(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

General Civil and Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts. Water Rights, Corporation, Oil, Gas and Minerals, Insurance, Probate and Trust Administration, Trust and Estate Planning, Insurance Defense, Environmental Law and Litigation, Education Law, Local Government Law, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice Defense, Employment Law; Civil Rights, Land Use.

Representative Clients:

State Farm Insurance Co.
Alliance Ditch Co.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
The Doctors Company
Sheridan County School Districts 1, 2 and 3
Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County
North Big Horn Hospital District
West Park Hospital
Mountain West Farm Bureau
Whitney Benefits.

Address

319 West Dow Street P.O. Box 6288
Sheridan, WY 82801, (Sheridan Co.)

Phone

Phone: 307-674-7451
Fax: 307-672-6250

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Lawrence A. Yonkee (1935-1995).

Tom C. Toner (Member) born Miles City, Montana, December 26, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Wyoming. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., with highest honors, 1970; J.D., with honors, 1973). Member: American College of Trial Lawyers; State Board of Law Examiners, Wyoming, 1979-1991. Practice Areas: Litigation; Oil and Gas; Natural Resources; Water Rights; Commercial; Estate Planning.

John F. Araas (Member) born Sheridan, Wyoming, August 16, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 1978; J.D., 1983). Managing Editor, Land and Water Law Review, 1982-1983. Law Clerk, Honorable James E. Barrett, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1983-1984. Member: Sheridan County and American Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar (Member, Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trusts; Real Estate; Education Law; Employment Law; Oil and Gas Law.

Jay A. Gilbertz (Member) born Gillette, Wyoming, November 12, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Wyoming; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 1991; J.D., 1996). Member, The Order of the Barristers. Member: Wyoming and Sheridan County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury; Insurance Law.

Kendal R. Hoopes (Member) born Laramie, Wyoming, April 18, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Wyoming; U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., with honors, 1997; J.D., with honors, 2000). Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers. Case Note Editor, Land & Water Law Review, 1999-2000. Author: Note, "Corporations-Managers and Members of Limited Liability Companies Will Be Held to Corporate Agency and Personal Liability Principles, Water, Waste and Land, Inc. v. Lanham (Colo. 1998)," 34 Land and Water Law Review 463 (1999). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Education Law; Litigation.

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Kevin K. Kessner (Associate) born Rock Springs, Wyoming, September 19, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., Criminal Justice, 2004; J.D., 2007). Member: Wyoming State Bar. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Criminal Defense.Email: Kevin K. Kessner