Hickey & Evans, LLP

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Law Firm in Cheyenne, Wyoming
 
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1800 Carey Avenue, Suite 700, P.O. Drawer 467
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003-0467
(Laramie Co.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 307-634-1525  
Telefax: 307-638-7335; 307-775-9711
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http://www.hickeyevans.com
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Hickey & Evans, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Business and Commercial Law, Public Utilities Law, Energy Law, Wills, Probate and Estate Planning Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Environmental Law, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury, Administrative Law and School Law.
Year Established: 1930
Firm Profile:
Hickey & Evans, LLP is a successor to a firm established in Cheyenne, Wyoming over seventy years ago by C. R. Ellery. The firm has an active trial practice, representing businesses and individual clients in a wide variety of civil and criminal matters. The firm has an extensive practice in the area of business and commercial law, including public utility regulation and environmental law, and in the area of estate planning. The firm represents clients throughout Wyoming.
Firm Size: 11
Clients:
A List of Representative Clients will be furnished upon request.
References:
First Interstate Bank-Cheyenne; First National Bank of Wyoming, Cheyenne; Warren Federal Credit Union.
Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
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PARTNERS OF FIRM
Roger C. Fransen (Managing Partner) born Denver, Colorado, October 27, 1949; admitted to bar, 1983, Wyoming. Education: South Dakota State University (B.S., 1971); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1983). Author: "Comparative Negligence Practice in Wyoming," Land and Water Law Review, Vol. XVIII, 1983. Co-Author: Administrative Law: Rulemaking and Contested Case Practice in Wyoming," Land and Water Law Review, Vol. XXXI, 1996. Staff, Land and Water Law Review, 1982-1983. Assistant and Senior Assistant Attorney General, Wyoming Attorney General's Office, 1983-1990. Staff, Wyoming Governor Mike Sullivan, 1990-1993. Director, Wyoming Office of Administrative Hearings, 1993-1995. Wyoming State Bar, 1995-2005. Member: Laramie County Bar Association; Wyoming State Bar ; Legal Aid Services Committee; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court. (Managing Partner). Reported Cases: Qwest Corp. v. Public Service Com'n of Wyoming, 161 P. 3d 495, (Wyo.2007); Pine Bar Ranch LLC v. Luther, 152 P 3d. 1062, (Wyo. 2007); Union Telephone Co. v. Wyoming Public Service Com'n, 142 P.3d 678, (Wyo. 2006); Ravenswood Inv. Co., L. P., v. Bishop Capital Corp., 374 F. Supp.2d 1055, (Wyo. 2005); PacifiCorp v. Public Serv ice Com'n of Wyo., 103 P. 3d 862, (Wyo.2004);Rock Springs Land and Timber, Inc. v. Lore, 75 P.3d 614 (Wyo. 2003); Sinclair Oil Corp. v. Wyoming Public Service Com'n, 63 P.3d 887, 2003 WY 22 (Wyo. 2003); Gore v. Sherard, 50 P.3d 705, 2002 WY 114 (Wyo. 2002); U.S. WEST Communications, Inc. v. Wyoming Public Service Com'n, 15 P.3d 722 (Wyo. 2000); Martinez v. Uphoff, 265 F.3d 1130 (10th Cir. Wyo. 2001); U.S. WEST Communications, Inc. v. Public Service Commission, 992 P.2d 1092 (Wyo. 1999); U.S. WEST Communications, Inc. v. Public Service Commission, 989 P.2d 616 (Wyo. 1999); Weaver v. Cost Cutters, 953 P.2d 851 (Wyo. 1998); Parker Land and Cattle Co. v. Wyoming Game and Fish Comm., 845 P.2d (Wyo. 1993); Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assn., Inc. v. Wyoming Public Service Comm., 784 P.2d 627, 111 P.U.R. 4th 528 (Wyo. 1989). Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Administrative Law; Workers Compensation; Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation. Email: Roger C. Fransen
Paul J. Hickey (Partner) born Cheyenne, Wyoming, May 20, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, Colorado. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1975). Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi. Law Clerk to Honorable James E. Barrett, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1975-1976. Assistant County Attorney, 1977-1979. Attorney, Laramie County School District #1, 1979 - 2002. Member, Wyoming Water Development Commission, 1987-1993 and Wyoming Natural Gas Pipeline Authority, 1987-1991. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2001-2006. American College of Trial Lawyers, 2005. Board of Visitors, University of Wyoming College of Law, 2000—. Member: Laramie County (President, 1984-1985) and American (Member, Section on Public Utility Law) Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar (President, 1997-1998 ); Wyoming State Bar Foundation (President, 1993-1994); Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association; International Society of Barristers (Past Member, Tenth Circuit Advisory Committee); Best Lawyers In America; Mountain States Super Lawyers; American Inns of Court. Reported Cases: Union Telephone v. Wyoming Pubic Service Com'n et al. 142P.3d 678 (Wyo. 2006); Pine Bar Ranch, LLC et al. v. Homer Luther et al. 152 P.3d 1062 (Wyo. 2007); US West v. Wyoming Public Service4 Com'n, 989 P.2d 616 (Wyo. 1999);State v. Campbell County School Dist., 19 P.3d 518, (Wyo. 2001); State of Nebraska v. Kirkwood, et al., Nebraska court of Appeals Case No. A-05-001226; Colorado Insterstate Gas Co. v. Natutal Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 962 F 2d 1528 (10th Cir. 1992); Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Natutal Gas Pipeline Co. of America. 885 F.2d 683 (10th Cir. 1989). Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Utility Law; Natural Resources; Personal Injury; Trusts and Estates; Employment Law; Education Law. Email: Paul J. Hickey
David F. Evans (Partner) born Kemmerer, Wyoming, January 24, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Wyoming; 1994, Colorado. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1978). Co-author: "Problem Loans and Creditor Options in Wyoming," National Business Institute, 1984. Trustee, United States Bankruptcy Court, 1981-1983. Secretary, Wyoming Industrial Siting Council, 1987-1993. Member: Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities, 2002—; American Judicature Society Board of Directors, 1988-1996; Wyoming State Board of Continuing Legal Education, 1991-1994; Chairman, Wyoming Bench-Bar Relations Committee, 1993-1995; Wyoming Continuing Legal Education Committee, 2000-2002. Member: Laramie County (President, 1994-1995) and American Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar; American Inns of Court. Reported Cases: Zola and Ernest Butts v. Ruth M. Gierse, 573 P.2d 1365 (Wyo. 1978); Ronald Leroy Kennedy v. The State of Wyoming, 595 P.2d 577 (Wyo. 1979); Cheyenne Dodge Inc. v. Reynolds & Reynolds Company, 613 P.2d 1234 (Wyo. 1980); Carroll L. Hess v. O'Dell Motors, 693 F.2d 113 (1982); In the Matter of the Parental Rights of PP. v. Laramie County Department of Public Assistance and Social Services, 648 P.2d 512 (Wyo. 1982); Robert F. May v. Interstate Moving & Storage Co., 739 F.2d 521 (1984); Keith O. White v. Exeter Drilling Company, 731 P.2d 1193 (Wyo. 1987); The Trustees of the Wyoming Laborers Health and Welfare Plan, et al v. Morgen & Oswood Construction Company, Inc. of Wyoming, 850 F.2d 613 (10th Cir. 1988); Dept. of Transportation v. Union of Operating Engineers, 908 P.2d 970 (Wyo. 1996); Hansen v. Little Bear Inn Co., 9 P.3d, 960 (Wyo. 2000); BHP Petroleum (Americas), Inc. v. Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc., 1P. 3d 1253, 147 Oil & Gas Rep. 611 (Wyo., Mar. 31, 2000). Practice Areas: Labor Law; School Law. Email: David F. Evans
John M. Walker (Partner) born Rock Springs, Wyoming, May 26, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Wyoming. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Co-author: "Administration of Estates in Wyoming," National Business Institute, 1991; "Elder Law," National Business Institute, 1995; "Practical Guide to Estate Administration" National Business Institute, 1997. Assistant County Attorney, Laramie County, 1984-1992. Attorney, Eastern Wyoming Community College, 1991-2007. Member: Wyoming State Bar; Southeast Wyoming Estate Planning Council (Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1998; President, 1998-1999). Reported Cases: Wyoming Community College Commission v. Casper College 31 P.3d 1242 (Wyo. 2001); McGuire v. Lowery 2P.3d 527 (Wyo. 2000); Laramie County School District #1 v. Robert Muir, 808 P.2d 797 (Wyo. 1991); Matter of Injury to Carpenter, 736 P.2d 1337 (Wyo. 1995); Mueller v. Hoblyn, 887 P.2d 500 (Wyo. 1994); Cotton v. City of Cheyenne, 85 P.3d 999 (Wyo. 2004); Brown v. Holy Name Church 80 F.Supp. 2d 1261 (d. Wyo. 2000). Practice Areas: Probate; Local Government Law; Trial Practice. Email: John M. Walker
Richard D. Bush (Partner) born 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Black Hills State College (B.S., History and Political Science, 1985); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1989). Staff, Land & Water Review, University of Wyoming, 1988-1989. Law Clerk, Supreme Court of the State of Wyoming, 1989-1991. Partner, Hickey & Evans, LLP. Reported Cases: State v. Campbell County School Dist., 32 P.3d 325; State v. Campbell County School Dist., 19 P.3d 518; BHP Petroleum (Americas), Inc., v. Texaco Exploration Production, Inc., 1 P.3d 1253; US West Communications, Inc. v. Wyoming Public Service Com'm. 958 P.2d 376; Union Telephone Co., Inc. v. Wyoming Public Service Com'n 910 P.2d 1362; Tri County Telephone Ass'n Inc. v. Wyoming Public Services Com'n, 910 P.2d 1359; US West Communications, Inc. v. Wyoming Public Services Com'n. 907 P.2d 343; Campbell County School Dist. v. State, 907 P.2d 1238; Feltner v. Casey Family Program, 902 P2d 206; Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 842 P.2d 1067; Union Telephone Co., Inc. v. Wyoming Public Service Com'n, 135 P.U.R. 4th 584, 833 P.2d 473. Practice Areas: Litigation; School Law; Administrative Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Richard D. Bush
John A. Coppede (Partner) born Niagara Falls, New York, May 9, 1954; admitted to bar, 1987, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1989, Colorado; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: State University of New York, Buffalo (B.A., cum laude, 1977); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1987). Special Counsel, Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons, 1999-2005; Associate, Sundahl, Powers, Kapp & Martin, 1991-1999; Law Clerk, Honorable Alan B. Johnson, U.S. District Judge, District of Wyoming, 1987-1990. Case Note Editor, Land and Water Law Review, 1986-1987. Author: The Clean Air Act: Ecological & Technological Feasibility in Setting Standards Under § 112.22 Land & Water Law Rev. 397, Spring, 1987; Wyoming Upholds a Resident Laborer Preference Statute, 21 Land & Water Law Rev. 291, Fall, 1986. Member: Laramie County Bar Association; Wyoming State Bar. Reported Cases: Case v. Outback Pipe Haulers, 2007 WY 181; Colorado Casualty Insurance Company v. Sammons, 157 P .3d460 (Wyo. 2007); Beuhner Block Co. v. Wyoming Dept. of Revenue, 139 P.3d 1150 (Wyo. 2006); Erpelding v. Lisek, 71 P.3d 754 (Wyo. 2003); Waid v. Burlington Northern RR, 996 P.2d 18 (Wyo. 1999); Southwestern Public Service Co. v. Thunder Basin Coal Co., 978 P.2d 1138 (Wyo. 1998); Ahrenholtz v. Time Ins. Co., 968 P.2d 946 (Wyo. 1998). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Insurance; Tort Law; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Creditor Bankruptcy; Collections; Contracts; Workers Compensation Defense; Appeals; Insurance Defense. Email: John A. Coppede
OF COUNSEL
Mary A. Throne (Of Counsel) born Gillette, Wyoming, August 29, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, Colorado (inactive); 1992, Wyoming. Education: Princeton University (B.A., History, 1982); Columbia University (J.D., 1988). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Member, Columbia Law Review, Staff, 1986-1987, Board of Editors, 1987-1988. Author: "Pension Awards in Divorce and Bankruptcy," 88 Col. L. Rev. 198 (1988); "A Guide to Air Quality Operating Permits in Wyoming," XXXI Land and Water L. Rev. 713 (1996); "Privilege and the Environmental Consultant's Report," in Legal Guide to Working with Environmental Consultants 67 (David S. Machlowitz ed., 1992). Co-Author: "Visibility: A Critique of the National Program; A Review of the Impacts in Southwest Wyoming," XXXIII Land & Water L. Rev. 3 (1998); "Wyoming," Brownfields, 2nd Edition (Todd S. Davis ed., 2001); "Air Quality Issue in Coalbed Methane Development," 4 Wyo. L. Rev. 643 (2004). Assistant Attorney General, State of Wyoming, 1992-1999. Associate, Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, CO, 1990-1992. Law Clerk, Honorable Reena Raggi (E.D.N.Y.), 1988-1989. Wyoming House of Representative 2006 — . Trustee, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. Member: Laramie County and American (Member, Environmental, Energy and Resources, Air Quality Committee) Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar; Wyoming DEQ's Small Business Compliance Advisory Panel. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Air Quality; Environmental Compliance; Environmental Cleanup; Administrative Law; Trial and Appellate Practice. Email: Mary A. Throne
ASSOCIATES
Howard V. Scotland, III (Associate) born Baltimore, Maryland, 1960; admitted to bar, 2003, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming. Education: Colorado School of Mines (B.S., Mining Engineering, 1984); The Johns Hopkins University (M.Eng., Environmental Engineering, 1993); University of Wyoming (J.D., 2003). Registered Professional Engineer, Mining Engineering, Wyoming; Practiced Mining Engineering and Mine Management, Environmental Engineering and Mine Management, 1984-1999. Member: Wyoming State Bar; Laramie County Bar; American Inns of Court, Ewing T. Kerr Chapter. Reported Cases: Beaugureau v. State, 2002 WY 160, P.3d 626. Practice Areas: Probate; Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Business Entities; Real Estate. Email: Howard V. Scotland, III
O'Kelley Pearson (Associate) born Charlotte, North Carolina, February 10, 1966; admitted to bar, 2007, Wyoming. Education: Davidson College (B.A., International Studies, 1988); University of Wyoming (J.D., with honors, 2007). Order of the Coif, University of Wyoming College of Law. Staff, 2005-2006 and Managing Editor, 2006-2007, Wyoming Law Review. Author, "Fundamentally Flawed: Wyoming's Failure to Protect a Student's Right To An Education, R.M. v. Washakie County School District Number One, 102 P.3d 868 (Wyo. 2004)," 6 Wyo. L. Rev. 587, 2006. Member: Wyoming State Bar; Laramie County and American Bar Associations, American Inns of Court, Wyoming Mental Health Care Licensing Board, 2004-2007. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Education Law.

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