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The Spence Law Firm, LLC draws on the strength of its eight partners, associates, extensive support staff, and a nationwide network of associated lawyers to fight for the rights of people across the country who have experienced personal loss through injury or death, or business or other financial misfeasance.

We also represent people charged with crimes. We believe the foundation of a just system is the best representation possible for the accused or injured. We do not represent big business, banks, or insurance companies.

Our practice is nationwide. For over 50 years, The Spence Law Firm, LLC has fought for justice across the country.

Statement of Practice

Civil Litigation, Trials, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Civil Rights, Qui Tam, Product Liability, Toxic Tort Litigation, Pharmaceutical Liability, Medical Malpractice, Auto Accidents, Aviation Accidents, Oil and Gas, Trucking Injury Litigation, Head Injuries, Occupational Safety and Health, Insurance Bad Faith, Plaintiff's Business Litigation, Criminal Defense.

Reference:

First Interstate Bank, Casper, Wyoming.

Rate Information

Free Initial Consultation

Address

15 South Jackson Street P.O. Box 548
Jackson, WY 83001, (Teton Co.)

Phone

Phone: 307-733-7290
Fax: 307-733-5248
URL: http://www.lawyers.com/thespencelawfirm

Website

http://www.spencelawyers.com

Office Hours

Monday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Gerry L. Spence, P.C. (Member) born Laramie, Wyoming, January 8, 1929; admitted to bar, 1952, Wyoming and U.S. Claims Court. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S.L., 1949; LL.B., cum laude, 1952; L.L.D., honorary, 1990). County and Prosecuting Attorney, Fremont County, Wyoming, 1954-1962. Founder, Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College. Member: Wyoming State Bar; American Bar Association; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Plaintiff's Personal Injury; Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation; Product Liability; Civil and Criminal Trials; Medical Malpractice; Toxic Torts; Wrongful Death; Civil Rights.Email: Gerry L. Spence, P.C.

Kent W. Spence (Member) born Riverton, Wyoming, August 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1988, Wyoming. Education: University of Montana (B.A., 1982); Mercer University (J.D., 1986). Faculty Member, Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College. Member: Wyoming State Bar; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice (Board of Directors); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Wyoming Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Plaintiff's Personal Injury; Criminal Defense; Product Liability; Civil Rights; Medical Malpractice.Email: Kent W. Spence

Robert A. Krause (Member) born Reading, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Maryland and District of Columbia; 1992, Wyoming; 1994, Colorado. Education: Shippensburg State College (B.S., 1981); University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984). Associate Research Editor, University of Dayton Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to the Hon. Harry A. Cole, Associate Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1984-1985. Member: Maryland State and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Wyoming State Bar; American Association for Justice; Wyoming Trial Lawyers' Association. Practice Areas: Plaintiff's Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Toxic Torts Litigation; Civil Litigation; Wrongful Death; Business Litigation.Email: Robert A. Krause

R. Daniel Fleck (Member) born Ashley, North Dakota, December 25, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Wyoming, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1995, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 1991; J.D., 1993). Director, Lawyers and Advocates for Wyoming, 1994-1996. Member: Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Birth Trauma; Products Liability; Wrongful Death; Toxic Tort Litigation; Civil Rights.Email: R. Daniel Fleck

G. Bryan Ulmer, III (Member) born Bagley, Minnesota, July 25, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1996, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 1992; J.D., with honors, 1995). Member, Order of the Coif. Casenote Editor, Land and Water Law Review, 1994-1995. Author: "Inter Vivos Trusts and Wyoming's Spousal Elective Share. Briggs v. Wyoming Nat'l Bank, 836 P.2d 263, Wyo. 1992," XXIX Land and Water Law Review 323, 1994. Member: The Colorado and American Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar; American Association for Justice; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Civil Rights; Products Liability; Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Toxic Tort Litigation.Email: G. Bryan Ulmer, III

Melvin C. Orchard, III (Member) born Evanston, Wyoming, August 7, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Wyoming; 2005, Utah. Education: Washington State University (B.S., 1989); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1992). Law Clerk, 9th Judicial District Court Wyoming. Member: Wyoming State Bar; Utah State Bar; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association (Past-President); American Association for Justice (Wyoming Governor). Practice Areas: Litigation; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Business Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Tort; Medical Malpractice; Trucking Injury Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith; Civil Rights.Email: Melvin C. Orchard, III

Emily R. Rankin (Member) born Jackson, Wyoming, August 6, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Wyoming, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 2005, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., 1997); University of Wyoming (J.D., 2000). Law Clerk, Justice Marilyn S. Kite, Wyoming Supreme Court. Articles Editor, Land and Water Law Review, 1999-2000. Author, Note, "School District Liability Under Title IX: Actual Notice is the Requisite Standard for Teacher-Student Sexual Harassment. Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District, 118 S. Ct. 1989 (1998)," Land and Water Review, 1999. Member: Wyoming State Bar; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Civil Rights; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Negligence; Civil Litigation.Email: Emily R. Rankin

ASSOCIATES

Larissa A. McCalla (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, November 16, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Arizona; 1996, Wyoming; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Arizona State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989; J.D., 1993). Member: State Bar of Arizona; Wyoming State Bar; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Civil Rights; Products Liability; Toxic Tort Litigation; Litigation; Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals.Email: Larissa A. McCalla

M. Kristeen Hand (Associate) born Glenrock, Wyoming, October 8, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 1995; J.D., with honors, 2001). Law Clerk to the Hon. Terrence L. O'Brien, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Co-Author, "Analyzing Mineral Development Impact as Affecting Surface Estate Owners," Wyoming Law Review, 1 Wyo. L. Rev. 661 (2001). Member: Wyoming State Bar; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Civil Rights; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Oilfield Personal Injury; Civil Litigation; Negligence.Email: M. Kristeen Hand

Tyson E. Logan (Associate) born Portland, Oregon, April 28, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Wyoming. Education: University of Puget Sound (B.A., 1999); University of Wyoming (J.D., 2005). Member: Wyoming State Bar; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Civil Rights; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice.Email: Tyson E. Logan

Mark L. Aronowitz (Associate) born New York, November 4, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Oregon; 2006, Wyoming. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1998); Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 2005). Member: Wyoming State Bar; Oregon State Bar; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Civil Rights; Torts; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Natural Resources; Environmental Law.

Grant H. Lawson (Associate) born Billings, Montana, April 16, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 2002; J.D., 2007). Author: Comment, "Reconciling the Wyoming Wrongful Death Act with the Wyoming Probate Code: The Legislature's Wake-up Call for Clarification," Wyoming Law Review, 7 Wyo. L. Rev. 409 (2007). Member: Wyoming State Bar; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Civil Rights; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Negligence; Civil Litigation.

Elizabeth A. Richards (Associate) born Aurora, Illinois, February 6, 1970; admitted to bar, 2005, Idaho; 2007, Wyoming, U.S. District Court, District of Idaho, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Wisconsin, La Crosse (B.S. 1992); University of Wyoming (J.D. 2005). Order of the Coif. Case Note Editor, Wyoming Law Review, 2004-2005. Law Clerk to: Justice Linda Copple Trout, Idaho Supreme Court; the Hon. Stephen S. Trott, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Author, Note, "The Pump Don't Work Because the Bureau Took the Handle — The Bureau of Reclamation's Discretion to Reduce Water Deliveries to Comply with the ESA," 4 Wyo.L.Rev. 113, 2004. Member: Idaho State Bar; Wyoming State Bar; Idaho Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Civil Litigation.

OF COUNSEL

J. Douglas McCalla (Of Counsel) born Gillette, Wyoming, March 18, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Wyoming; 1990, Utah; 1993, Colorado; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, U.S. District Court, District of Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Black Hills State College (B.S., 1969); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1976). Assistant City Attorney, 1976-1978; Municipal Judge, 1978-1980, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Uinta County, Wyoming, 1980-1982. Member: Wyoming State Bar; Utah State Bar; Colorado Bar Association; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Plaintiff's Personal Injury; Business Litigation; Product Liability; Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Wrongful Death; Toxic Torts Litigation; Civil Rights.Email: J. Douglas McCalla

Roy A. Jacobson, Jr. (Of Counsel) born St. Paul, Minnesota, May 24, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, New Mexico; 1979, Wyoming; 1986, Utah. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1976). Member: Wyoming State Bar; State Bar of New Mexico; Utah State Bar; American Association for Justice; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association (Secretary/Treasurer, 1983; Vice President, 1984). Practice Areas: Plaintiff's Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Product Liability; Business Litigation; Wrongful Death; Toxic Tort Litigation; Civil Rights.Email: Roy A. Jacobson, Jr.