Wyoming

Robert P. Schuster is the principal attorney at Robert P. Schuster P.C., nationally recognized for his achievements in complex commercial litigation, white-collar criminal defense, and personal injury cases. He holds records for significant settlements and verdicts in Wyoming, New Mexico, and North Dakota. Licensed in Wyoming, New York, Utah, and before the U.S. Supreme Court, he is a member of prestigious legal organizations including the American Law Institute and American Bar Foundation. He earned his BA from Yale, JD from the University of Wyoming (valedictorian), and LL.M from Harvard.

Jason Edward Ochs

Jackson, WY

Jason Edward Ochs is the general and managing partner of the Ochs Law Firm. He began his legal career in 2002 focusing on complex product liability, catastrophic injuries, and medical malpractice. He refined his trial skills at the Orange County District Attorney’s office from 2006, and later led the injury litigation department at a Southern California firm before founding Ochs Law Firm in 2012. He is licensed in California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, and Wyoming. He has served as lead trial counsel in pharmaceutical, medical, and class action cases, including the country’s largest restaurant food-poisoning outbreak and the nationwide opioid epidemic litigation. He has been recognized as a Top 100 Lawyer in California by the National Trial Lawyers Association, a Rising Super Star Lawyer by Los Angeles Magazine and Orange Coast Magazine since 2012, and a Superlawyer in the Mountain States.

Jim Fitzgerald

Cheyenne, WY

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

Gillette, WY

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

Casper, WY

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

Afton, WY

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.