Gerry Spence Biography

His brilliant legal analysis and engaging style bring a passion to American courtrooms gone since the days of Clarence Darrow.Gerry Spence recognized nationwide for his powerful courtroom victories including the estate of Karen Silkwood against Kerr-McGee and the defenses of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos and White Separatist Randy Weaver takes pride in being a country lawyer. Bom raised and educated in Wyoming Spence graduated cum laude from the University of Wyoming Law School in 1952. The University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in May 1990. He spent his early years as a prosecutor and gradually developed an insurance clientele becoming one of the leading defense attorneys in the intermountain area. After successfully defending insurance companies for many years he saw the light and took on a new direction---representing people. No more corporations insurance companies banks or big businesses. Representing people remains his steadfast commitment.
Spence first gained national recognition when he received a $10500000 verdict against Kerr-McGee in the Karen Silkwood case on behalf of her children. Later he earned such verdicts as $26535000 against Penthouse for Miss Wyoming and successfully defended Ed Cantrell in the famous Rock Springs Wyoming murder case. Spence received a $52000000 verdict against McDonald's Corporation the fast-food chain on behalf of a small bankrupt family-owned ice cream company for McDonald's breach of an oral contract. A Utah medical malpractice verdict of over $4000000 established a new standard for nursing care in that state. In 1990 he won acquittal for Imelda Marcos on multiple charges after a 3 1/2-month trial in New York City. In June 1992 he received a record-breaking $15000000 verdict for emotional damages incurred by his quadriplegic client because a major insurance company refused to pay the $50000 policy more than twenty years earlier. Two weeks later he added $18500000 in punitive damages to the award. In July 1993 Spence successfully defended Randy Weaver on murder assault conspiracy and gun charges in the famous Idaho federal standoff case. He has not lost a jury trial since 1969 and has never lost a criminal case.

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