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​Legal Experience:

• Years in Practice: 18+ years (licensed since 2007)

• Former Public Defender: 6 years serving Wyoming defendants

• Trial Attorney: Extensive jury trial experience in municipal, circuit, district, and appellate courts

• Case Range: DUI, drug crimes, federal offenses, DUI Homicide, misdemeanors, felonies, and appeals

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Bar Licenses:​

Wyoming State Bar

Colorado State Bar
Wyoming Federal District Court

10th Circuit Court of Appeals

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Professional Awards: 

• 2023 - Thomas G. Gorman Excellence In Professionalism Award, Ewing T. Kerr American Inn of Court

• 2016 - Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers

• 2016 - Top 10 Under 40, National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys

• 2015 - Top 10 Under 40, National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys

• 2006 - Excellence in Advocacy, University of Wyoming, College of Law

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Associations:​

National Association of DUI Defense Lawyers

American Immigration Lawyers Association
National Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Ewing T. Kerr Chapter of the American Inns of Court
Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association

​Laramie County Bar Association

Graduate - Western Trial Advocacy Institute

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Community Leadership Roles:​

Magistrate - Laramie County Circuit Court

Vice President, Mt. Sinai Endowment Fund

Vice President, Laramie County ACC Board

Board Member, Legal Studies Program Board, LCCC

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Wyoming State Bar Leadership:​

Laramie County Commissioner, Wyoming State Bar

Committee Member, WyLAP Advisory Committee

Arbiter, WSB Committee on Resolution of Fee Disputes

Mentor, WSB Mentor Outreach Program​

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News:​

LCCC: Talon Magazine

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Court Appearances:

• Wyoming Supreme Court (argued multiple appeals)

• 10th Circuit Court of Appeals

• Wyoming Federal District Court

• Wyoming District Courts (Laramie, Albany counties)

• Municipal and Circuit Courts throughout Wyoming

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Community Involvement:

• Vice President, Mt. Sinai Endowment Fund

• Volunteer, Mt. Sinai Synagogue

• LCCC Criminal Justice Curriculum Board member

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Notable Cases: 

• United States v. A.N.

  • OUTCOME: Acquittal

  • Defendant was charged with evasion of payment of tax along with her husband. After 5 days of trial, we successfully demonstrated her innocence to the Jury. 

• State v. R.C.

  • OUTCOME: Acquitted of homicide, convicted of lesser included DUI injury

  • DUI accident resulted in serious injury to the victim. The victim eventually died nine months later. The defendant was then charged with homicide, and the maximum penalty went from ten years to twenty years. We were able to prove that the death was not due to the original DUI accident.​

• State v. H. M.

  • ​OUTCOME: Dismissed

  • Def was charged with Sexual Abuse of a minor on the first day of trial

• Barkell v. Crouse, 468 F.3d 684 (10th Circuit)​

  • OUTCOME: Reversed and Remanded​

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Speaking Engagements: 

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• Defender’s Guide to Illegal Reentry Cases

  • February 27, 2025 - Wyoming Federal Public Defender's Office

    • CLE on the Federal and Immigration Consequences of Illegal Reentry

• "Crimmigration - Intersection of Criminal and Immigration Law"

  • April 24, 2024 - University of Wyoming

    • This was a lecture to an introduction to criminal justice class taught at the University of Wyoming. The Professor was Dan Fetzco. I gave a talk about the intersection between criminal justice and immigration law.

• Introduction to Asylum and Refugee Law, Little America Ballroom

  • February 21, 2024, Rotary Club

  • Presented on asylum law, refugee law, and the CBP application rolled out by the Biden Administration.

• Plea Bargaining Presentation from a Practitioner, Guest Speaker, Paralegal Studies Program at LCCC

  • ​April 14, 2022, LCCC: Paralegal Studies

• "Pride: The Seventh Deadly Sin", Presentation at Ewing T. Kerr, American Inns of Court, Wyoming American Inns of Court

  • April 14, 2016, Ewing T. Kerr, American Inns of Court

    • CLE on professionalism and ethics

• "Padilla Advisements for Public Defenders"

  • 2011 Annual Wyoming Public Defenders Conference

    • CLE on padilla advisements, and Clients facing Immigration issues

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