http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-23T09:55:59-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/scalias_advice_to_law_students_take_bread-and-butter_classes_not_law_and_po/ Law students have just one chance to learn the basics, so they should avoid “frill courses,” Justice Antonin Scalia said on Thursday. Scalia spoke at the University of Wyoming after a hunting trip in which he did not bag any antelope, the Associated Press reports. Judiciary, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students, U.S. Supreme Court, States, Wyoming Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:20:41 -0500 41312.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/search_for_missing_lawyer_ends_with_discovery_of_body/ A five-day search for a missing Wyoming lawyer ended on Saturday when he was found dead in his SUV near a dry lake. Cody lawyer Charles George Kepler, a former president of the Wyoming Bar Association, was found just six days before his 90th birthday, the Billings… Careers, Obituaries, States, Wyoming Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:22:36 -0500 39601.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/after_50_years_wyo._oil_and_gas_law_firm_is_disbanding/ After more than 50 years in business, a Casper, Wyo., law firm specializing in oil and gas and corporate matters can't compete with the larger regional firms that are luring its attorneys elsewhere. Brown Drew & Massey, which had as many as 20 attorneys on its roster at one point,… Energy Law, Law Firms, Partners, Solos/Small Firms, States, Wyoming Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:25:35 -0600 36554.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fugitive_ex-lawyer_accused_of_client_thefts_in_2008_is_arrested_while_hitch/ A disbarred New York lawyer who went on the lam after he was accused of stealing from clients was arrested earlier this month while hitchhiking in Wyoming. Edward Christensen, 61, lived in Huntington, N.Y., when he disappeared in October 2008, report the North Country Gazette, the… Criminal Justice, Legal Ethics, States, New York, Wyoming Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:22:22 -0500 35670.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/wyoming_home_is_a_little_cayman_island_for_shell_companies/ A 1,700 square-foot home in Cheyenne, Wyo., has an outsize impact. The home is the headquarters for Wyoming Corporate Services, an enterprising business that helps set up shell companies that can be used to hide assets, Reuters reports. The house “serves as a little Cayman Island on the… Corporate Law, Criminal Justice, White Collar Crime, States, Delaware, Nevada, Wyoming Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:09:25 -0500 33608.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/double_jeopardy_precludes_retrial_of_woman_prosecuted_after_telling_police/ Deborah Heinrich's saga as an accused criminal reportedly began after she found a wallet last summer that the owner says he had carelessly left atop the pump at a Wyoming gas station. She called the numbers she found inside, she says, then contacted the police to seek their help in… Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Criminal Procedure, Legal Ethics, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, States, Wyoming Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:21:30 -0500 33214.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/wyoming_courts_may_grant_same-sex_divorce_state_supreme_court_says/ The Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled the state’s courts have jurisdiction to grant the divorce of a same-sex couple who were legally married in Canada. The decision (PDF) on Monday overturns a trial judge's ruling that courts had no authority to grant the divorce because the marriage wasn’t… Civil Procedure, Family Law, States, Wyoming Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:20:26 -0500 33186.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/after_32_years_criminal_lawyer_plans_to_exit_practice_to_study_religion_in_/ Mike Krampner always wanted to be a criminal defense lawyer. But after more than 30 years of practice, most of it in charge of his own firm, the Wyoming practitioner is ready for a change. After working for the past year on a master's thesis in Jewish history, he's planning… Careers, Work/Life Balance, Criminal Justice, Law Firms, Partners, Personal Lives, States, Wyoming Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:48:44 -0600 29947.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/wyomings_first_lady_confirmed_as_federal_judge/ Wyoming’s first lady, Nancy Freudenthal, has won confirmation to a seat on the federal bench, making her the state’s first female federal judge. Freudenthal was confirmed on a vote of 96 to 1, according to the Washington Post blog 44. According to the blog, the vote “marked a… Judiciary, States, Wyoming Thu, 06 May 2010 09:58:10 -0500 26110.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/u_of_wyo._must_let_controversial_1960s_radical_bill_ayers_speak_federal_jud/ A federal judge has countermanded the University of Wyoming's decision not to let 1960s radical Bill Ayers speak on campus today. The state-funded institution had cited safety concerns, but U.S. District Judge William Downes held yesterday that protesters' threatened violence was too vague to justify excluding Ayers, reports the Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Education Law, Media & Communications Law, Trials & Litigation, Verdicts & Settlements, 10th Circuit Court, States, Wyoming Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:57:16 -0500 25982.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/conviction_upheld_despite_judges_exit_due_to_secretarys_canasta_absence/ A federal appeals court has upheld a defendant’s conviction for possession of child pornography despite the judge’s 6-minute absence during the defense lawyer’s closing argument. The judge left the bench because it was "his secretary's afternoon to play canasta and he had to get a couple of letters out,” according… Appellate Practice, Criminal Justice, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Judiciary, States, Wyoming Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:34:28 -0600 24690.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/obama_nominates_wyomings_first_lady_for_judgeship/ Wyoming’s first lady, Nancy Freudenthal, has been nominated to be a federal judge. Freudenthal’s husband, Gov. Dave Freudenthal, had recommended his wife for consideration along with a state judge and another lawyer, the Star-Tribune reports. Responding to criticism about the recommendation in May, the governor said his wife… Executive Branch, Judiciary, States, Wyoming Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:48:35 -0600 23512.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/gerry_spence_blogs_about_life_the_law/ A renowned longtime trial lawyer, Gerry Spence probably knows his way around the courtroom as well as anyone. But, until recently, the 80-year-old was only vaguely aware of the blogosphere. Now, however, he has his own blog, seeing it as the best way to… Careers, Celebrities, Trials & Litigation, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, States, Wyoming Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:33:00 -0500 13562.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/famed_trial_lawyer_gerry_spence_my_new_blog_frightens_me/ Ever wondered what famed Wyoming trial lawyer Gerry Spence might think about a big case or an unusual legal strategy? Reading his brand-new blog may offer an opportunity to find out. At present, it contains exactly one post, but Spence says… Criminal Justice, Law Firms, Partners, Personal Lives, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, States, Wyoming Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:49:00 -0500 13532.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ada_protection_for_relatives_of_disabled_tested_in_two_cases/ Two cases in which companies fired employees whose relatives were incurring large health care costs could pave the way for more lawsuits under a little-known provision of the Americans With Disabilities Act. The provision protects relatives and caregivers of disabled people from job discrimination, the Wall… Disability Law, Labor & Employment, 7th Circuit Court, States, Illinois, Wyoming Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:43:00 -0500 12548.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_bars_company_from_selling_personal_phone_records/ A federal judge in Wyoming has ordered a company called AccuSearch Inc. to stop using pretexting to obtain and sell personal information from consumer phone records U.S. District Judge William Downes also ordered the company to give back $200,000 in profits from the sales through its website, Abika.com, Consumer Law, Internet Law, States, Wyoming Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:50:00 -0600 9887.abajournal.com