Deegan Returns to the Bench

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming,United States
• Citation: Vol. 28 No. 5 Pg. 2
• Publication year: 2005
• Pages: 2
• Year: 2005
• topic: Business of Law,Civil Procedure

Wyoming Bar Journal 2005.

Vol. 28, No. 5 #2 (October 2005). Deegan Returns to the Bench

WYOMING LAWYER
October 2005/Vol. XXVIII, No. 5

Deegan Returns to the Bench

By Mary Angell

The day after his swearing in as a new judge in Wyoming's Sixth Judicial District, Nick Deegan was eager to tackle its burgeoning caseload

"Load me up," he told the Wyoming Lawyer. "I'm ready to roll."

Deegan, 54, fills a new seat on the bench created by the Wyoming Legislature in response to a backlog in the courts in Campbell, Weston and Crook counties.

"I got right to work," he said. "I'm sure they have done the very best they can under the circumstances. I think it will take me about three months to appreciate the ebb and flow of the caseload."

Deegan is no stranger to judge's robes. After serving as municipal court judge in Rawlins from 1983 to 1988, he was appointed county judge for Campbell County...