About Stephen Edward
Stephen Edward Spelman is a seasoned trial attorney based in Springfield, Massachusetts, specializing in private damage, felony law, DUI & DWI, corporate law, appeals & appellate, arbitration & facilitated negotiation, and white-collar crime. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut, and has experience in both civil and criminal legal proceedings. Mr. Spelman earned his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He additionally holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from Boston University, a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. A Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst.
He started his professional legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Homicide Unit of the Hampden County District Attorney's Office, the place he attempted over one hundred jury instances involving main felonies. Following his tenure as a prosecutor, he joined Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City, dealing with complicated civil and criminal legal proceedings. In 1996, Mr. Spelman joined Egan, Flanagan and Cohen, P.C., a full-service firm in Springfield, Massachusetts. The firm offers a range of services, including private injury, real estate, estates, trusts, and making plans, civil and business litigation, company corporate law, consumer protection, environmental regulation law, employment disputes and discrimination, and criminal defense. Beyond his legal practice, Mr. Spelman has served as an accessory Professor of Law at Western New England College School of Law, coaching courses in White Collar Crime and Securities Regulation.
He is also a trial methods teacher for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and serves as a Master of the Bench for the Pioneer Valley Inn of Court. His army service includes serving as a Colonel in the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) of the U.S. Army Reserve. He was mobilized as Chief of the U.S. Army Trial Defense Service, supervising the defense of Army courtroom-martial cases worldwide. Mr. Spelman has additionally served two excursions of obligation in Iraq, one with Army Special Forces and another because the senior army officer at the Law and Order Task Force.
Mr. Spelman is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Hampden County Bar Association, American Bar Association. New York State Bar Association. He has been acknowledged for his contributions to the network, which includes serving as vice chair of the Resource Development Council for the United Way of Pioneer Valley. He is fluent in English and conversational Spanish.
