Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Sarver Robert Gary
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION [WAL]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman and CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION, ONE E. WASHINGTON STREET, STE 1400
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/25/2012
(Street)

PHOENIX, AZ 85004
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
01/25/2012
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 01/25/2012   F   3,471 (1) D $ 8.19 119,448 (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) D  
Common Stock               299,432 (3) (4) (5) (7) I Robert G. Sarver Trust dated 09/29/1997
Common Stock               5,000 (6) I Children
Common Stock               739,882 (3) (7) I Sarver Family Trust dated 09/29/1997
Common Stock               89,822 (7) I SF III Ltd Partnership
Common Stock               6,185 (8) I 401K Plan
Common Stock               30,000 I Spouse
Common Stock               33,105 I Vulture II Corporation

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Sarver Robert Gary
C/O WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION
ONE E. WASHINGTON STREET, STE 1400
PHOENIX, AZ 85004
  X     Chairman and CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Dale Gibbons (Attorney-in-fact)   04/10/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This amendment properly states the number of shares sold for taxes as having been 3,471, whereas the original filing incorrectly stated the number of shares being sold as 3,783.
(2) Between the dates of April 11, 2012 and June 11, 2012, the Reporting Person received grants from the Company that represented a portion of the Reporting Person's salary. One of these grants inaccurately excluded 20 shares that were received during a biweekly pay period.
(3) This amendment reflects the following transfers between forms of ownership, which were inadvertently excluded from the Reporting Person's previous Form 4 filings: (1) 1,625,816 shares transferred from the Reporting Person's direct holdings ("Direct Holdings") to the Robert G. Sarver Trust dated 09/29/1997 (the "Sarver Trust") on June 3, 2010; (2) 438,671 shares transferred from Direct Holdings to the Sarver Family Trust dated 09/29/1997 (the "Family Trust") on June 3, 2010; (3) 4,329 shares transferred from Direct Holdings to the Family Trust on November 23, 2010; (4) 121,662 shares transferred from Direct Holdings to the Sarver Trust on November 23, 2010; (5) 92,854 shares transferred from Direct Holdings to the Sarver Trust on October 13, 2011; and (6) 75,000 shares transferred from the Sarver Trust to the Family Trust on January 9,2012.
(4) This amendment reflects the transfer of 4,960 shares on March 12, 2013 from the Reporting Person's direct holdings to the Sarver Trust, and the following sales, which were reported as having been from direct holdings, but were in fact from the Sarver Trust:(1) 100,000 shares sold on October 23, 2012; (2) 50,000 shares sold on October 24 2012; (3) 35,597 shares sold on January 29, 2013; (4) 18,311 shares sold on January 30, 2013; (5) 50,000 shares sold on February 1, 2013; (6) 25,000 shares sold on February 11, 2013; (7) 25,000 shares sold on February 12, 2013; (8) 50,000 shares sold on February 13, 2013; (9) 50,000 shares sold on February 19, 2013; (10) 50,000 shares sold on April 29, 2013; (11) 50,000 shares sold on April 30, 2013; (12) 100,000 shares sold on July 22,2013; (13) 25,000 shares sold on July 23, 2013; (14) 25,000 shares sold on July 24, 2013; and (15) 83,291 shares sold on December 9, 2013; and (16) 16,709 sold on December 10, 2013.
(5) This amendment reflects the transfer between forms of ownership of 61,308 shares on February 25, 2015 from the Reporting Person's direct holdings to the Sarver Trust, and the following transactions, which were reported as having been from direct holdings, but were in fact from the Sarver Trust: (1) 100,000 shares sold on January 27, 2014; (2) 61,308 shares sold on February 25, 2014; (3) 50,000 shares sold on April 23, 2014; (4) 25,000 shares sold on April 24, 2014; (5) 10,000 shares sold on October 30, 2014; (6) 25,000 shares sold on November 10, 2014; (7) 50,000 shares sold on May 13, 2015; (8) 50,000 shares sold on May 14, 2015; (9) 50,000 shares sold on May 20, 2015; (10) 30,000 shares sold on May 21, 2015; (11) 20,000 shares sold on May 22, 2015; (12) 10,000 shares gifted on November 6, 2015; (13) 69,977 shares sold on November 6, 2015; (14) 50,000 shares sold on November 23, 2016; and (15) 100,000 shares sold on December 1, 2016.
(6) These shares represent 5,000 shares which were previously reported as having belonged directly to the Reporting Person; such shares actually belong to the Reporting Person's children, and the Reporting Person disclaims ownership of these shares.
(7) This amendment reflects the following transfers between forms of ownership, which were inadvertently excluded from the Reporting Person's previous Form 4 filings: (1) the transfer of 18,924 shares from the Sarver Trust to the Family Trust on November 13, 2014; and (2) the transfer of 66,022 shares from the Sarver Trust to SF III Ltd Partnership on August 31, 2015.
(8) Reflects shares held in the 401K Plan to include employer match as of 3/30/17.

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