Larry Lee Lehman (July 8, 1945 – December 10, 2004)
was a chief justice of the
Wyoming Supreme Court.
Born in
Iowa City, Iowa, Lehman received a
JD from the
University of Wyoming College of Law in 1976. He practiced with the firm of Vehar, Lehman, Beppler & Jacobson, P.C., in
Evanston, Wyoming
Evanston is a city in and the county seat of Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 12,359 at the 2010 census. It is located near the border with Utah.
History
Evanston was named after James A. Evans, a civil engineer for th ...
.
He served as a judge in
Uinta County, Wyoming, from 1985 to 1988, and as a state district judge for
Albany and
Carbon counties. On July 8, 1994, Governor
Mike Sullivan appointed Lehman was to a seat on the Wyoming Supreme Court. Lehman became chief justice in 2000, and was the first chief justice to serve a four-year term. He died from
brain cancer
A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and secondar ...
, a month before he was scheduled to step down.
References
Justice Lehman dies at 59 ''Wyoming Star-Tribune'' (December 10, 2004).
1945 births
2004 deaths
Justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court
20th-century American judges
People from Uinta County, Wyoming
Chief Justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court
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