Gillette, WY

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.

Steven Titus

Steven Titus grew up with parents who worked around the clock at their start-up bail bond business. That experience created an innate desire in him to help those who had wrongfully been accused of a crime. He has expanded his practice to help clients who suffered personal injury. Since the start of his young career, he’s worked hard for case results that are unmatched throughout Wyoming. For the better part of a decade practicing exclusively as a criminal defense attorney, his primary focus has been providing quality criminal defense representation and helping those injured by the fault of someone else. In 2016, Steven founded his law firm as a solo attorney. Today, Steven Titus & Associates, P.C., is a thriving legal team that works hard to get justice for clients. The firm has grown to serve all of Wyoming and South Dakota. He is available 24/7 to clients.

Mike Chaloupka

I was destined to be a courtroom crusader. I grew up in Nebraska in a family of lawyers - trial lawyers for people, to be more specific. Some of my early memories are of sitting around the dinner table with my family and listening to my Dad tell us stories about his clients and about the companies who hurt them or did them wrong. My first lessons in cross-examining witnesses came when I would misbehave as a kid, and (with a healthy dose of love) my Dad would cross-examine me about it until I saw the error of my ways. These are the kinds of things that stuck with me and inspired me and led me to become a warrior for the people. I went to the University of Nebraska College of Law, with a special emphasis on litigation skills and trial advocacy. I graduated from and have continued to attend the Trial Lawyers College since 2011, and I have also been teaching at the Trial Lawyers College since 2019. I am the managing partner of Metier Law Firm, and I set a standard for courage, for not giving up, and for providing dignity and hope to people broken by grief and despair. I love what I do and I can’t imagine any other life. My practice areas primarily include big truck crashes. I went to truck driver training school to help me truly understand what safety rules and expectations truck drivers have to follow, and what it's like to drive an 18-wheeler. I even went on to obtain my Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and I use that knowledge in my trucking cases. I also handle motorcycle and car crash cases, as well as insurance bad faith cases. I’m licensed in Colorado, Wyoming, Washington and Oregon. When I’m not fighting for my severely injured clients, I’m usually with my wife and two boys. Family is everything to me, and we are big believers in adventure. I also love riding my mountain bike and my motorcycle, I love back country snowboarding, and I love cooking over open fire.

Patrick DiBenedetto

Patrick is a partner of Metier Law Firm and is licensed to practice in Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, District of Colorado, District of Wyoming and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is eager to take on the most complex cases including cases involving motorcycles and the trucking industry.Strong public speaking skills, ardor for accident forensics and incisive trial skills make Patrick one of the go-to lawyers when it comes time for the courtroom. After graduating from Baylor University with a B.A. in finance and real estate, Patrick received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, graduating in the top one-third of his class.Patrick is a graduate of the prestigious Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming. The Trial Lawyers College is one of the most demanding trial skills colleges in the world, with only 55 applicants accepted into the program each year.Patrick is an avid outdoorsman and lives in Windsor with his wife, Julie, where they enjoy watching their two boys play baseball.

Phil Chupik

With almost 30 years of trial experience, accident attorney Phillip Chupik knows what it takes to win inside and outside the courtroom. Born in Texas, Phil attended the University of Colorado Boulder, graduating with a degree in Political Science in 1992. He went on to graduate from The University of Texas School of Law. After earning his Juris Doctorate from UT, Phil took a position with the Galveston County District Attorney’s office, honing his skills in the courtroom where he had over fifty jury trials ranging from sexual assaults to murders.After three years of prosecuting cases in Texas, Phil and his wife decided to move back to Colorado where he entered the civil litigation practice in Denver, representing developers, builders, physicians, and hospitals in negligence claims. In 2008, after many years on the defense side, Phil decided to utilize his trial skills to help injured Plaintiffs. He joined Metier Law Firm in 2008 and he is now a partner with the firm representing clients all over the country who have suffered injuries traumatic brain injuries and been injured in trucking accidents. He also specializes in bad faith litigation cases against insurers. Phillip is licensed in Colorado, Wyoming, Washington State and Texas and is also licensed to practice in the U.S. District Court of Colorado and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeal. He graduated from the prestigious Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in 2012 and continues to refine his litigation skills with The College. Phil is a member of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Colorado Bar Association, and American Association of Justice and is peer rated by Martindale Hubbell as Distinguished for his ethics and legal abilities. He has served on the Colorado Trial Lawyers Executive Committee for the last two years.He has been recognized by Top 50 U.S. Verdicts, the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers and has received the Client Satisfaction Award by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys. Phillip, his wife and three boys love the outdoors and enjoy playing tennis, hiking and sailing.

Codie D. Henderson

Codie D. Henderson is a partner in Davis & Cannon, LLP. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, Codie served as a law clerk to the Honorable John G. Fenn in Wyoming’s Fourth Judicial District. Codie graduated from the University of Wyoming College of Law in May of 2011, where he served as a senior staff editor for the Wyoming Law Review. Before attending law school, Codie studied history at the University of Colorado, completing his undergraduate degree magna cum laude with highest distinction in 2006, and his master’s degree in 2008. Codie’s practice includes general and complex civil litigation in the areas of products liability, construction law, natural resources, commercial and business law, land use, personal injury, and family law. He also regularly represents the firm’s numerous farming and ranching clients in real estate and oil and gas transactions.