Michelle J. Spirn

Michelle J. Spirn has over 25 years of experience in all facets of family law litigation. She is a Fellow and the past-president of the Missouri Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a national organization whose members are committed to practicing family law at the highest levels of skill, honesty, integrity, and professionalism. In 2025, she was honored to receive the Roger E. Krumm Family Law Award, which honors a family law lawyer who has demonstrated an exceptional degree of competence, skill, integrity, commitment, and dedication toward the improvement and advancement of the practice of family law.

Michelle has been recognized by Best Lawyers In America every year since 2019 and was named Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” for Family Law in 2021. In 2023, Michelle was elected as one of the attorneys on the Judicial Commission of the 21st Judicial Circuit, which helps fill judicial vacancies in Saint Louis County pursuant to the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan.

Michelle has been designated a St. Louis “Super Lawyer” since 2014 by Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers. The same publication listed her as a “Top 50 St. Louis Super Lawyer” since 2021, and as one of the “Top 50 Women Lawyers” in Missouri and Kansas in 2015 and 2016, and every year since 2018. Between 2016 and 2021, Michelle served the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel on its Region X Disciplinary Committee, which investigates complaints against attorneys by the public. She holds the “AV” rating of the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory, the highest rating an attorney can achieve.

Michelle graduated from Washington University School of Law in 1996 and George Washington University in 1992. Michelle loves to read and bake anything from the New York Times cooking section.

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Professional Affiliations

Publications/Speaking Engagements

  • Panelist: “How To Become A Judge,” St. Louis County Bar, May 5, 2024
  • Speaker: “Obligations of a Maintenance Recipient,” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, March 17, 2024
  • Speaker: “Back to Basics – How to Settle A Case,” Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Bench & Bar, June 2, 2022
  • Guest: “Reputation Is Everything,” The Maximum Lawyer Podcast, March 16, 2021
  • Speaker: “Parenting Plans,” Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Bench & Bar, May 30, 2019
  • Speaker: “Ten Ethical Traps To Avoid,” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, April 4, 2019
  • Speaker: “Third Party Custody – The Evolving Case Law,” Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, March 14, 2019
  • Speaker: “Advanced Family Law: Ethics,” June 22, 2018, National Business Institute
  • Speaker: “Creative Approaches to the Complex Maintenance Case,” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, April, 2017
  • Speaker, “Presenting Voluminous Evidence Efficiently At Trial,” Missouri Bar Family Law Conference, 2016
  • Speaker, “Enforcement of Monetary Judgments For Clients in Family Matters,” Missouri Bar Annual Meeting, 2015
  • Speaker, “Divorce for the Non-Family Law Practitioner,” Greensfelder Hemker & Gale, January, 2015
  • Participant, “Table of Experts,” St. Louis Business Journal, September 26, 2014

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri (1996)
  • Illinois (1997)