Many people consider Gerry Spence the greatest attorney of our time. He is certainly among the top five. Although he has won an enormous amount of civil trials, with the accompanying millions and millions of dollars, a lot of his most memorable victories have come in criminal cases. Spence proclaims to have never lost a criminal trial in his 50 years as a defense attorney. Although I always question those types of claims, nobody seems to be able to prove otherwise.
Spence has previously stated that he will retire now that the Geoffrey Fieger trial is over (another not guilty verdict on all counts). Maybe as a signal of the winding down of his trial practice, he has now started blogging. You can find his wisdom at the appropriately named Gerry Spence's Blog.
The posts have intriguing titles like: What if freedom is a myth? and The pain of chains. After discovering the Blog this morning I am anxious to find the time to read them. The reason I like Gerry isn't for his record or for the big name cases he's won. I like him because despite his legendary status he has always been a genuine and humble man, or as he calls it, a country lawyer. You can tell he cares deeply and passionately about both the issues in criminal defense (our liberty and freedom) and his clients. I think that a large part of his success comes from his ego not getting in the way of his message.
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