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2 Wyo. Law. 1 (1977-1978)

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Vol. U, No. 1                     Official Publication of Woming State Bar                     April 1977


  Judge Callahan

  Dies In Rawlins

      The Bar was saddened by the 4w
  timely death of Hon. John0. Callahan
  who died at his home in Rawlins, Janu-
  ary 16, 1977.
     Judge Callahan was born March8,
  1922 in Powell and received his law de
  gree from UW in 1950. He practiced law
  in Basin and served as county nd pros-
  ecuting attorney of Big Horn County
  from 1957 to 1963. He served in the
  State Senate in 1%4 and 1966, serving
  as Chief Clerk of the Senate in 1%5 In
  1%5 Judge Callahan and his family
  moved to Torrington where he entered
  law practice with Bob Sigler. In 1971
  then Governor Stan Hatahway named
  him to the Public Service Commission
  where he later became Chairman. In
  late 1974, Hathaway named him to the
  Second Judicial District bench.
    The Bar mourns the passing of a
 good friend and colleague.


 '77   Bar Convention
 Set   for   Cheyenne,
    The  1977 State Bar Convention
 will be held in Cheyenne at the Hitching
 Post on September 15 and 16. Present
 plans call for a CLE program to be held
 in conjunction with the convention, the
 subject matter and speakers will be an-
 nounced at a later date. During the
 course of the convention the new law
 school at the University of Wyoming
 will be dedicated. Speaker for the occa-
 sion will be the Honorable Byron R.
 White, Associate Justice of the United
 States Supreme Court. Further details
will be announced in a later edition of
the Wyoming Lawyer.


Honotable Robert A. HE              Wyoming Attorneys
                                    Appolted to Beards
   Robert A. Hill of Buffalo was ap-   Several Wyoming attorneys were
                                   appointed to State Boards by Governor
        Judcia Ditrit t coplee te uex- Ed Herichler and conrfifrmed by the
                                   Wyoming  Senate:
                                       Community  College Commission:
                                   DonakJ E. Jones, Torrington.


  Named District judge

  pointed District Judge of the Second



  mire,Coeg oftelawiJon 195. Callewasn.
  th armd srvce   frohm u1ha4 to14
     Judge Hill was born in Buffalo, De-
 cember 24, 1926. He received his BA
 from UW in 1949, MA Degree from the
 University of Nebraska in 1%2 and was
 graduated from University of Wyo-
 ming, College of Law in 155. He was in
 the armed services from 1944 to 1946
 and 1%0-1951.
    Judge Hill practiced lw in Buffalo
with his father, the late Burton S. Hill
from 1955 to 1%4 and was later a part-
ner in the firm of Kirven and Hill from
1%S4 to 976. He served as a Staffattor-
ney for the Wyoming State Senate dur
ing the 43rd Legislative Session.
    Judge Hill is married to the former
Patricia Ann Hintz and they have two
children.

  CLASSIFIED  ADS  for members
  of the Wyoming State Bar will be
  printed in future publications at
  no  chrg  as a    serieto ou
  members. Please ma ads to the
  Wyoming  State Bar office.


   Important Dates
 to  Remember ...
    MANDATORY CLE COMMIT-
TEE will hold a meeting May 27, 1977at
1:00 P.M. in the office of Richard E.
Day, First National Bank Building, Cas-
per, Wyoming.
    WYOMING TRIAL LAWYERS
will hold an Advanced Trial Techniques
Semninar in Cheyenne, Wyoming, May 6
and 7. Location to be announced.


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     Environental  Quality Councik
  David B. Park, Casper, and Donald P.
  White, Riverton.
     Fair Employment  Comn*.sion.
 David D. Uchner, Cheyenne.
     Game  and Fish Commission: John
 M. Ansenl, Rock Springs.
     Industrial Sting Council: Wilam
 H. Vines, Wheatland, and Edward L
 Grant, Cheyenne.
     Parl Mutual Coimmission: Frank
 Hill, Riverton.
     Public Service Commission: John
 R. Smyth, Cheyenne.
     UW  Board of Trustees: Joseph B.
 Sullivan, Douglas, and DonAid E. Cha.
 pin, Casper
     Career Service Council: James A.
 Zaig  Basin.


 judsohip   Deadlin    Near...
    The  deadline for applications for
 the judgeships in the newly-created 8th
 and 9th Judicial Districts is April 15. Ap
 plications should be filed with the Hon.
 Rodney M.  Guthrie, Chief Justice,
 Wyoming  Supreme Court, Supreme
 Court Building, Cheyenne, Wyoming
 82001.
    The Judicial Nominating Commis-
sion is composed of William H. Brown,
Casper; Ernest J. Goppert, Jr., Cody;
Thomas  Morgan, Gillette; Fred Good-
stein, Casper; Doyle Child,Afton;Wa-
ter Hudson, Cheyenne, and Hon. Rod.
ney M. Guthrie, Chairman.