Robert Spence was born in 1955 in Bloomington, Illinois. He graduated from
Taylor University in 1977 and received his J.D. from John Marshall Law
School in 1980. He served as an assistant state's attorney for 14 years
and assistant attorney general for 6 years. He was appointed to the
circuit court in 2001 and assigned to the Appellate Court in 2012.
Appellate Judge