FREMONT COUNTY JUDGE RECEIVES BAR’S PROFESSIONALISM AWARD

September 22, 2025 - News Releases

CHEYENNE – The Wyoming State Bar is pleased to announce that Fremont County Judge Teresa McKee is this year’s recipient of its Gerald R. Mason Professionalism Award. The award was presented on September 18th in conjunction with the Bar’s Annual Meeting & Judicial Conference, which took place in Laramie.

McKee is the 15th recipient of this annual award. The award was presented by James T. Whiting, President of the Wyoming State Bar, and the Honorable Kelly H. Rankin, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming.

The Professionalism Award is given to a Wyoming lawyer who represents the highest standards of ethics and dedication to the law, but also recognizes someone who contributes their time and energy to making the Wyoming Bar and its lawyers the best people they can be.

“Judge McKee represents all that is right with the legal profession and the American dream,” said Whiting. “She went to law school as a single mother, tirelessly represented her clients effectively and without equal, raised her son and still managed to maintain her humanness.”

McKee serves as a Federal Magistrate as well as working as a Municipal Judge for Lander and Riverton. She has been a mediator for over 20 years and has tirelessly read personalities and dealt with attorneys in a manner that most often results in successful outcomes.

McKee hails from Minnesota, which may explain why, almost without exception, she asks indigent defendants if they have a boat—much to the delight of the U.S. Marshalls and court security. She enjoys her family, cars and time outdoors. She will likely be exceptionally unhappy about receiving this recognition, which is precisely why she deserves it. Her life has been and continues to be a quiet testament of selfless service. She often cannot see the impact she has on others’ lives, but anyone with any measure of insight shudders to think of what Wyoming and especially the legal landscape would look like without her in it.

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