Jeffery Spalding

An American lawyer working for the ABA in Moscow, Russia.

I graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1996 and, like most Michigan grads, sold my soul to a big firm for two years after law school. I joined the Kent County Prosecuting Attorney's Office in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1998 and worked as an assistant prosecutor for three years. In March 2001, I became a Trial Attorney with the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. In 2005, I worked briefly as an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago, and then returned to the DOJ as the Deputy Chief of the Electronic Surveillance Unit handling wiretaps and all that good stuff. After alot of soul searching, I left the DOJ to pursue a career in international legal development and the rule of law (whatever that means).

My permanent home is in Washington, D.C., where I live with my beautiful wife Rachel, two Jack Russel Terriers named Albert and Emma (a/k/a Jones), a black lab (Daisy) and a cat who thinks he's a dog (Smokes). I grew up in Northern Michigan in the small town of Manton and received my undergraduate degree from Alma College.