With nearly 450 attorneys in 15 offices, Holland & Hart LLP is the largest law firm based in the Rocky Mountain West. With offices in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and Washington D.C., we are able to serve clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. Our attorneys are committed to quality client service and combine local experience with firm-wide resources to provide knowledgeable legal advice to clients ranging from emerging businesses to Fortune 500 corporations.

Our practice is divided into three firm-wide departments: Business, Natural Resources, and Litigation. Each lawyer belongs to one or more groups aligned with the major industries we serve, including agricultural, aerospace, biotechnology, broadband communications, corporate compliance, construction, energy and electricity, government affairs, health care, hospitality, immigration, international, life science, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, real estate, retail, recreation, technology, telecommunications, and many others.

Outside of our main practice areas, Holland & Hart's experience continues to grow with innovative in-house services including Persuasion Strategies, HHCMS, and the Holland & Hart Foundation. Persuasion Strategies, our graphics and trial consulting service, offers focus groups, mock trials, jury panel selection analysis, and state-of-the- art trial graphics including animation, virtual reality exhibits, and electronic courtroom presentations. HHCMS is a sophisticated internet-based compliance management system that helps companies minimize risk and maximize training value. The Holland & Hart Foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2008 as a non-profit organization that strives to give back to the communities in which we live and work through various donations and volunteer activities.

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Statement of Practice

Affordable Housing, Air, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Appellate, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy, Biotechnology, Broadband Communication, Business Transactions, Casinos and Gambling, Class Actions, Climate Change, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance and Compliance, Corporate Law, E-Commerce, Emerging Business, Employee Benefits, Endangered Species, Energy, Environmental, ERISA Litigation, Estate Planning and Administration, Ethanol, Export Control, Finance, Franchise Law, Government Investigations, Healthcare and Hospitals, Immigration, Import Control, Indian Law, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Audits, Intellectual Property Litigation, International, Labor and Employment, Legislative, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Mining, Mortgages, Natural Resources, Nutritional Supplements, Oil/Gas and Minerals, Outdoor, Patents, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Public Land, Public Utilities and Energy Regulation, Real Estate, Renewable Energy, Resorts, Regulatory Law, Securities, Ski, Space, Tax, Technology and Trade Regulation, Technology Transfer, Telecommunications, Torts and Insurance, Toxic Torts, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Trusts and Estates, Utility Law, Venture Capital, Water, Wealth Transfer, White Collar Crime.

Firm Affiliations

EMPLOYMENT LAW ALLIANCE

Address

2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 450 P.O. Box 1347
Cheyenne, WY 82003-1347, (Laramie Co.)

Phone

Phone: 307-778-4200
Telecopier: 307-778-8175

Website

http://www.hollandhart.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

PARTNERS

Jack D. Palma, II (P.C.) (Partner) born New York, NY, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Colorado (inactive); 1976, Wyoming. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 1968); University of Denver (J.D., with honors, 1974). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Regulation; Natural Resources Law; Environmental Law; Public Lands; Environmental Litigation; Environmental Permitting; Water.Email: Jack D. Palma, II (P.C.)

Patrick R. Day, (P.C.) (Partner) born Cheyenne, WY, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Wyoming. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., Economics, with honors, 1980); University of Wyoming (J.D., with honors, 1984). Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Coal Mining; Oil and Gas Litigation; Tax Litigation; Environmental.Email: Patrick R. Day, (P.C.)

Lawrence J. Wolfe, (P.C.) (Partner) born San Francisco, CA, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, Wyoming. Education: University of California at Davis (B.A., 1974); University of Wyoming College of Law (J.D., 1980). Assistant Attorney General, 1980-1983 and Senior Assistant Attorney General, 1983-1985, Wyoming Attorney General, Chief, Natural Resources Division. Chairman, Holland & Hart's Natural Resources Department, 2001-2006. Managing Partner of Holland & Hart (2007-2008). Practice Areas: Natural Resources Law; Water Law; State and Local Taxation; Mineral Taxation; Election Law; Commercial Law; Legislative Lobbying; Litigation.Email: Lawrence J. Wolfe, (P.C.)

Teresa Burkett Buffington (Partner) born Toledo, OH, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Colorado; 1991, Wyoming. Education: Ohio University (B.A., with highest honors, 1977); University of Colorado (J.D., 1985). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions); Chambers USA. Administrative Partner, Cheyenne Office, 2003-2005. Manager, Holland & Hart's Business Entities & Transactions Practice Group, 2002. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Commercial Finance; Real Estate Contracts; Construction Contracts; Corporate Law; Energy Acquisitions ; Energy Project Development; Wind Energy; Business Acquisitions; Business Divestitures; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Teresa Burkett Buffington

Thomas L. Sansonetti, (P.C.) (Partner) born Hinsdale, IL, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Wyoming; 1978, District of Columbia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1971; M.B.A., 1973); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1976). The Raven Society; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Associate Solicitor for Energy & Resources, Department of the Interior, 1987-1989. Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1990-1993. General Counsel, Republican National Committee, 2000-2001. Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2005. Chairman, Wyoming Advisory Committee, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2008—. Practice Areas: Natural Resources Law; Environmental Law; Indian Law; Energy Law; Natural Gas Pipelines; Mineral Royalties; Water Law; Endangered Species Act; Clean Air Act; Climate Change.Email: Thomas L. Sansonetti, (P.C.)

Bradley T. Cave, (P.C.) (Partner) born Kalamazoo, MI, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Colorado; 1991, Wyoming. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 1985); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1988). Editor, Wyoming Employment Law Letter. Selected to be inducted as a Fellow to the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in November 2009. Member: Defense Research Institute; Defense Lawyers Association of Wyoming. Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Employment Litigation; Wrongful Termination Defense; Sexual Harassment; Fair Labor Standards; Employer Rights; Employment at Will; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Defense; Employment Breach of Contract; Discrimination; Disability Discrimination; Employee Discipline; Employment Civil Rights; Family and Medical Leave Act; Harassment; Retaliatory Discharge; Title VII Discrimination; Wage and Hour Law.Email: Bradley T. Cave, (P.C.)

Walter F. Eggers, III (Partner) born Chapel Hill, NC, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Wyoming. Education: American University (B.A., 1992); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Electric Utility Regulation; State Taxation; Local Taxation; Mineral Taxation; Oil and Gas Regulation; Telephone Utility Regulation; Gas Utility Regulation; Civil Litigation; Energy; Telecommunications Law; Administrative Agency Practice; Administrative Litigation; Regulatory Agency Practice; Ad Valorem Tax; Excise Tax; Property Tax; Sales and Use Tax; State Tax Controversies; Tax Appeals.Email: Walter F. Eggers, III

Mark R. Ruppert (Partner) born Cincinnati, OH, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan (inactive); 1994, Colorado; 2002, Wyoming. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., with highest honors, 1978); Ohio State University (J.D., with honors, 1981); George Washington University (LL.M., Environmental Law, highest honors, 1995). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "United States' Criminal Jurisdiction over Environmental Offenses Committed by its Forces Overseas," Air Force Law Review, 1996. [Colonel, United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps, 1983-2005; Military Judge, 2000-2002]. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Criminal Defense; Oil and Gas Law; Public Land Law.Email: Mark R. Ruppert

OF COUNSEL

Andrew C. Emrich (Of Counsel) born Casper, WY, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Colorado; 2008, Wyoming. Education: Thomas Aquinas College (B.A., 1993); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1996). Member: Wyoming State Bar. Practice Areas: Minerals; Natural Resources; Litigation; Legislative and Regulatory Affairs; Environmental Compliance; Public Affairs; Environmental Litigation; Global Climate Change; Historic Preservation.Email: Andrew C. Emrich

Jana C. Jacobs (Of Counsel) born Conrad, MT, 1975; admitted to bar, 2005, Wyoming. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., Journalism, 1998); University of Wyoming College of Law (J.D., 2005). Order of the Coif. Teaching Assistant, Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Litigation.Email: Jana C. Jacobs

Shonu Verma McEchron (Of Counsel) born Trinidad, West Indies, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania; 2009, Wyoming. Education: University of Iowa (B.S., with honors, 1997); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2004). Recipient: West Group Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award. Listed in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars (2008). Miller Center Public Interest Advocate. Member, Penn State International Law Review. Editor-in-Chief, Legalese Literary Journal. Commencement Speaker, Student Bar Association. Member: Minority Law Students Association; Dispute Resolution Society. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member: Healthcare Law Committee; Minority Bar Committee). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business; Corporate; Public Contracts; Construction; Life Sciences; Insurance; Licensing and Technology.Email: Shonu Verma McEchron

Jenifer E. Scoggin (Of Counsel) born Richland, WA, 1966; admitted to bar, 1999, Wyoming, Colorado, and U.S. District Court, Districts of Wyoming and Colorado; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 1988; J.D., 1999); University of Arizona (M.A., 1990). Recipient, George S.H. Sharatt, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, University of Wyoming, College of Law, 1997-1999. Board of Advocates, Vice President, Client Counseling Competition, 1998-1999. Articles Editor, Land and Water Law Review, University of Wyoming School of Law, 1998-1999. Member: Ewing T. Kerr Chapter of American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Environmental Compliance; Administrative Law; National Environmental Policy Act; Water Law.Email: Jenifer E. Scoggin

ASSOCIATES

Tyler J. Garrett (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois; 2008, Wyoming. Education: Montana State University-Billings (B.S., 2002); John Marshall Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Commercial Litigation.Email: Tyler J. Garrett

Matthew J. Kelly (Associate) born Casper, WY, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Wyoming and Colorado. Education: Montana State University (B.A., 2004); University of Wyoming College of Law (J.D., 2007). Law Clerk to the Honorable Alan B. Johnson, Federal District Court for the District of Wyoming. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Matthew J. Kelly

Khale J. Lenhart (Associate) born Calgary, AB, Canada, 1985; admitted to bar, 2009, Wyoming; U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming. Education: Lee University (B.A., 2006); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2009). Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation; Oil and Gas Law.Email: Khale J. Lenhart

Matt Micheli (Associate) born Fort Bridger, WY, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; 2004, Wyoming. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., with honors, 1999); J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Brigham Young University, (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Administrative Law.Email: Matt Micheli

Isaac Nathan Sutphin (Associate) born Murray, UT, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 2006, U.S. District Court, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., 2000); J. Reuben Clark Law School (J.D., 2003). Special Agencies: Wyoming Environmental Quality Council; Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Environmental Administrative Law; Natural Resources; Air Quality.Email: Isaac Nathan Sutphin

Joanna R. Vilos (Associate) born Worland, WY, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Colorado; 2006, Wyoming. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 1999); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment.Email: Joanna R. Vilos