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Two-term Fremont County prosecutor, trial lawyer and Laramie native Gerry Spence died Wednesday. He was 96 years old.
Calling himself America’s best trial lawyer, he won justice for Karen Silkwood and successfully defended Imelda Marcos. He ...
One of the most famous trial attorneys of the 20th century and a proud son of Wyoming, Gerry Spence, died overnight Wednesday ...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Gerry Spence, the fringe jacket-wearing trial lawyer from Wyoming known for a string of major court wins ...
Idaho - Gerry Spence, who was Randy Weaver’s lawyer after the Ruby Ridge shootout, has died. A family statement said that he died on August 13 surrounded by family in ...
Gerry Spence, a celebrated "country lawyer" from Wyoming, died at the age of 96 after a long career of winning high-profile ...
Well-known Wyoming trial lawyer Gerry Spence has died at age 96. Spence’s 1979 court victory against an Oklahoma plutonium ...
In 1979, he rose to prominence when he won a case on behalf of nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood, whose story was later chronicled in a Meryl Streep film.
This week on Crime Roundup, Sheryl McCollum and Joshua Schiffer celebrate the life of courtroom legend Gerry Spence, the man ...
Trial lawyer Gerry Spence, the defense counsel who won the acquittal of former first lady Imelda Marcos on federal ...
During 70 years as a consistently successful trial lawyer, Gerry Spence gained worldwide notoriety for his courtroom ...