Justin Sparks was born in Houston, Texas.  Before high school he and his family moved to Weimar, Texas where Justin graduated from Weimar High School.  He then attended Baylor University where he double majored in Economics and Real Estate and graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Business Administration.  After graduating from Baylor, Justin attended Texas Wesleyan University School of Law where he received his Juris Doctorate in 2007. 

The year following law school, Justin worked for a local Oil & Gas company handling legal issues with regard to drilling and drill sites.  Justin was then hired by the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office as an Assistant District Attorney where he was responsible for grand jury investigations, plea negotiations, hearings, trials before the court, and jury trials.  In his time there, Justin handled over one thousand DWI cases and tried more than one hundred DWI cases before juries.  After two years with the DA's office Justin was hired as an associate by Kearney | Wynn.