Joseph W. Spransy
Joseph W. Spransy
Joseph W. Spransy was born in Durham, NC, graduated with a major in mathematics from King College (Bristol, TN) where he was on the Dean's List, was a reporter on the Kayseean student newspaper, and played varsity soccer. After teaching high school in the Virginia public school system for two years, he enrolled in the University Of North Carolina School Of Law. As a law student, he was on the Dean List, was inducted into Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity, and served as Secretary of the Student Bar Association and the Student Bar Foundation.
Mr. Spransy practiced with the Birmingham law firm of Bradley Arant Rose & White from 1973 until 1979, when he assumed the leadership of the Law Department of United States Pipe and Foundry Company and its affiliated subsidiaries of Jim Walter Corporation and Walter Industries, Inc. After retiring in October, 2003 as Vice President and Assistant Secretary of U. S. Pipe and Assistant Secretary of Walter Industries, Inc., he opened a solo practice, dividing his time between Birmingham and Pell City, AL. His practice concentrates primarily in the areas of business, corporations, and commercial law; estate planning, wills, trusts and probate; and antitrust compliance.
Areas of Practice
- Business and Commercial law
- Business Organizations
- Contracts
- Wills
- Trusts
- Estate Planning
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Probate and Estate Administration
- Real Estate and Mineral Rights
- Transactions, including Mergers & Acquisitions
- Antitrust Counseling
- Corporations
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1973
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 1973
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1973
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1979
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
Education
- University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina - 1973
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
- King College, Bristol, Tennessee
- A.B. - 1968
- Honors: Dean's List
- Major: Mathematics
Honors and Awards
- Who’s Who in American Law
- Martindale Hubbell, Peer Rated AV
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Alabama State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section, Chair, 1991
- Alabama State Bar Association, Business Law Section, Chair, 1995
- American Bar Association
- Alabama State Bar Association
- Birmingham Bar Association
- St. Clair County Bar Association
- Student Bar Association, Secretary
- Student Bar Foundation, Secretary
Past Employment Positions
- Bradley Arant Rose & White, Associate Attorney, 1973 - 1979
- United States Pipe & Foundry Company, VP, Corporate Counsel & Assistant Secretary
Pro Bono Activities
- Ruffner Mountain Nature Center, Board of Directors and Executive Committee
- Mountain Brook Presbyterian Church, Trustee and Elder
- Boy Scout Troop 320, Formerly Troop Committee Chair and Assistant Scoutmaster
- Birmingham Carolina Club of University of North Carolina Alumni Association, Formerly President
- Birmingham Sailing Club, Formerly Commodore
