District+Courts

toc =**1st Judicial District**=
 * District Judges by District, 1991-2014 **

A - Laramie

 * John F. Raper, appointed December 1, 1966, service ended December 18, 1974.
 * Alan B. Johnson, appointed December 23, 1974, service ended January 16, 1986.
 * Edward L. Grant, appointed February 14, 1986, Retained November 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006. Retired October 2009.
 * Thomas Campbell, appointed July 2009, retained 2010.

B - Laramie

 * Joseph F. Maier, appointed July 1, 1973, service ended July 1, 1987.
 * Nicholas G. Kalokathis, appointed July 6, 1987, retained November 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006.
 * Michael K. Davis, appointed April 2008, retained November 2010. Appointed to Supreme Court October 15, 2012.
 * Steven K. Sharpe, appointed April 2013, retained November 2014.

C - Laramie

 * E. James Burke, appointed August 2001. Appointed to Supreme Court, November 15, 2004.
 * Peter G. Arnold, appointed February 2005, retained November 2012.
 * Catherine R. Rogers, appointed February 2014.

=**2nd Judicial District**=

**A - Carbon**

 * J. Reuel Armstrong, appointed November 12, 1968, service ended January 6, 1975.
 * John O. Callahan, appointed 1975, service ended 1977.
 * Robert H. Hill, appointed February 23, 1977, service ended November 29, 1987.
 * Larry L. Lehman, appointed March 4, 1988, retained November 1990. Appointed to State Supreme Court, July 8, 1994.
 * Kenneth E. Stebner, appointed September 1994, retained November 2002. Retired, 2004.
 * Wade E. Waldrip, appointed April 2004, retained November 2006, 2012.

**B - Albany**

 * Vernon G. Bentley, appointed May 20, 1957, service ended March 1, 1982.
 * Arthur T. Hanscum, appointed March 1982, retained November 1984, 1990. Retired, 1996.
 * Jeffrey A. Donnell, appointed Nov. 1996, retained November 1998, 2004, 2010.

Sweetwater

 * Kenneth G. Hamm, appointed July 1, 1973, service ended August 1, 1988.
 * County moved to 3rd Judicial District May 27, 1977

=**3rd Judicial District**=

**A - Unita**

 * C. Stuart Brown, appointed January 4, 1965, service ended March 26, 1981.
 * John D. Troughton, appointed March 26, 1981, retained November 1982, 1988, 1994.
 * Dennis L. Sanderson, appointed March 2001, retained November 2002, 2008.

**B - Sweetwater**

 * (added from 2nd Judicial District May 27, 1977)
 * Kenneth G. Hamm, appointed July 1, 1973, service ended August 1, 1988.
 * Jere Ryckman, appointed September 26, 1988, retained November 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008. Retired 2012.
 * Richard L. Lavery, appointed May 2012, Retained November 2014.

**C - Sweetwater**

 * ** ( ** New position in 2001)
 * Nena James, appointed October 2001, retained November 2002, 2008, 2014.

=4th Judicial District=

A - Sheridan

 * James N. Wolfe, appointed January 1985, retained November 1986.
 * John C. Brackley, appointed January 1993, retained November 1994, 2000.
 * John G. Fenn, appointed January 2007, retained November 2008, 2014.

**B - Johnson**

 * (New position in 2012)
 * William J. Edelman, appointed May 2012, retained November 2014.

Campbell

 * County moved to 6th Judicial District May 27, 1977

=5th Judicial District=

A - Washakie, Big Horn, Hot Springs

 * Gary P. Hartman, appointed July 1983, retained November 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002.
 * Robert E. Skar, appointed August 2008, retained November 2010.

B - Park

 * Hunter Patrick, appointed July 1988, retained November 1990, 1996, 2002.
 * Steven Cranfill, appointed September 2006, retained November 2008, 2014.

=6th Judicial District=

A - Campbell, Crook, Weston

 * Paul T. Liamos, Jr., appointed February 1, 1972, service ended January 7, 1985.
 * Timothy J. Judson, appointed February 7, 1985, service ended 1990.
 * Dan R. Price II, appointed Nov. 1990, retained November 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010. Retired May 2013.
 * Thomas W. Rumpke, appointed February 2013, retained November 2014.

B - Campbell, Crook, Weston

 * Terrence L. O’Brien, appointed August 1980, retained 1982, 1988, 1994. Appointed by President George W. Bush to 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, September 4, 2001
 * John R. Perry, appointed October 2000, retained November 2002, 2008, 2014.

C -Campbell, Crook, Weston

 * Michael N. “Nick” Deegan, appointed July 2005, retained November 2006, 2012.

=7th Judicial District=

A - Natrona

 * T.C. Daniels, appointed March 1, 1957, service ended 1975.
 * J.F. Mahoney, appointed June 17, 1975, service ended 1978.
 * Daniel R. Spangler, Appointed August 29, 1978, retained 1980, 1986, 1992. Retired 1998.
 * David B. Park, appointed January 1999, retained November 2000, 2006, 2012. Retired 2013.
 * Daniel L. Forgey, appointed May 2013, retained November 2014.

B - Natrona

 * R.M. Forrister, appointed January 2, 1967, service ended January 7, 1985.
 * Harry E. Leimback, appointed Nov. 9, 1984 (January 9, 1985?), retained 1986, 1992. Retired 1995.
 * W. Thomas Sullins, appointed October 1995, retained November 1996, 2002, 2008, 2014

C - Natrona

 * Scott W. Skavdahl, appointed August 2003, retained November 2004. Appointed by President Barack Obama to US District Court for the District of Wyoming, February 16, 2011.
 * Catherine E. Wilking, appointed December 2010, retained November 2012

Fremont

 * W.J. Nicholas, appointed January 4, 1971, service ended December 31, 1982.
 * (Moved to newly created 9th Judicial District May 27, 1977)

=8th Judicial District= (Created May 27, 1977 from parts of 1st, 6th & 7th Districts)

A - Goshen, Niobrara, Platte

 * George P. Sawyer, appointed June 1, 1977, service ended May 6, 1984.
 * John T. Langdon, appointed June 15, 1984, retained November 1986. Retired, 1992.
 * Keith G. Kautz, appointed January 1993, retained 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012. Appointed to the State Supreme Court, June 5, 2015.
 * Patrick Korell, appointed September 4, 2015.

B - Niobrara, Platte

 * William A. Taylor, appointed July 1, 1980, retained November 1982, 1988. Appointed to State Supreme Court, Jan. 22, 1993.
 * Barton R. Voigt, appointed April 1993, retained November 1994. Appointed to State Supreme Court, March 29, 2001.
 * John C. Brooks, appointed July 2001, retained November 2002, 2008, 2014.

=9th Judicial District= (created May 27, 1977 from parts of 3rd & 7th Districts)

A - Fremont

 * W.J. Nicholas, appointed January 4, 1971, service ended December 31, 1982.
 * Elizabeth A. Kail, appointed October 4, 1982, retained November 1984, 1990. Retired 1994.
 * Nancy J. Guthrie, appointed November 1994, retained November 1996, 2002.
 * Norman E. Young, appointed January 2003, retained November 2004, 2010.

B - Teton

 * Robert B. Ranck, appointed May 30, 1977, service ended June 3, 1989.
 * D. Terry Rogers, appointed June 12, 1989, retained November 1990, 1996.
 * Nancy J. Guthrie, appointed November 1994, retained November 1996, 2002. Retired May 2010.
 * Timothy C. Day, appointed May 2010, retained November 2012.

C - Sublette

 * New position 2008
 * Marvin L. Tyler, appointed September 2008, retained November 2010.

=Additional Resources=


 * Directory, Wyoming Supreme Court website
 * Judicial Districts Map, Wyoming Supreme Court website