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Bernard P. Haggerty, JD, LLM, PHD
2068 N. 16th St.
Laramie, WY 82072
Dissertation: Hate Crime Law & Social Contention, available at UBC Theses and Dissertations
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Licensed in Washington for 24 years
State: Washington
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
Licensed in Wyoming for 32 years
State: Wyoming
Acquired: 1993
No misconduct found
Licensed in Colorado for 33 years
State: Colorado
Acquired: 1992
No misconduct found
Location
Wyoming Medical Commission
5221 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY, 82002
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Experience
Honors
2016
Outstanding Leader Award, University of Wyoming Rainbow Leadership Series
2010
Outstanding Victim Legal Rights Services, Employee of the Year, Lummi Victims of Crime Program
2000
Outstanding Achievement Award - Hazardous Waste Regulation, University of Utah College of Law
2000
Judge Rulon W. Clark Fellowship in natural resources law, University of Utah College of Law
1992
Am. Jur. Federal Jurisdiction, American Jurisprudence
1992
Dean's Outstanding Achievement Award - Constitutional Law, Howard University School of Law
1991
Earl H. Davis Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Advocacy, The Olender Foundation <http://www.olender.com/CM/Custom/TOCTheOlenderFoundation.asp>
1990
Am. Jur. Legal Writing, American Jurisprudence
Work Experience
2021 - Present
Executive Secretary and Hearing Examiner, Wyoming Medical Commission
2017 - 2021
Senior Hearing Examiner, Wyoming Office of Administrative Hearings
2013 - 2017
Deputy County Attorney, Laramie County Attorney's Office
2010 - 2012
Administrative Law Judge, pro tem, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation
2010 - 2010
Adjunct Professor, Western Washington University
2009 - 2011
Chair, Character & Fitness Board, Washington State Bar Association
2002 - 2012
Staff Attorney, Lummi Victims of Crime Civil Legal Program
1999 - 2000
Adjunct Professor, University of Wyoming College of Law
1996 - 2000
Senior Assistant Attorney General, Wyoming Attorney General's Office
1993 - 1995
Law Clerk/Staff Attorney, Wyoming Supreme Court
1983 - 1989
Traning Ranger, Camp Director (summers), Philmont Scout Ranch
Associations
2023 - Present
Wyoming State Bar, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion SectionChair
2017 - Present
Laramie PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)Member
1977 - 2012
Boy Scouts of AmericaEagle Scout, Assistant Scoutmaster, Bellingham, WA Troop 7
Sample of Legal Cases
In Re M.W.
Reversed
Sheth v. Wyoming Workers' Comp. Div.
Affirmed
Lunde v. Wyoming Workers' Comp. Div.
Affirmed
Hurley v. PDQ Transport, Inc.
Affirmed
Brees v. Gulley Enterprises, Inc.
Affirmed
Goedert v. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Comp. Div.
Appeals Dismissed
Apodaca v. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Comp. Div.
Reversed
Beitel v. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Comp. Div.
Affirmed
Painter v. Spurrier
Affirmed, with costs
Mitchell v. State Recreation Comm'n Snowmobile Trails
Affirmed
Daiss v. Division of Workers' Safety & Comp.
Affirmed
Smith v. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Comp. Div.
Affirmed
Bila v. Accurate Telecom
Affirmed
Haynes v. Wyoming Workers' Comp. Div.
Affirmed
Sheneman v. Internal Hearing Unit (Sheneman II)
Affirmed
DeWall v. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Comp. Div.
Affirmed
Bright v. Sheehan Pipeline
Affirmed
Zielinske v. Johnson County Sch. Dist. No. 1
Affirmed
Lyles v. Division of Workers' Comp.
Certified Question answered
Everheart v. S & L Indus.
Affirmed
Sheneman v. Internal Hearing Unit (Sheneman I)
Affirmed
Weaver v. Cost Cutters
Reversed in part
Hendry v. Schneider
Affirmed
In re General Cellular Corp., State Tax Reports (CCH) ¶ 200-13 (Wyo. Bd. of Equal. June 21, 1996)
Reversed
Education
2008
University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
Ph.D.
2001
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
LL.M.
1992
Howard University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1988
Iowa State University
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2021
International Conference on Hate Studies
Paper presentation
2018
International Network of Hate Studies Biennial Conference
Paper Presentation, The Matthew Shepard Canon: A Critical Review
2014
Shepard Symposium for Social Justice
The Matthew Shepard Canon: a Critical Review
2013
Shepard Symposium on Social Justice
Hate Crime Law: What's Next?
2010
The New Hate Crime Law: What Does it Mean?
Hate Crime Law
2010
Reconciliation Speakers Series
The Role of Tribal Courts in the United States Legal System
2009
Fourth Vine Deloria, Jr. Indigenous Studies Symposium
Indigenous Studies - Law, Policy, and Identity Issues
2006
Matthew Shepard Symposium
Hate Crime Law
2005
Canadian Law & Society Association Conference
Theorizing Rights and Redress
Publications
2002
Howard Scroll: The Social Justice Law Review
Back to the Future: An Houstonian Approach to Environmental Justice
2002
Journal of Land, Resources, and Environmental Law
'TRU' Cooperative Federalism: Radioactive Waste Transportation Safety in the West, an Experiment on the Frontiers of Cooperative Regulation
2001
Howard Law Journal
Hate Crimes: A View from Laramie, Wyoming's First Bias Crime Law, the Fight Against Discriminatory Crime, and a New Cooperative Federalism
2000
Wyoming Lawyer
Profile, William Jefferson Hardin: Two Stories about Wyoming's First Black Legislator, Wyoming Lawyer (Feb. 2000)
2000
American Law Reports (ALR)
Annotation, Workers’ Compensation: Availability, Rate, or Method of Calculation of Interest on Attorney's Fees or Penalties
1995
Wyoming Lawyer
Appellate Practice in Wyoming, Wyoming Lawyer (Feb. 1995)
1993
Howard Scroll: The Social Justice Law Review
"Fruhmenschen": German for COINTELPRO
1991
National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL)
FBI v. The First Amendment Conference Handbook, Newsclippings and Documents: A History of FBI Abuses Past and Present (NCARL, Washington, DC 1991)