
Robert A. Krause
About Robert A. Krause
Robert Krause was born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Shippensburg State College in 1981 with a degree in business administration, then enrolled at the University of Dayton School of Law and graduated magna cum laude in 1984. After completing a clerkship with the Supreme Court of Maryland, he practiced in Baltimore, Maryland and the District of Columbia for five years before moving to Wyoming in 1990 to work for The Spence Law Firm, where he was a partner from 1995 until becoming Of Counsel. Bob has tried numerous cases throughout the United States representing clients seriously injured or killed as a result of defects in automobiles, tires, and wheels, medical malpractice, industrial explosions, and automobile and trucking collisions. He was one of the lead attorneys in the first bellwether trial in the Toyota Motor Corporation Unintended Acceleration Multi-District Litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. To date, Bob has recovered over $100 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients. He has taught at continuing legal education seminars for the American Association for Justice, the Western Trial Lawyers Association, and the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association.
Notable case results
Robert A. Krause of The Spence Law Firm resolved the first wrongful death bellwether case in the Toyota unintended acceleration MDL on behalf of the families of Paul Van Alfen and Charlene Jones Lloyd, killed in a 2010 Utah crash, with Toyota settling confidentially days before a February 2013 trial date.
Lead attorney in first bellwether trial of the Toyota Motor Corporation Unintended Acceleration Multi-District Litigation (C.D. Cal.)
Over $100 million recovered in verdicts and settlements
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.




