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Practice is limited to Bankruptcy. The Law Offices of Patrick M. Hunter provides state wide practices in Wyoming.

Mr. Humphrey is licensed to practice law in the State of Wyoming and in Colorado, Wyoming Federal District Court, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Executive Office of Immigration Review. He was born and raised in Cheyenne, WY. As a graduate of the University of Wyoming’s College of Law, he participated in the Defender Aid Clinic, worked as an extern for the Federal Defender’s Office, and volunteered to assist the Office of the State Public Defender. He also worked as a Public Defender for 6 years and as a contract attorney through the appellate division for 2 years. ?He...

Ryan A. Semerad, Esq. is a trial attorney and the managing member of The Fuller & Semerad Law Firm. From 2018 to 2020, Mr. Semerad was a trial attorney in Holland & Hart LLP's Las Vegas office, focusing his practice on complex commercial litigation and appeals. Mr. Semerad's current practice includes defending the rights of individuals in misdemeanor and felony criminal cases as well as representing individuals and businesses in civil and appellate matters. Mr. Semerad clerked for the Hon. Michael P. Gibbons of the Nevada Court of Appeals during the 2017-18 term. Mr. Semerad began his legal...

Ryan grew up in Sheridan, Wyoming where he enjoyed hiking, camping, fishing and hunting in the Bighorn Mountains. He attended public school until the 7th grade, then was home schooled and enrolled in Sheridan College at 14, later becoming the youngest graduate at 17 and with honors. After college, he worked as an insurance agent in his family’s business. While working in insurance, Ryan joined the Sheridan College speech and debate team, winning regional and national awards which earned him a scholarship to Northern Arizona University where he graduated in 2003 Summa Cum Laude with his bachelor’s degree in political...

Boyd O. Wiggam is the owner and attorney at Wiggam Law Office, LLC. He returned to solo practice focusing on representing debtors in bankruptcy. Boyd initially founded Wiggam Law Office in 2017. Boyd has also worked as a policy analyst for a public policy think tank in Wyoming and was a candidate for Laramie County Commissioner in 2018 and for Cheyenne City Council in 2020. Boyd has a history of assisting various businesses serving farmers and landowners in eastern Laramie County. A Wyoming native, Boyd was raised on a farm in Eastern Laramie County , received an undergraduate degree...

Mr. Coppede began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Alan B. Johnson, United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. He is a partner with Hickey & Evans where he has an active trial practice which focuses on representing businesses and individuals in a wide variety of disputes, including commercial litigation, contract actions, personal injury, business torts, environmental litigation, employment law disputes, civil rights issues, and insurance coverage disputes.

He represents both employers and employees in workers’ compensation matters before the Office of Administrative Hearings. He represents secured and unsecured creditors in Chapter...

Robert (R.J.) Walker was born in Laramie and is a second generation Wyoming attorney. Upon graduating from Cheyenne Central High School in 2000, Robert completed a two year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Robert is fluent in Portuguese and can understand and speak some Spanish. Robert joined Hickey & Evans, LLP in the fall of 2010 where he primarily represented clients in the areas of personal injury, estate planning, probate, general civil litigation, business transactions, insurance defense, employment law, and appellate practice. Robert regularly appeared...

The Parkins Law Office, PLLC is a full service general practice law firm. The firm's mission is to deliver high-quality legal work in a prompt, professional and empathetic manner. We will creatively and aggressively pursue your case for you so that you can get a fresh start and peace of mind.

A partner at Pence and MacMillan LLC in Laramie, Wyoming, Dustin enjoys helping individuals and businesses primarily in areas of estate and business planning, transactional and contract law, and real estate and property law.

Benjamin was born in Jefferson City, Missouri but his parents wisely moved him out to Wyoming when he was only 6 months old. Benjamin was raised in Cheyenne and Laramie until he graduated from Laramie Senior High School and left Wyoming to go back to Missouri for his undergraduate studies. Benjamin graduated from Southeast Missouri State University where he studied American History, Logic and American Literature. After graduating, Benjamin attended the University of Wyoming College of Law. During Law School, Benjamin worked in a family law firm in Laramie, was the Dean of his Law Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi, and...

Adam Phillips was raised in Evanston, Wyoming. After graduating from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, he had a strong desire to return to the cowboy state, and attend the University Of Wyoming College Of Law. Adam has a rich family history with Wyoming and the law. Adam’s father, two brothers, and several extended family members are all Wyoming College of Law graduates and lawyers.

After graduating in 2007, Adam relocated to Lander to begin his legal career with the Fremont County Attorney's Office. He worked as a prosecutor until 2012 when he opened a general and trial...

I was born Montana and grew up in Wyoming. I grew up in the Rocky Mountains, learning to love and cherish the outdoors. During my summers in college, I worked as a wild-land firefighter, traveling the western United States on a hotshot crew. I continued on as a firefighter after graduating, working as a sawyer and squad-boss. Wildland firefighting taught me about intensely hard work and gave me an appreciation for a hard day’s pay. Sometimes we were forced to work up to 18 days straight in the rugged and remote mountainous country, where I packed...

John Schumacher has over 30 years of legal experience and has resided in Fremont County since 1991. His practice in the area has given him extensive experience and expertise in Native American Law, Oil & Gas Law, and Water Rights. He also practices Real Estate & Business Law, as well as dealing with Trusts & Estates.

Rick Erb is a 1974 graduate from Tongue River High School in Dayton, Wyoming. After graduation, he went to work as a coal miner in a few of the coal mines around Gillette, Wyoming. During that time, he operated the mining equipment, was a certified welder, a blaster, and finally became a production supervisor. While working full-time as a coal miner, he obtained his bachelor’s degree through Eckerd College, a private liberal arts college based in St. Petersburg, Florida, graduating with honors in 1989.

In the fall of 1990, Rick left coal mining when he was accepted to law school at...

Linda Devine is an experienced criminal defense attorney. Linda is determined to obtain the best possible results for her clients. That means listening to and understanding her clients goals. Each case is evaluated on an individual basis. She understands that clients benefit from a realistic assessment of their case and a thorough understanding of the potential outcomes of each available.

Linda earned her law degree from the Univetsity of Wyoming. She is licensed to practice in the state of Wyoming and the Federal District Court in Wyoming. She has successfully argued in front of the Wyoming Supreme Court.

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C. John Cotton is a native of Sheridan, Wyoming. He earned his undergraduate degree from Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana in 1978, and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Wyoming in 1983. From 1983 to 1987, C. John Cotton served as a law clerk, first in the State District Court, later in the Federal Court for the District of Wyoming. From 1987 to the present, he has been involved in the private practice of law. The last 20 plus years have been in Gillette, with focus on personal injury and wrongful death cases. ...

M. Jason Majors is an attorney with the Majors Law Firm, P.C., located in Jackson Hole Wyoming. The Majors Law Firm, P.C. is dedicated to assisting clients with their Estate Planning, Business Planning, Tax Planning, and Asset Protection Planning needs.

Keith M. Fleischman is a founding partner of Fleischman Bonner & Rocco, as well as its predecessor firm, Fleischman Law Firm, PLLC. Keith is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who has successfully investigated, litigated, and tried to verdict some of the largest and most complex civil and criminal cases in the country. Keith began his career as a prosecutor, first with the Bronx District Attorney’s Office and later with the Department of Justice. His practice presently focuses on representing public and private companies, financial institutions, and institutional investors in connection with the prosecution and defense of complex...

O’Kelley H. Pearson joined Hickey & Evans in 2007 as an Associate and became a Partner in 2011. She graduated from the University of Wyoming College of Law with honors in 2007 and was admitted into the Bar in 2007.

At UW College of Law, O’Kelley served on the Student Honor Council, as managing editor of the Wyoming Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Most recently, O’Kelley taught Legal Writing as an adjunct professor at the College of Law.

O’Kelley represents a wide range of clients, including K-12 and higher education boards and institutions, regulated utilities,...

Wyoming born and raised, Mallory first earned her Associate’s Degree at Northwest College in 2014. From there, she attended the University of Wyoming and earned her Bachelor of Science in Communication in 2016. Mallory then went on to earn her Juris Doctor at Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas in 2019. Mallory has a reputation for being an “over achiever” with a drive to set goals and meet them. She works hard because she believes in excellence and in getting things done right the first time. Since the very beginning of her legal career, Mallory has dedicated herself to...

Brandon joined the Budd-Falen Law Offices in 2000 and maintains an extensive civil practice focused on natural resources, water and public lands law, environmental litigation, federal livestock grazing, land-use and property rights. He also frequently represents landowners with respect to matters involving traditional uses of federal public lands, including livestock grazing and rights of access, and the negotiation of customary uses of private land, such as surface use agreements, rights-of-way, easements, oil and gas leases, and private land leases for the development of wind energy.

Matthew Grupp is the managing attorney and CEO of The Grupp Law Firm LLC. He champions his clients’ needs and following the motto “family first.” Matthew has extensive experience as a Private Family Trust Company and Family Office executive representing ultra-affluent clients, who include entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and families with inherited wealth. His practice helps families flourish through estate planning, trust administration, and family office services. From 1997-2005, Matthew Grupp worked as a Senior Tax Manager in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice at Deloitte & Touche, LLP. He earned a B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek and Latin) and Philosophy from...

Rendy Lemke is a lawyer and member of the Colorado State Bar and the Wyoming State Bar. She has more than 18 years of experience in the courts of Larimer and Laramie counties.

Quin joined Hickey & Evans in 2016 as an Associate. His practice focuses on a wide range of civil litigation and he has appeared on behalf of clients in both federal and state court. He also represents and advises clients on insurance defense and coverage issues, education law, and commercial transactions. Quin currently serves on the Board for the Wyoming Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

Quin graduated, cum laude, in 2015 from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon with a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resource Law. He received his undergraduate degree from...

Born in Dallas, Texas, Stacy M. Kirven has lived in Sheridan, Wyoming since she was 6 years old. Stacy received her Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Criminal Justice and Political Science from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Stacy earned her Juris Doctorate degree and graduated in December of 2014 from the University of Wyoming College of Law.


Stacy spent her first four years of practice as an Associate Attorney with the Barney & Graham, LLC law firm in Sheridan before opening Kirven Law, LLC. Stacy has ample experience in representing clients with domestic relations issues, including: divorce,...

Erin received her law degree from the University of Wyoming in 2001. Prior to that, Erin worked as a nurse and was head of the workers' compensation department for a large company in Colorado. Since becoming an attorney, Erin has practiced in criminal law, family law and workers' compensation. Erin was a deputy county attorney in Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming before opening Plains Law Offices, LLP with her husband, Kenneth DeCock, in 2004. Erin was appointed to the Wyoming Legislature in 2005, and served in that capacity for five years. Erin now practices primarily in...

Autumn Aspen joined Hickey & Evans in 2016 as an Associate. She graduated from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in May 2015. Autumn graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida with a B.A. in History.

Autumn’s practice areas include general civil litigation, education law, and labor law. During law school, Autumn worked in the University of Denver Environmental Law Clinic. She also completed internships with MarkWest Energy Partners in Denver, CO, Oceana in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewal Energy Lab in Golden, Colorado. Autumn was also an Articles Editor for the University...

I am admitted to the Bar in Ohio, Nebraska and Wyoming. I have helped people get the benefits they are entitled to since 1992. When you call my office, I will be the person who answers the phone, and will be the person with you from the initial application to the hearing. No fees unless you win - no upfront costs.

Not quite a native of Jackson Hole, Richard has lived and worked in Jackson since 1972. He earned his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Wyoming in 1993, and his M.B.A. and J.D. in 2002, both also from the University of Wyoming. Acting as General Counsel for RAM Construction since his admission to the Wyoming Bar in 2002, his practice has involved issues of business, construction, employment, tax, real estate and administrative law. Richard completed an L.L.M. in Taxation from Villanova University, and anticipates completion of that masters degree in spring of 2017.

Paul Hickey is an experienced trial Lawyer. His career began as a law clerk for the Honorable James E. Barrett, United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Following his clerkship, Paul was a prosecutor for the Laramie County Attorney’s Office. His practice focuses on Energy Law. He has been recognized as a Mountain States Super Lawyer and Best Lawyer in this focus area. His many clients include regulated gas and electric utilities, natural gas producers, wind developers and interstate electric transmission projects.

In addition, Paul has had a substantial trial practice, primarily in Federal Court. ...

Based out of Wyoming and also licensed in California, I am a Sterlington Law partner focusing on investment management, regulatory matters, business creation and support, and crypto and digital assets. I am also a Board member of a regulated Crypto trading company. Before joining Sterlington, I served as General Counsel for the State Treasurer's Office of Wyoming which manages over $25 billion in assets. As part of my GC responsibilities, I was responsible for regulatory oversight of investment matters and oversaw the legal side of the State's investments. I also served as Senior Assistant Attorney General in Wyoming and practiced...

Steven R. Dwyer earned dual undergraduate degrees in Psychology and the Administration of Justice from The Pennsylvania State University in 1996. After living 4+ years in Tahoe, California, and then 4 more years in Florida, Steven received his Juris Doctorate Degree with honors from the University of Florida A&M Law School in 2008. While in law school Steven worked at the law school library, completed an internship with the Orlando public defender's office, and worked for Orlando attorney Diana Tennis prior to her becoming judge in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. After graduation from law...

I am a practicing attorney in Casper, Wyoming. I graduated from the University of Wyoming College of Law in May 2019 and passed the bar in July 2019. My family has lived in Casper for the past 20 years, and our youngest child was born here. I served four years on the Casper City Council from 2009-2013. I served for over five years on the Casper Housing Authority Board of Commissioners. I have been a part of such other boards and commissions as the County Hospital Commission, Recreational Services of the City of Casper, Regional Joint Powers Water Board. After public...