By Bob Barney
I do believe Gerry Spence is probably the greatest lawyer of our time if not the greatest lawyer of ALL time. He is retired now but the man has never lost ONE CASE. Donald J. Trump could surely use him right about now. Gerry is the original Perry Mason!
This short video of him will give you a snapshot into how he conducted himself as a businessman and what his vision and mindset was for each and every case.
Gerry Spence’s law firm motto has been, “We only do one thing. Fight for people. And we do it well.”
Here is a blip from his personal website:
Gerry Spence, born, reared and educated in Wyoming, is recognized nationwide for his legacy of powerful courtroom victories. He graduated cum laude from the University of Wyoming Law School in 1952, and has spent his lifetime representing the poor, the injured, the forgotten and the damned against what he calls “the new slave master,” a combine of mammoth corporations and gargantuan government.
He has tried and won many nationally known cases, including the Karen Silkwood case (a movie was made of the case with Meryl Streep and Cher,); the defense of Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge; the defense of Imelda Marcos; the case against “Penthouse Magazine” for Miss Wyoming; and the murder defenses of Ed Cantrell and Sandy Jones. In 2008 in a politically charged case brought by the Justice Department in Michigan against attorney Geoffrey Fieger, Spence won complete acquittals for his client on a ten-count indictment alleging federal campaign contribution violations, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Spence represented Brandon Mayfield, a modest Oregon attorney, against the United States in which Spence was instrumental in obtaining a federal court to hold the Patriot Act unconstitutional. He has never lost a criminal case either as a prosecutor or a defense attorney. He has not lost a civil case since 1969.He has had more multi-million-dollar verdicts without an intervening loss than any lawyer in America.
Gerry is now 93 years old. I mentioned in a previous posting on The Plain Truth from Alan Dershowitz about DJT not being able to get a “top tier” lawyer, (you can read that, here) that Trump cannot go to a top-notch lawyer because they tend to be very liberal and could give two rips about justice; they care only about their own name and business. Gerry was different.
“Every case can be won, and for me, every case should be won. And it shouldn’t be won for me, for my record, for me, (like) this trophy that you carry out here…it should be that you win because it is the RIGHT THING TO DO….Keep your soul wrapped around the idea that it’s the right thing to do, the rest seems to take care of itself”. ~ GS