Michael K. Davis (born January 16, 1952) is a former justice of the
Wyoming Supreme Court
The Wyoming Supreme Court is the supreme court, highest court in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. Each Justice is appointed by the Governor of Wyoming from a list of three nominees sub ...
; he served on the court from 2012 to 2022.
He received a
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
summa cum laude from
Western State College of Colorado in 1977, and a
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
with Honor from the
University of Wyoming College of Law
The University of Wyoming College of Law is the law school of the University of Wyoming and the only law school located in Wyoming. It is situated in the Rocky Mountains in Laramie, Wyoming at 7,165 ft. between the Laramie Mountains and Snowy ...
in 1980.
He practiced law with the firm of Yonkee and Toner in Sheridan from 1980 to 2006, and from a Cheyenne branch office of the firm from 2006 until 2008, when he became a district judge. He is a Judicial Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Davis retired on January 16, 2022.
References
External links
Official Court Biography
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1952 births
Living people
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American judges
21st-century American lawyers
Chief Justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court
Justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court
University of Wyoming College of Law alumni
Western Colorado University alumni
Wyoming state court judges
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