President O’Connell Announces Board/Committee Appointments

Wyoming State Bar President Devon O’Connell has made her recommendations and appointments to numerous boards and committees of the Bar. She would like to thank all of the members who expressed interest in volunteering to serve.

There are seven Boards/Committees whose members are appointed by the Wyoming Supreme Court. For these, the Court asks for a recommendation from the President of the Bar. Below are those Boards/Committees and their respective NEW appointments; there are also members who were appointed to serve a second term.

All terms begin on January 1, 2016, and are three years. All Boards/Committees link to the purpose and current make-up of the Board/Committee.

Bar Counsel Review & Oversight Committee

• Jenifer E. Calkins Scoggin
  Holland & Hart, LLP
  Cheyenne

Board of Continuing Legal Education

• Monica J. Vozakis
  Long Reimer Winegar Beppler LLP
  Evanston

Board of Law Examiners

• No new members

Board of Professional Responsibility

• James C. Anderson
  S. Attorney’s Office
  Cheyenne
• Amanda K. Roberts
  Lonabaugh & Riggs, LLP
  Sheridan

Character & Fitness Committee

• No new members

Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee

• Corinne E. Rutledge
  Lathrop & Rutledge
  Cheyenne
• Neal R. Stelting
  Stelting Law Office, P.C.
  Pinedale

Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee

• Tad T. Daly
  Daly & Sorenson, LLC
  Gillette
• Melissa Mulligan Owens
  Owens Law Office, PC
  Jackson
• Rolf Peterson (laymember)
  Mader Tschacher Peterson & Co., LLC
  Laramie

 

In addition to the Court-appointed Boards/Committees, the Bar has many other committees that have a hand in the work and decision-making of the Bar. President O’Connell has made the following NEW appointments to those committees.

All terms begin on January 1, 2016, and are three years. All committees link to the purpose and current make-up of the committee.

Bench-Bar Relations Committee

• Patrick W. Korell
  Eighth Judicial District  Court
  Torrington
• Jere Ryckman (Ret.)
  Green River

Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee

• Leah Callaghan Schwartz
  Davis & Cannon, LLP
  Cheyenne
• Robert M. Shively
  Rob Shively, P.C.
  Casper
• Robert C. Jarosh (Board of Officers & Commissioners Liaison)
  Hirst Applegate, LLP
  Cheyenne

Clients’ Security Fund Committee

• Christopher M. Wages (representing the Fourth Judicial District)
  The Wages Group, LLC
  Buffalo

Continuing Legal Education Committee

• Sarah J. Jacobs
  Jacobs Polidora, LLC
  Laramie
• Kathryn E. Hogarty
  Climb Wyoming
  Laramie

Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions Committee

• Joseph B. Bluemel
  Third Judicial District Court
  Kemmerer
• Cole N. Sherard
  Pence and MacMillan LLC
  Laramie

Diversity & Inclusion Committee

• COMING SOON!

Juvenile Pattern Jury Instructions Committee

• Peggy A. Trent
  Albany County Attorney’s Office
  Laramie

Law School Liaison Committee

• Klint W. Alexander
  University of Wyoming College of Law
  Laramie
• Clayton M. Melinkovich
  University of Wyoming Foundation
  Laramie

Legislative and Law Reform Committee

• Fran Keane-Foster
  WINhealth
  Cheyenne

Resolution of Fee Disputes Committee

• John P. LaBuda (representing Sublette County)
  LaBuda Law Office, PC
  Pinedale

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