Insights From the Bench with Judge Richard Lavery

Devon P. O’Connell, attorney, member and partner at Pence and MacMillan, has been awarded the highest rating (AV) by Martindale-Hubbell. She was a broadcast journalist in her life before the law, working for Wyoming Public Radio and KTWO Television. Her practice focuses on providing the best services for mediation, civil litigation, civil practice, family law, divorce, and personal injury. She is a certified mediator, receiving her certification from CDR Associates in Boulder, Colorado in 2010, with training on complex cases at the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation. Devon was recently the 100th president of the Wyoming State Bar and was also president of the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association. Devon also offers her skills and experience through mediation for litigation, divorce, and more, helping to resolve differences, big and small.

Judge Lavery was born and raised in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and law degree from Creighton University. He practiced law in Evanston, Wyoming, for 31 years until taking the bench on June 30, 2012. He was the part-time municipal court judge for Evanston, Lyman, Mountain View and Bear River, Wyoming, from 1997 to 2012. He was a member of the Board of Officers and Commissioners for the Wyoming State Bar and served as President in 2009. In May of 2012 he was appointed District Judge for the Third Judicial District in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, and began his service as District Judge in July 2012. He is a member of the Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics, Civil Pattern Jury Instruction Committee, Courtroom Technology Committee and the Access to Justice Commission.