Hurter Spies Incorporated was founded on 1 April 2008 when Willie Spies (who at the time was a member of Parliament) and Johan Hurter (who at the time was a senior partner at a prominent Pretoria law firm) decide to start a new law firm in Pretoria.

 The firm quickly made strides with a succesful application to the North Gauteng High Court as well as the Constitutional Court in February 2009 to ensure that South Africans overseas are able to vote in national elections.

 In April 2009 Spies was reelected as member of Parliament but shortly afterwards decided to return to full time practice as an attorney with a particular focus on civil rights litigation, with AfriForum as most prominent client.

Since then the firm has acted on behalf of AfriForum, Solidarity and various other NGO’s and think tanks.