A New Fish in Judicial Waters

• Citation: Vol. 31 No. 3 Pg. 1
• Publication year: 2008
• Pages: 1
• Year: 2008
• topic: Business of Law,Civil Procedure

Wyoming Bar Journal 2008.

Vol. 31, No. 3, #1. A New Fish in Judicial Waters

Wyoming Bar Journal
Issue: June, 2008

Author: Mary Angell

A New Fish in Judicial Waters

Wyoming lawyers would benefit from trying more cases

So says Michael K. Davis, an experienced trial lawyer and the new District Judge in the First Judicial District in Laramie County. Not that he wants an overloaded docket, of course.

"It would not be good for the system if every case were tried," he told the Wyoming Lawyer. "Mitigation saves time and money. I just hope lawyers are not afraid to get on a trial case. It's healthy to have more trials."

Davis was recently appointed to replace Judge Nicholas Kalokathis, who retired earlier this year.

"I think he'll be a great judge," said Tom Toner, partner of the Sheridan firm Yonkee and Toner, LLP, said of Davis. "He's been an outstanding trial lawyer for years and years. We hate to lose him from our firm, but he'll be a great asset to the First Judicial District."

Davis has not always aspired to be a judge.

"It was not something I was chomping at the bit to do when I got my law degree," he said. "But I figured I had gathered a lot of experience and I felt I would be useful as a judge. I felt I could do all of it."

"On the one side, I've always felt it's a good thing for a person to do some public service," he continued. "On the other...