Gerald Leonard Spence (1/1929 Laramie, Wyoming) is semi-retired American trial lawyer. He is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. Spence has never lost a criminal case either as a prosecutor or a defense lawyer, and has not lost a civil case since 1969.

Spence graduated from the University of Wyoming (1949) and from the University of Wyoming College of Law (1952). He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (5/1990).

He started his career in Riverton Wyoming, and later became a successful defense lawyer for insurance industry. Years later, Spence said he "saw the light" and became committed to representing people instead of corporations, insurance companies, banks, or "big business"

Spence gained attention for the Karen Silkwood case (1974). She was the "whistleblower" in a radiation case, Spence won a $10.5 million verdict for Silkwood's family after Silkwood died in a car crash under suspicious circumstances (1974).

Spence has been involved in several other high-profile cases including providing counsel for Randy Weaver on murder, assault, conspiracy, and gun charges in the Ruby Ridge, Idaho, federal standoff case. He a!so won the acquittal of former Filipino First Lady Imelda Marcos in New York City on federal racketeering charges.

Spence and his second wife, Imaging share their time between homes near Jackson, Wyoming, and Santa Barbara, California.

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