Joseph “Joe” Spring was born in 1978 in Lexington, Kentucky.
He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, graduating from Grandview Heights High School in 1996, where he ran on the Cross Country team.
He graduated from The Ohio State University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in History.
He studied Spanish in Cuernavaca, Mexico, for 10 weeks in 1999, immersing himself in the Spanish language and culture.
While working at restaurants in college he became friends with several Mexican and Central American co-workers.
By the time he graduated he spoke fluent Spanish.
After college, Joe worked for Catholic Social Services as a Career Developer in Columbus for two years.
In 2002 he entered the Cleveland Marshall College of Law.
During law school he clerked for lawyers Christian Patno at Garson and Associates, and for David Leopold.
Leopold is the former President of the esteemed American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Patno has won several multi-million dollar lawsuits as a personal injury lawyer.
After passing the bar exam, he moved to Cincinnati and worked as an Associate at Webb and Pillich, LLC, and at Mark Godbey and Associates.
During his three years working under the tutelage of Mark Godbey, he practiced alongside well-respected lawyers Jerome O’Dowd, Patrick Conway, Donald Jones, Bradley Berry, and Blake Somers.
Joe opened his own law office in Butler County, Ohio, in July of 2009 under the premise “Do Unto Others, as You Would Have Them Do Unto You”.
Joe was raised with a wide variety of influences.
His father was a hard-working dairy farmer for The Ohio State University, and a native of Flint, Michigan.
His mother was a Registered Nurse from the Bronx, New York, that attended the same high school as United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Cardinal Spellman.
Joe and his children live in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Joe has had success in jury trials, bench trials, motions, general litigation, and administrative filings.
He was nominated by Super Lawyers Magazine in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 as a Top Attorney in Ohio.
His Office Manager, Margaret MacGregor, has been with him since October 2011.
He enjoys representing individuals and small businesses in the areas of personal injury; immigration; OVI/DUI defense; criminal defense; civil litigation; and bankruptcy.
Hometown: Grandview Heights, Columbus, Ohio
College: The Ohio State University – B.A.
History – 2000
Language School: Cemenahuac – Cuernavaca, Mexico
Law School: The Cleveland Marshall College of Law – J.D.
2005
Former Employer: Mark Godbey & Associates
