing a sexual relationship with a female
patient.
Litigated and recovered from a psychiatrist
who, through deceit
Litigated and recovered against a hospital, psychiatrist and
psychiatric nurses for negligently permitting
psychiatric
in-patient to leave restricted ward, thereby enabling
decedent
to commit suicide. This suit was based on negligent and
improper record keeping and entries and poor communication
among relevant hospital staff.
Litigated and recovered regarding an elderly
minister who
induced a
married woman suffering from a dissociative disorder (MPD)
to engage in a sexual relationship, thereby exacerbating self
destructive and suicidal tendencies. Attorney Spero
has
recovered in numerous other cases involving pastoral
counseling
and clergy abuse.
Litigated and recovered from the Massachusetts state
trial court for sex
discrimination in order to gain back
pay and employment rights for
a female court officer.
Litigated and recovered from a therapist specializing in
bioenergetic
treatment for sexualizing treatment with
the patient, thereby causing depression and suicidal ideation.
Litigated and recovered from therapist who was counseling gay
patient regarding childhood abuse issues while, at the same time,
sexually abusing the patient.
Litigated and recovered for client, her husband and children
against psychiatrist who negligently supervised
a clinician's
therapy with patients beyond his skill and competency to treat.
Litigated and recovered from a male therapist who treated married couple
in individual and marriage counseling. The therapist
seduced the
male patient into a homosexual relationship, causing sexual
identity
issues, depression, suicidal ideation, significant marital problems. and
an
inability to achieve academic and professional goals.
Litigated and recovered in a case involving several
attorneys
who had poorly and negligently
represented their clients, causing
clients to lose their valid legal claims.
Litigated and recovered from a
psychiatrist who violated professional
boundaries by buying valuable gifts at low price from a disabled
patient and then selling unneeded property
to the same patient.
Litigated
and recovered from a licensed social worker
who
extorted sex from patient under
guise of therapy.
Litigated and recovered through a federal class
action lawsuit
against major insurance company and the government for collecting
excess insurance premiums which resulted in millions of dollars
of
insurance benefits being paid tothousands
of military veterans.
Litigated and recovered in a case
involving a sexual and
social relationship between male
therapist and female
patient whom therapist had treated
with her husband in
couple's marital counseling as well as treating the child.
Litigated
and recovered in two
N. H. cases, involving
psychological malpractice and sexual misconduct by
therapists, with various claims against the State, higher
educational institutions
Litigated and recovered in multi-party psychological
malpractice
case in St. Louis, Missouri,
against prominent
educator and psychologist, institution and Board of
Directors, involving multiple boundary violations
with
patient whom psychologist also employed and supervised.
Litigated and recovered in psychological malpractice
case against
licensed doctor/lawyer/psychologist
who diagnosed patient as having
Borderline Personality Disorder and then expedited termination of
therapy to employ patient as live-in
help.
Litigated
and recovered in multiple psychiatric malpractice
cases
against prominent local psychiatristwho
had been charged by more
than fifteen patients with engaging in sexual misconduct
during psychoanalysis and psychotherapy over a period of
several decades.
Litigated
and recovered in a multi-party psychotherapeutic
malpractice case against a
drug and alcohol abuse counselor, involving
sexual misconduct with client
and questionable diagnoses of
Multiple Personality Disorder, Sex and Love Addiction,
memories of childhood incest and ritualized cult abuse,
with various claims against the managed care
organization,
corporate employer and referring EAP nurse.
Litigated and recovered against a hospital mental
health
worker and his hospital for an improper personal/sexual
relationship
with a recently released former patient.
Litigated and recovered in several cases against
parents for
sexually abusing their children and for negligently permitting
the
incest to occur. Attorney Spero
also recovered
from the
family psychologist for failing to report the abuse
he discovered through the therapy with the child.
Successfully defended
major international corporation in
an age discrimination
suit brought by an employee.
J.D., Boston College Law School, 1972
B.S. , Boston University, 1968
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Bar
Memberships
U.S. Supreme Court, admitted 1976
Member, U.S. District Court (MA), admitted 1974
Member, Massachusetts Bar, admitted 1973
Admitted Pro Hac Vice in Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont
Member, American Bar Association
Member, American Association for Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association)
Member, Massachusetts Bar Association, 1974-present
Partner, Spero & Jorgenson, P.C., 1980-2005
Senior Partner, SJ Spero & Associates, P.C.,
2005-present
(formerly known as Spero & Jorgenson, P.C.)
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