"Gerald Leonard "Gerry" Spence" is a 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 attorney. He has not lost a civil case since 1969.

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Government [is] operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living idea and smother it.

To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies.

A lawyer is in an awful position about that. It's not fair to the accused who is charged with a serious crime if a lawyer says he's not going to take the case because it reflects badly on the accused and that's not fair to him. On the other hand, if a lawyer is deciding to take the case and hasn't made up his mind, it's also difficult for the accused.

The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.

Is there anyone I wouldn't take as a client? Well, I'd never represent a banker.