The Wyoming State Bar is pleased to provide this FREE downloadable Trust Account Handbook, which has been prepared by the Office of Bar Counsel as a guide for both new and experienced lawyers with trust account questions. Our purpose is to provide you with the basic rules regarding trust accounts and highlight areas that may provide assistance in the exercise of your best professional judgment regarding a myriad of issues that may arise with opening, maintaining and record keeping for trust accounts.

The Wyoming Supreme Court issued an Order repealing the existing Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure and adopting the proposed rules submitted by the Civil Division of the Permanent Rules Advisory Committee. The new rules will become effective March 1, 2017.

Lawyers who receive emails about a complaint filed against their business may have a problem—but it’s not because of an angry client.

The Modest Means Program (MMP) provides low-cost legal assistance to individuals who do not qualify for free legal services, but cannot afford the expertise of attorneys at the standard rate. Attorneys participating in the program agree to assist Modest Means Program clients for no more than $75 an hour and no more than a $500 retainer (if necessary).