Kent W. Spence
Kent W. Spence is a third generation Wyomingite who was born and raised in Riverton, Wyoming. He received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of Montana in 1982 and his Law degree from Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law in Macon, Georgia in 1986. He thereafter worked at The Spence Law Firm. Kent has been a partner in the firm since 1995.
Kent has been admitted as counsel in cases in states other than Wyoming, including Montana, Idaho Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Ohio, California, Nevada, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. He has practiced in numerous Federal District Courts and has appeared before the Wyoming Supreme Court and the Federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Kent twice attended Western Trial Advocacy Institute, founded by Gerry Spence and the late Justices Rose and Cardine. He also attended Gerry Spence's thirty-day long Trial Lawyers College in 1995 and has been on the faculty from that time to the present. Kent was recently voted on to the Trial Lawyers College Board of Directors.
Since 1995 Kent has been active as one of the Board of Directors of LAW (Lawyers and Advocates of Wyoming), a non profit law firm focused on social cause cases and founded by the partners of The Spence Law Firm.
Kent is a member of Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Bar Association, Wyoming Bar Association, Teton County Bar Association,
Academy of Catastrophic Injury Attorney, Board of Directors and Staff Member of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College, Board of Directors of Chief Washakie Foundation and Board of Directors of Curran-Seeley Foundation.
Kent specializes in personal injury, wrongful death, civil rights and criminal defense trial law.Kent and his wife Lisa have two children, Ariella and Dylan, both Wyoming natives.
Lori is Kent's paralegal.
