Wyoming

Kyle Bachus

Denver, CO

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.

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.

Colin King

Salt Lake City, UT

The President and a founding member of DKOW, Colin King has obtained many of Utah’s largest and most significant jury verdicts in product liability and other complex tort cases, including the first eight-figure tort verdict in the state’s history. He has consistently obtained multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements in personal injury and wrongful death cases. His areas of expertise extend over product liability, medical malpractice, workplace injury, and civil rights. He has been named 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” in The Best Lawyers in America® for Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs in Salt Lake City. He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL), and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). He is a member and former Utah chapter president of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). He is admitted to practice in Utah, Texas, Colorado, and Wyoming, along with numerous federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. His professional affiliations include past presidency of the Utah Association for Justice, and membership in the Utah State Bar, the Salt Lake County Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice.

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.

Gerry L. Spence

Jackson, WY

Gerry L. Spence was a legendary trial lawyer and the founder of The Spence Law Firm, known for his high-profile cases and record results for the poor, injured, and marginalized. He never lost a criminal trial and had not lost a civil case since 1969. Born, raised, and educated in Wyoming, he graduated cum laude from the University of Wyoming Law School in 1952. He received numerous lifetime achievement awards and was inducted into the American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. His notable cases include the Karen Silkwood case, a libel verdict against Penthouse Magazine, and the defense of Imelda Marcos and Randy Weaver. He was also a prolific author and founder of the Trial Lawyers College.

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.