Michelle J. Spirn receives 2025 family law award

For her inspirational work in family law, Michelle J. Spirn received the Roger P. Krumm Family Law Award at The Missouri Bar’s Family Law Conference, Aug. 14-16 in Branson.

Presented by The Missouri Bar Family Law Committee, the Roger P. Krumm Family Law Award 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 and the children and families involved in family law matters.

Over the course of her 29-year career, Spirn has practiced solo and in various firms. In 2017, she founded Spirn Family Law, where she represents clients in divorce and divorce-related litigation. A graduate of the Washington University School of Law, Spirn is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is immediate past president of the Missouri chapter. She has also served on the 21st Circuit Judicial Commission and the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel’s Region X Disciplinary Committee.

Spirn encouraged new family law lawyers to develop and maintain relationships with other legal professionals within their practice. She added her lawyer friends are “some of the smartest and funniest people I know.”

“In the course of your career, your family law colleagues will be there …” she said. “Those friendships are priceless and go a long way toward managing the stress that comes with the practice.”

Click here to learn more about annual awards presented by The Missouri Bar, The Missouri Bar Foundation, and other entities. Read about other 2025 award winners here.