Cheyenne, WY

Kyle Bachus

Kyle Bachus is a founding partner and personal injury attorney at Bachus & Schanker, LLC. He is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell and recognized as a Lawdragon Top 500 Leading Personal Injury Lawyer. He has been named a Colorado Super Lawyer multiple times and is a member of The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100. He is dedicated to helping injured individuals and has been instrumental in drafting state legislation to protect consumers.

Darin Schanker

Darin L. Schanker is a founding partner and nationally respected trial attorney at Bachus & Schanker, LLC, with three decades of experience. He specializes in personal injury, collective action, and mass tort litigation, having tried cases nationwide. He is a past president of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and was named Outstanding Trial Attorney for Colorado in 2003.

Jim Fitzgerald

Jim Fitzgerald started his law practice in 1975 and founded The Fitzgerald Law Firm in 1982 with the cornerstone belief of finding truth and justice. By focusing exclusively on working with severely injured clients and families who have lost loved ones, Jim has developed a national reputation for delivering extraordinary results, holding the record for the highest number of verdicts ever upheld on appeal in the Wyoming Supreme Court for personal injuries and wrongful death. With decades of experience, Jim Fitzgerald represents people in complex damages cases in the areas of Products Liability resulting in catastrophic injuries and death, Workplace Liability, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Wrongful Death. His trial record includes numerous multi-million-dollar jury awards and several records for jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Jim has been trial counsel in nearly half of the million-dollar verdicts in the history of Wyoming. He holds the record for both the largest injury verdict and the largest wrongful death verdict ever upheld on appeal in Wyoming.

Kim D. Cannon

Kim Cannon grew up dividing his time between his grandfather’s ranch on the head of the Green River north of Cora, Wyoming, and California. After working on ranches in Sublette and Teton Counties he owned and operated his own horse pack outfit in the Wind River Mountains (1969-1973). He received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College, cum laude in 1970, and his J.D. from the University of Colorado in 1974. He joined the firm, then known as Burgess & Davis, out of law school and became a partner in 1980. Concentrating on complex litigation, Kim has represented clients throughout Wyoming in a wide variety of cases from natural resources, commercial, construction, employment, personal injury, products liability, professional malpractice, securities and significant asset divorce litigation.

T. Thomas Metier

At a young age, Thomas Metier wanted to help the “little” guy. Whether he realized his calling as a child when he saw bullies picking on the weaker kids or as a young college student, helpless and alone while recuperating from a motorcycle accident, Tom knew his calling in life was to protect working people and their families who have lost their strength due to the wrongful, negligent acts of others. Tom wanted to create a firm devoted 100 percent to litigation and sought to surround himself with injury lawyers with the same grit and determination to fight for the rights of people who suffered a catastrophic injury.Tom is the senior managing member of Metier Law Firm, LLC. A native of Iowa, Tom graduated cum laude from Coe College and received his doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Iowa. Licensed to practice in Colorado, Wyoming, the U.S. District Court-District of Colorado, the U.S. District Court-District of Wyoming, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court, his national practice consists of a diverse range of practice areas including traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, trucking accidents and motor vehicle accidents.

Douglas W. Bailey

Doug is a partner in the firm and focuses his practice on Personal Injury and Wrongful Death. He advocates for individuals who’ve been hurt and for family members who have lost loved ones, and he takes pride in the fight against insurance companies and other systems that routinely deny the injured fair compensation. Doug’s job, together with EMTs, surgeons, physical therapists, and other team members involved in the client’s recovery, is to put the client’s life back together. He communicates with his clients, educates them along the way about the legal process, and helps them coordinate their recovery with appropriate medical providers and other specialists. Ultimately, Doug negotiates with insurance companies or goes to trial to get money for his injured clients that will pay for needed services or reimburse them for lost wages, medical fees, out-of-pocket expenses, and other significant losses that can be hard to quantify. Doug provides free consultations and only gets paid when he succeeds in getting his clients paid.

Daniel P. Murphy

For over 25 years, Dan Murphy has been a civil litigator specializing in the representation of insurance companies and their insureds. Mr. Murphy has tried more than 125 jury trials and more than 50 bench trials. He has achieved an AV-Preeminent Peer Rating in Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating recognizing preeminent legal ability and ethical conduct. He has been recognized as a “Colorado Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics Magazine every year since 2010. Mr. Murphy is a dynamic trial lawyer who brings a “common sense” approach to every case. He understands the unique objectives for each case and works with his clients to develop a game plan for reaching the best result. Mr. Murphy has substantial expertise in the area of construction law. He represents developers, general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals in a wide variety of construction litigation, arbitrations, and contractual matters. Over the years he has handled insurance-related litigation involving hundreds of millions of dollars in claimed damages. Mr. Murphy is one of only a handful of Colorado lawyers who has obtained a complete defense jury verdict in a residential construction defect case. Mr. Murphy is also well-experienced with the defense of catastrophic and large loss civil claims, including claims for wrongful death and significant personal injuries. In many cases, he is retained following a catastrophic loss before suit is even filed so that he can work with the client to minimize potential liability from the onset of a possible claim. Mr. Murphy stays up to date on the increasingly organized tactics being used by leading plaintiff counsel and develops strategies to neutralize them. Most recently, he obtained a complete defense jury verdict in a case against one of the most prominent plaintiff’s counsel in the Western United States where the claimed damages were over $10 million. In addition to his active litigation practice, Mr. Murphy regularly speaks to trade and professional groups to provide them with updates on key legal areas and to assist with the development of risk management and mitigation practices.