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 * William U. Hill **


 * Supreme Court Justice Nov. 3, 1998- **

William U. Hill, a native of Montgomery, Alabama, was reared and educated in Riverton, Wyoming. He earned his B.A. from the University of Wyoming in 1970 and a law degree from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1974. After graduation, he served as both an Assistant United States Attorney and an Assistant Attorney General for Wyoming, and was engaged in private practice in Riverton, Wyoming, Seattle, Washington, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. He also served as Chief of Staff-Chief Counsel for Senator Malcolm Wallop in Washington, D.C. Hill was named state attorney general by Governor Jim Geringer in March 1995. Hill was appointed to the Wyoming Supreme Court on November 3, 1998. He served as Chief Justice from July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2006.