Kathleen M. Karpan

Native of Rock Springs, Wyoming

BS Degee in Journalism, University of Wyoming

MA in American Studies, University of Wyoming

Juris Doctorate, University of Oregon

At the University of Oregon Law School, Ms, Karpan won two Moot Trial Competitions.

Member of the  Wyoming State Bar since 1983

Past admissions to the Oregon State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar

Work History

Karpan and  White (1995-1997; 2002 to present)

Press Secretary and Chief of Staff to the Honorable Teno Roncalio, United States House of Representatives

General Counsel`s Office Economic Development Administration, Washington, D.C.

Assistant Attorney General, Wyoming Attorney General`s Office

As an assistant attorney general,  Ms. Karpan brought a licensure revocation case against a Lovell Wyoming physician named John Story.  Dr. Story had sexually assaulted patients at his Lovell clinic for decades, but nobody did anything about it, until Kathy Karpan and a courageous mother whose two daughters had been assaulted by Dr. Story had the courage to correct this unspeakable wrong.  The Wyoming Medical Board hearing panel revoked Dr. Story`s medical license.  Once word  spread about this, over 45 women across Wyoming and the country filed criminal complaints with the prosecuting attorney.  Dr. Story was then tried and convicted on criminal sexual assaults charges and was sentenced to  fourteen years in prison.  This was the first case in the country where a medical board took the license of a medical doctor for sexual misconduct.   CBS` 60 Minutes did a feature on the Dr. Story case, although it sided with Dr. Story.  There was also a book written by  Jack Olson  "Doc The Rape of the Town of Lovell."

Gubernatorial Appointee-Director of the Wyoming Department of Health and Social Services

Elected  Secretary of State (de facto Lieutenant Governor) 1986; re-elected 1990 (first Democrat in Wyoming history to win in all counties).

Past Member, National Association of Lieutenant Governors

Past Member, National Association of Secretaries of State

Democratic Nominee for Governor of Wyoming, 1994

Democratic Nominee for United States Senate, 1996

Acting Laramie County  Wyoming Attorney 1995-1996

Milward Simpson Visiting Professor Endowment, University of Wyoming, Spring Semester, 1996

Presidential appoinment to the Directorship of the United States Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, United States Department of Interior, 1997-2000

Chief Deputy Assistant Secretary of Lands and Minerals Management, United States Department of Interior 2000

Honors and Awards:

Citation of Merit, Anti-Defamation League, 1990 for her work against a white supremacist who ran in Wyoming`s special congressional election to fill the seat of Dick Cheney who had been appointed Secretary of Defense

Citation of Merit, Federal Bureau of Investigation for her work cracking down on white collar and securities fraud while secretary of state

Board of Governors, Democratic Leadership Counsel

MARGARET M. WHITE

Born Cheyenne, Wyoming;

BA Degree in Philosophy, University of Wyoming

Juris Doctorate, University of Wyoming

Member, Wyoming State Bar since 1982

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Karpan and White (1995 through 1997; 2002 to present)

Assistant Attorney General

Special Assistant Attorney General and Human Services Administrator,  Board of Charities and Reform

Deputy Secretary of State

Chief of Staff, Office of Surface Mining

 HONORS:

Named to the top 2007 Trial Lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association

Philip White, Jr.

Born Kingston, Pennsylvania

BS Degree in Am. History/Journalism, University of Wyoming

Juris Doctorate, University of Wyoming

Member, Wyoming State Bar since 1970.  Law practice includes:

• Staff attorney-Legal Services of Southeast Wyoming
• Director, Office of Students' Attorney, University of Wyoming
• Associate, Spence, Moriarity & Schuster, Jackson
• Successful litigation in Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, California, Idaho and Nebraska
  
• Trainer, West Group legal research products

Author of numerous American Law Reports articles: 

• Jurisdiction of and Standing Before the United States Judicial Conference or its Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability, 52 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 227 (2011)
• Construction and Application of Prison Litigation Reform Act—Supreme Court Cases, 51 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 143 (2010)
• Jurisdiction of Federal Courts Based Upon Diversity of Citizenship Under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332—United States Supreme Court Cases, 45 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 407 (2010)
• Construction and Application of Venue Provision of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1692i, 28 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 523 (2008)
• Bankruptcy Rule 9011 Sanctions in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Proceedings, 11 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 435 (2006)
• Precedential Effect of Bankruptcy Court, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, or District Court Bankruptcy Case Decisions, 8 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 155 (2006)
• Clean Air Act—Supreme Court Cases, 7 A.L.R. Fed. 2D 357 (2005)
• Bankruptcy Rule 9011 Sanctions in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings, 5 A.L.R. Fed. 2D 31 (2005)
• Requests for Expedited Processing Under Freedom of Information Act, 4 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 337 (2005)
• Bankruptcy Rule 9011 Sanctions in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Proceedings, 199 A.L.R. Fed. 21 (2005)
• Products Liability: Liability of Manufacturer, Supplier, or Seller of Passenger or Freight Elevator, Hoist, or Elevator Component for Injury or Damage Resulting from Alleged Defect in Elevator or Component, 117 A.L.R.5th 267 (2004)
• Liability of Maintainer, Repairer, or Installer of Automatic Passenger Elevator for Injury Resulting from Use of Elevator, 115 A.L.R.5th 1 (2004)
• Liability of Building Owner, Lessee, or Manager for Injury or Death Resulting from Use of Automatic Passenger, 99 A.L.R.5th 141 (2002)
• Keeping of Domestic Animal As Constituting Public or Private Nuisance, 90 A.L.R.5th 619 (2001)
• Attorneys at law: disciplinary proceedings for drafting instrument such as will or trust under which attorney-drafter or member of attorney's family or law firm is beneficiary, grantee, legatee, or devisee, 80 A.L.R.5th 597 (2000)
• Products liability: Swimming pools and accessories, 65 A.L.R.5th 105 (1999)
• Validity of territorial restrictions on uninsured/underinsured coverage in automobile insurance policies, 55 A.L.R.5th 747 (1998)

Correspondent, Casper Star Tribune, 1981-83, 1985-87, 2005-2010, along with private practice