Serious Injury & Wrongful Death
When an injury or death changes the course of a life, the case must account for the full consequences—not only the event that caused them.
Wyoming Trial Lawyer
Dallas Laird
The harder the case, the more your lawyer matters.
Dallas personally handles serious civil and criminal matters across Wyoming.
Dallas speaks directly with prospective clients.
There is no charge for an initial conversation.
The record.
55+ Years in Practice
Wyoming trial and appellate work since 1971.
Both Sides of the Courtroom
Prosecutor. Public defender. Special prosecutor. Private defense.
Serious Trial Work
Multiple homicide acquittals and serious civil litigation.
Professional Recognition
AV Preeminent® 5.0/5.0 Peer Rating, Best Lawyers® recognition, and 2026 Best Law Firms® regional rankings.
Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every matter depends on its own facts and law.
Hard cases. Clear focus.
The work now.
Truck & Commercial Vehicle Litigation
Commercial-vehicle cases can turn on evidence held by companies and carriers, not only what happened at the crash scene.
Criminal Defense
Serious charges demand a defense that tests the government’s evidence, theory, and assumptions—not simply its accusation.
Civil Claims Involving Childhood Sexual Abuse
Older claims require care, discretion, and a clear look at what the evidence and Wyoming law permit.
Perspective earned in courtrooms.
He has stood on both sides of the courtroom.
City of Casper prosecutor
Wyoming public defender
Special prosecuting attorney
Private criminal defense
Seeing cases from opposing positions changed how Dallas evaluates evidence, tests assumptions, and decides what matters next.
Criminal DefenseExperience should read like evidence.
What the years produced.
Experience does not decide a case. It changes what a lawyer can see in it.
Since 1971
Wyoming trial and appellate practice.
The courtroom from opposing positions
City prosecutor. Public defender. Special prosecutor. Private criminal defense.
Serious trial and appellate work
Homicide trials and acquittals. Serious injury, wrongful death, truck, aviation, and other civil litigation. Wyoming Supreme Court advocacy documented across more than four decades.
Trial craft, studied and taught
Trial Lawyers College staff. Trial-advocacy instruction. Mentoring lawyers who came after him.
The person handling the matter.
You work with Dallas.
Dallas speaks directly with prospective clients.
He brings decades of trial and appellate work to the decisions that shape every case he accepts.
No legal terminology required.
Start with what happened.
There is no charge for an initial conversation. The purpose is to understand what happened, explain what Dallas sees, and give a candid assessment of what comes next.
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