Mr. Spiro is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
He worked for the CIA and then joined the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. As a prosecutor, among other cases, Mr. Spiro helped indict and convict Rodney Alcala, the “Dating Game” serial killer, for two NY murders in the 1970s, and, convicted, at trial, serial murderer Travis Woods.
Currently, Mr. Spiro works with Benjamin Brafman as a criminal defense attorney handling cases in both state and federal court. His notable clients include Mick Jagger, Dinesh D’Souza, Thomas Gilbert Jr., Jeff Tweedy, Thabo Sefolosha, Chris Copeland, Peter Beard, and various public officials.
Mr. Spiro has tried over 50 cases to verdict ranging from misdemeanors to murders.
Mr. Spiro has also served on the faculty of Harvard’s Trial Advocacy Program for the past 5 years. Mr. Spiro is a member of
Phi Beta Kappa, and has received several other academic and professional citations, including the Albert Imlah writing award and the ACC Northeast Ethics Lawyering award.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Spiro studied bio-psychology and worked at Harvard’s Psychiatric Facility, McLean Hospital. In his 5 plus years at McLean, Mr. Spiro supervised departments of an adolescent treatment facility and ran a summer program for children with Autism and Asperger’s syndrome.

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