Gerry Spence, a Canny Courtroom Showman in Buckskin, Dies at 96 Calling himself America’s best trial lawyer, he won justice for Karen Silkwood and successfully defended Imelda Marcos.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gerry Spence, the fringe jacket-wearing trial lawyer from Wyoming known for a string of major court wins starting with a multimillion-dollar judgment against a plutonium ...

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Once one of the nation's most recognizable trial attorneys, Spence achieved fame in 1979 with a $10.5 million verdict against Oklahoma City-based Kerr-McGee on behalf of the estate of Karen ...

Gerry Spence, the Wyoming trial lawyer known for his fringed buckskin jackets, mane of blond hair and homespun eloquence, died Wednesday at the age of 96.

Gerry Spence, the fringe jacket-wearing trial lawyer from Wyoming known for a string of major court wins starting with a multimillion-dollar judgment against a plutonium processor in the landmark ...

Well-known Wyoming trial lawyer Gerry Spence has died at age 96. Spence’s 1979 court victory against an Oklahoma plutonium processor was turned into the 1983 movie “Silkwood” starring Meryl ...