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| | Address | 159 North Wolcott Street
Suite 400, P.O. Box 10700 | | Casper, Wyoming 82602 | | (Natrona Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 307-265-0700 | | Fax: 307-266-2306 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.wpdn.net | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all Courts. Probate, Corporation, Insurance, Oil and Gas Law. Trials. | | Year Established: 1966 | Firm Profile:
The present firm evolved from Hagens and Murane, a firm which was established at the turn of the century and joined by William J. Wehrli in the 1920's. When C.D. Murane became the State District Judge in Casper, the firm became Hagens and Wehrli. Upon the death of G.R. Hagens, Mr. Wehrli practiced many years as W.J. Wehrli and Associates. In 1950, Houston G. Williams joined W.J. Wehrli and in 1966 became a partner in the firm of Wehrli and Williams. Mr. Wehrli retired in 1978 and the firm was re-named Williams, Porter, Day and Neville, with Houston G. Williams, George M. Porter, Richard E. Day, Frank D. Neville, Barry G. Williams and Richard L. Williams as partners. The firm is engaged in the general practice of law throughout the state of Wyoming, with emphasis on trial practice in all state and federal courts. | | Firm Size: 13 | Representative Clients:
AIG Insurance Company; Allied Insurance; Allstate Insurance Companies; Attorneys Liability Protection Society; Baker Hughes Companies.; Bituminous Insurance Co.; BP America Inc.; BP Amoco Corp.; Casper College; Chubb Group of Insurance Companies; CNA Insurance Company; ConocoPhilips Company; Converse County School District; Devon Energy Corp.; The Doctors Company; EMC Insurance Company; Encana; First American Title Insurance Company; First Interstate Bank; Fireman;s Fund Insurance Company; Frontier Certified Development Company; Great West Life Assurance Company; Guaranty National Companies; ITT Hartford Insurance Group; Marathon Oil Company; OHIC Insurance Company; Ohio Casualty Group; One Beacon Insurance Group; PacifiCorp; Pennaco Energy; Prudential Insurance Company; Royal & Sunalliance Insurance Companies; Sinclair Oil Company; State Farm Insurance Companies; St. Paul Insurance Company; Texaco, Inc.; True Industries; United Fire and Casualty Company; Williams Companies, Inc.; Wyoming Medical Center. | 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
| | Houston G. Williams (1922-2002). | | Geo. M. Porter (1915-1990). | | Barry G. Williams (1949-2004). | | Richard E. Day (Member) born Casper, Wyoming, August 23, 1933; admitted to bar, 1961, Wyoming; 1993, Colorado. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S.L., 1958; J.D., 1960). Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Wyoming, 1963-1964. Member: Natrona County (President, 1974-1975) and American Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar (President, 1990-1991); Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation. Fellow, International Society of Barristers (President, 1997-1998); Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Trial; Litigation; Personal Injury; Tort Law; Employment Discrimination; Oil and Gas; Professional Liability Defense. Email: Richard E. Day | | Frank D. Neville (Member) born Cody, Wyoming, April 15, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Wyoming. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1970). Editor-in-Chief, Land and Water Review, 1969-1970. Member: Natrona County (President, 1979) and American Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Association of Defense Counsel; International Society of Barristers. Practice Areas: Civil Trial; Legal Malpractice; Medical Malpractice; Employment Discrimination; Environmental; Personal Injury. Email: Frank D. Neville | | Patrick J. Murphy (Member) born Denver, Colorado, August 21, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Wyoming. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1976); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1979). Member: Natrona County and American Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar; Wyoming Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance; Legal Malpractice; Products Liability; Professional Malpractice; Wrongful Termination-Employment at Will; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith. Email: Patrick J. Murphy | | Stuart R. Day (Member) born Laramie, Wyoming, July 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Wyoming. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., Political Science, 1981); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1984). Staff Member, Land and Water Law Review, 1982-1983; 1983-1984. Author: Casenote: "Tribal Authority to Levy a Mineral Severance Tax on Non-Indian Lessees: Merion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe," Land and Water Law Review Vol. XVIII No. 2, 1983. Member: Natrona County (President, 1991); and American Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar (Chairman, Board of Continuing Legal Education, 1994-1995; Chairman, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 2001-2003); Colorado State Bar. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Appellate Practice; Tort Law; Administrative Law; Civil Rights Defense; Education Law. Email: Stuart R. Day | | Stephenson D. Emery (Member) born Casper, Wyoming, August 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Wyoming; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1981); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1985). Comment Editor, Land and Water Law Review, 1984-1985. Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator, Malcolm Wallop, Washington, D.C., 1989-1990. Member: Wyoming State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute. [JAGC, U.S. Navy, 1985-1989; Awarded Naval Achievement Medal and Defense Meritorious Service Medal]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice; Insurance Bad Faith; Professional Malpractice; Workers Compensation Law; Employment Law. Email: Stephenson D. Emery | | Scott E. Ortiz (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, April 15, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Wyoming and Nebraska; 1989, Colorado. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., 1985; J.D., 1988). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Natrona County, Nebraska State, Colorado and American Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association; Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Trial Practice; Insurance Defense; Labor and Employment; Professional Negligence; Commercial Litigation. Email: Scott E. Ortiz | | Margo Harlan Sabec (Member) born Buffalo, Wyoming, October 29, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Wyoming. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1977). Author: Wyoming Land Use Manual, University of Wyoming, 1977. Associate Professor, University of Wyoming, 1977-1978. Member: Wyoming State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Oil and Gas Law; Natural Resources Law; Public Land Law; Water Law; Agricultural Law; Business Law. Email: Margo Harlan Sabec | | Scott P. Klosterman (Member) born St. Paul, Minnesota, November 6, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Wyoming, Colorado; U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit. Education: Gustavus Adolphus College (B.A., 1991); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1996). Author: Casenote, "Hazardous Waste--A Right of Contribution Under RCRA: United States v. Valentine, 856 F. Supp. 627 (D. Wyo. 1994), " XXX Land and Water Law Review (1995). Member: Natrona County and American Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar; Defense Lawyers Association of Wyoming. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Workers Compensation. Email: Scott P. Klosterman | | P. Craig Silva (Member) born Billings, Montana, July 15, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 1992; J.D., 1996). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Theta Kappa. Law Clerk, Hon. Jere A. Ryckman, Third Judicial District, 1996-1997. Author: "Dealing with Recanting Domestic Violence Victims," Findings and Facts, February 2004. Bi-Monthly Contributor, Wyoming Lawyer, 1999-2005. Assistant District Attorney, Seventh Judicial District, 1997-2003. Member: Natrona County Bar (President, 2002-2003); Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Bonnie M. Quinn Revocable Trust v. SRW Inc., 91 P.3d 146 (Wyo. 2004); Paxton Resources L.L.C. v. Brannaman, 95 p.3d 796 (Wyo. 2004); Arvalo v. State, 939 P.2d 228 (Wyo. 1997); Lewis Herrera v. Lufkin Industries, No. 04-8089 (10th Circuit, 2003). Practice Areas: Insurance; Wrongful Termination; Employment at Will; Tort Law; Administrative Law; Civil Rights Defense; Criminal Defense; Federal Criminal Defense. Email: P. Craig Silva | | Jason A. Neville (Member) born Casper, Wyoming, September 30, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Wyoming and Colorado. Education: University of Wyoming (B.A., 1997; J.D., 2000). Order of Barristers. Member: Natrona County and American Bar Associations; Wyoming Trial Association; American Trial Lawyers Association Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Trial Practice; Personal Injury; Tort Law; Professional Liability Defense; Criminal Trials; Medical Malpractice. Email: Jason A. Neville | | Nicol Thompson Kramer (Member) born Lander, Wyoming, June 4, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Wyoming, Colorado; U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., Accounting, 1997; J.D., 2002). Delta Theta Phi; Golden Key National Honor Society. Member, Order of the Barristers. Member: Natrona County, Colorado, Federal and American Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Business Law; Environmental Law; Estate Planning; Probate; Administrative Law. Email: Nicol Thompson Kramer | | Michael J. Lansing (Associate) born Sheridan, Wyoming; admitted to bar, 2003, Wyoming; U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming and District of Montana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., Finance, 1991; M.B.A., 1995; J.D., 2003). Order of the Barristers. Member, Law Review. Law Clerk, Hon. Clarence Brimmer, U.S. District Court, 2003-2004. Member: Natrona County and American Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar; State Bar of Montana. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Real Estate; Oil and Gas Law; Estate Planning; Civil Litigation. | | Ryan J. Schwartz (Member) born Sheridan, Wyoming, December 23, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Wyoming. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 1998; J.D., 2002). President, Student Chapter, Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. Secretary, Natrona County Bar Association. Member: Wyoming State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Employment Law; Bankruptcy; Insurance Defense; Civil Practice. Email: Ryan J. Schwartz | | Lori L. Gorseth (Member) born Rapid City, South Dakota; admitted to bar, 1989, Wyoming and U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1991, Shoshoni and Arapahoe Tribal Court; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Eastern Montana College (B.S., 1986); University of Wyoming (J.D., 1989). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Natrona County Bar Association; Wyoming State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Professional Malpractice; Administrative Law; Juvenile Law. Email: Lori L. Gorseth |
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