David graduated with honor from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1999, ranked first in his class. During law school David was a member of the editorial board of the Wyoming Land and Water Law Review and served as Comment Editor from 1998-1999. After graduation, he served as a judicial law clerk to William F. Downs, Chief United States District Judge in Casper, Wyoming from 1999-2000. David joined Lonabaugh and Riggs, LLP as an associate in 2000 and became a partner in 2006. 

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David practices primarily in the areas of trust and estate planning, probate and trust administration, real estate and commercial transactions, business formation and planning, and construction law. 

 

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Education

    AB: Cornell University, 1990

    JD: University of Wyoming, with honor, 1999

    Order of the Coif 

 

Current Membership

    Wyoming State Bar, admitted 1999

    Colorado State Bar, admitted 1999

    U.S. District Court - Wyoming, admitted 1999

    U.S. District Court - Colorado, admitted 1999

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 Primary Areas of Practice

    Trust and estate planning, probate and trust administration, real         estate and commercial transactions, business formation and               planning, and construction law. 

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Civic Activities

    Memorial Hospital of Sheridan County, Trustee, 2012 to 2022

    Child Development Center, Region II, Director, 2008 to 2014

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Other Legal Employment

    United States Magistrate Judge, Sheridan, Wyoming, 2009 to 2012

    Law Clerk, Hon. William F. Downes, Chief US District Judge,               District of Wyoming, 1999 to 2000

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Publications

    Comment Editor, Land and Water Review, 1998-1999 

    "Forced Advertising: Free Speech or Not Even? Glickaman v.             Wileman Bros. & Elliot, Inc., 117 S. Ct. 2130 (1997)" 33 Land and       Water Review 779 (1999)