| Best's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys | | General Defense | |
Hirst Applegate, LLP | | 1720 Carey Avenue, Suite 200 | | Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001 |
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| Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1083, Cheyenne, WY 82003-1083 |
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| Insurance Law, Casualty, Surety, Fire, Life Insurance, Trial Practice, Appellate Practice, Counsel, Administrative Agency Hearings |
| | Firm Profile | | Hirst Applegate, LLP traces its roots back to 1937. Over the years Hirst Applegate has built a strong reputation for effective and successful representation of a broad range of clients in Wyoming. Today, the firm provides experienced legal service in its principal areas of practice: Litigation, Estate Planning & Estate Administration and Business & Real Estate Law. |
| JAMES L. APPLEGATE — 1931 — University of Notre Dame, A.B., 1953; University of Wyoming, LL.B., 1958 — Admitted to Bar, 1958, Wyoming; 1958, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit — Member American and Laramie County Bar Associations; Wyoming State Bar; Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers — Assistant City Attorney, 1959-1962; State Board of Law Examiners, 1979-1988; Wyoming State Senator, 1989-1997; Wyoming State Retirement System Board, 1999-2011 - E-Mail: japplegate@hirstapplegate.com | |
| THOMAS A. NICHOLAS, III — 1949 — Carroll College, B.A., 1971; University of Wyoming, J.D., 1974 — Admitted to Bar, 1974, Wyoming; 1974, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit — Member American and Laramie County Bar Associations, State Bar of Wyoming; Wyoming Association of Defense Trial Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel; American Judicature Society; Defense Research Institute; American Inns of Court — Special Assistant Attorney General, Public Utilities, 1974-1977; Senior Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources Division, 1978 - E-Mail: tnicholas@hirstapplegate.com | |
| GARY R. SCOTT — 1951 — University of Wyoming, B.A., 1973; J.D., 1981 — Admitted to Bar, 1981, Wyoming; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit — Member American and Laramie County Bar Associations, Wyoming State Bar.; Wyoming Association of Defense Trial Counsel - E-Mail: gscott@hirstapplegate.com | |
| JOHN J. METZKE — 1953 — University of Wisconsin, B.S. (with honors), 1975; The University of Montana, M.A. (with honors), 1977; University of Wyoming, J.D. (with honors), 1984 — Order of the Coif — Admitted to Bar, 1984, Wyoming; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1985, U.S. Tax Court; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit — Member American and Laramie County Bar Associations, Wyoming State Bar; Southeast Wyoming Estate Planning Counsel; WealthCounsel — Managing Editor, Land and Water Law Review, 1983-1984 — Adjunct Professor, University of Wyoming College of Law, 1990 - E-Mail: jmetzke@hirstapplegate.com | |
| DALE W. COTTAM — 1967 — University of Wyoming, B.S., 1989; Creighton University School of Business, M.B.A., 1995; Creighton University School of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude), 1993 — Phi Alpha Delta — Admitted to Bar, 1993, Wyoming; 1994, Nebraska; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit — Member Nebraska State and Laramie County Bar Associations, Wyoming State Bar - E-Mail: dcottam@hirstapplegate.com | |
| RICHARD A. MINCER — 1962 — Memphis State University, B.A., 1991; J.D., 1994 — Managing Editor, University of Memphis Law Review, 1993-1994 — Admitted to Bar, 1994, Tennessee; 1995, Wyoming; 1996, Colorado; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit — Member American and Laramie County Bar Associations, Wyoming State Bar; Defense Lawyers Association of Wyoming (President, 1998-2000; Vice President, 1997); Defense Research Institute (State Representative, 1998-2001); Wyoming Mining Association; Trucking Industry Defense Association; American Inns of Court; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association - E-Mail: rmincer@hirstapplegate.com | |
| ROBERT C. JAROSH — 1971 — University of Wyoming, B.S. (with honors), 1993; M.A., 1995; J.D. (with honors), 2001 — Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa — Junior Staff, Land and Water Law Review, 1999-2000; Editor-in-Chief, Wyoming Law Review, 2000-2001 — Admitted to Bar, 2001, Wyoming; 2002, Colorado; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado — Member The Colorado and Laramie County Bar Associations, Wyoming State Bar; Defense Research Institute (State Representative) — Author: "Should a Wrongful Death Action Expire Before the Decedent Does? A Wrong Turn for Wrongful Death. Edwards v. Fogarty, 962 P.2d 879 (Wyo. 1998)," 35 Land and Water Law Review 235 (2000) - E-Mail: rjarosh@hirstapplegate.com | |
| RICHARD G. SCHNEEBECK — 1951 — University of Colorado at Boulder, B.A., 1973; M.P.A., 1975; University of Wyoming, J.D. (with honors), 1986 — Order of the Coif — Land and Water Law Review, Member 1984-1985; Casenote Editor, 1985-1986 — Admitted to Bar, 1986, Wyoming; 1988, Colorado; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit — Member American Bar Association; Wyoming Contractor's Association; Council on Litigation Management; Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute - E-Mail: rschneebeck@hirstapplegate.com | |
| BILLIE L. M. ADDLEMAN — 1974 — University of Nevada, B.A. (cum laude), 2000; University of Wyoming, J.D., 2003 — Order of the Barristers — Wyoming Law Review, Junior Staff (2001-2002), Case Note Editor (2002-2003) — Admitted to Bar, 2003, Wyoming; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming — Member Laramie County Bar Associations, Wyoming State Bar, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee; American Inns of Court; Defense Research Institute — Veteran of Foreign Wars, Post 8194, - E-Mail: baddleman@hirstapplegate.com | |
| LINDSAY A. WOZNICK — 1979 — University of Wyoming, B.A. (summa cum laude), 2002; J.D. (with honors), 2005 — Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers — Admitted to Bar, 2005, Wyoming; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming — Member Wyoming State Bar, Laramie County Bar Association, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; American Inns of Court; Defense Research Institute - E-Mail: lwoznick@hirstapplegate.com | |
| AMANDA M. GOOD — 1980 — Texas Tech University, B.A. (summa cum laude), 2002; Texas Tech School of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2006 — Order of the Barristers; Phi Alpha Delta; Law and Science Program; International Champion Negotiation Team — Admitted to Bar, 2006, Wyoming; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming — Member Wyoming State Bar, Laramie County Bar Association; American Inns of Court; Defense Research Institute (State Marketing Representative, 2008-09) - E-Mail: agood@hirstapplegate.com | |
| MELISSA R. GRASMICK — 1980 — Roosevelt University, B.F.A. (with honors), 2003; University of Wyoming, J.D., 2007 — Environmental Moot Court Champion — Admitted to Bar, 2007, Wyoming — Member Wyoming State Bar; American Inns of Court - E-Mail: mgrasmick@hirstapplegate.com | |
| WHITNEY M. AGOPIAN — 1980 — Mesa State College, B.S. (magna cum laude), 2002; University of Wyoming College of Law, J.D., 2009 — Wyoming Law Review — Admitted to Bar, 2009, Wyoming — Member Wyoming State Bar, Laramie County Bar Association - E-Mail: wagopian@hirstapplegate.com | |
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