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Gerry Spence

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January 08, 1929 in Laramie, Wyoming, The United States

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http://www.gerryspence.com/index2.html

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Professional & Technical

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Gerry Spence is a trial lawyer in the United States. In 2008, he announced he would retire, at age 79, at the end of the Geoffrey Fieger trial in Detroit, MI. Spence did not lose a criminal case in the over 50 years he practiced law. He started his career as a prosecutor and later became a successful defense attorney for the 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."

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Books by Gerry Spence

Average rating: 3.60 · 772 ratings · 113 reviews · 23 distinct works

	How to Argue & Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday 3.39 avg rating — 292 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	From Freedom To Slavery: The Rebirth of Tyranny in America 4.06 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Making of a Country Lawyer: An Autobiography 3.63 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bloodthirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power: The Rise and Risks of the New Conservative Hate Culture 3.40 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	With Justice for None 3.62 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Win Your Case: How to Present, Persuade, and Prevail--Every Place, Every Time 3.53 avg rating — 36 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Smoking Gun: Day by Day Through a Shocking Murder Trial with Gerry Spence 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Of Murder and Madness: A True Story 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.”
― Gerry Spence, How to Argue & Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday

tags: belief , wonder

46 people liked it

“The true test of liberty is the right to test it, the right to question it, the right to speak to my neighbors, to grab them by the shoulders and look into their eyes and ask, “Are we free?” I have thought that if we are free, the answer cannot hurt us. And if we are not free, must we not hear the answer?”
― Gerry Spence, Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century

tags: free-speech , liberty

7 people liked it

“Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in.”
― Gerry Spence, Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life

tags: freedom , skepticism

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