Kenneth Spiert
Section Supervisor, Legal Division

Ken Spiert began working as an Assistant State Public Defender in 1987, representing clients in Ohio and federal courts. After an 11-year stint in private practice, he returned to the Ohio Public Defender Office in 2006. In 2008, he became a section supervisor in the appellate division of the Office, mentoring and training other attorneys in that division. Ken has also served as a legal writing professor at Capital University Law School since 1995.

Ken earned his Juris Doctor degree from The Ohio State University College of Law. He also holds a Master of Theological Studies degree from Trinity Lutheran Seminary as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Bluffton University.

Ken is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Columbus Bar Association, the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and formerly of the Central Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (where he served as a Board Member).

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

Martin Luther King Jr.
Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963