Well-known Wyoming trial lawyer Gerry Spence has died at age 96. Spence’s 1979 court victory against an Oklahoma plutonium ...

Calling himself America’s best trial lawyer, he won justice for Karen Silkwood and successfully defended Imelda Marcos. He also wrote best sellers.

By the late 1960s, he shifted exclusively to representing plaintiffs and criminal defendants, aligning his practice with his conscience. His law firm moved from Casper to Jackson in 1978 and continues ...