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We must begin to train lawyers the minute they walk into law school to tell the truth. They must immediately begin to learn the business of representing people. They must be assigned cases the first day.

Gerry Spence

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Gerry Spence
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: January 8
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Laramie
Wyoming
Gerald Leonard Spence
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