Paul Spiegel is a thought leader, an international speaker and a longtime activist in the fields of longevity and transhumanism.  He is a board member of the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation  the American Longevity Alliance and Humanity Plus, and is a former board member of the International Longevity Alliance.  He is a legal advisor to the U.S. Transhumanist Party the Lifeboat Foundation and the Brain Preservation Foundation, he is a member of Health Extension and carboncopies.org and he provides legal counsel for many longevity-related and transhumanist enterprises.

Paul is an attorney specializing in longevity biomedicine and has counseled and consulted for the longevity community since 2006.  His San Francisco firm, Eclectic Law, provides general counsel services to startups and established companies in biotechnology, longevity medicine and other fields.  He is founder of Libertas Biomedical, LLC, which seeks friendly venues for companies to promote longevity research and treatment with greater freedom than is allowed in the United States or the European Union, and consults with businesses to maximize their international opportunities.  A modest diplomat, Paul serves the Republic of San Marino as Honorary Consul for California and three other Southwestern states.