The Fuller & Semerad Law Firm

I told a partner I worked for at a civil firm that I was going into private criminal defense. He quipped: “Good luck getting opportunities to sharpen your writing skills doing criminal cases.” Well…. February 2025 was a pretty decent “writing” month for our criminal defense and family law shop. Here’s what Ashlee Neves and I have been up to: - drafted and filed a motion to transfer a teenage client’s aggravated assault case to juvenile court. - drafted and filed a motion challenging Wyoming’s criminal gambling statute on vagueness grounds - drafted and filed a motion to suppress statements made during a custodial interrogation in a multimillion dollar theft case based on our client’s unequivocal request for counsel - turned a second round set of edits on my public lands/political question law review article All the while, Lindsey Hunt and Ashlee had another custody trial where they kicked butt. Decision pending. Oh—and—we signed up a few more clients and had four contested sentencing hearings in 3 counties! We’ll try to rest our sizzling keyboards and balding snow tires this weekend. Onward to March. #February2025 #recap #legalwriting #criminaldefense

Always up to talk about #cornercrossing or, as I prefer to call it, #cornerlocking in the American West. Had a wonderful group to talk shop with this past week in Cheyenne. Many thanks to Bryce Dorr, P.E., M.S., Garrett Zimmer, Jeff Young, and the rest of the officers and organizers of the Wyoming Engineering and Surveying Society’s 105th Annual Convention for having me tell some stories and share some information. #Wyoming #engineering #surveying #publiclands

Off to the Second Annual Western Agricultural & Environmental Law Conference. Looking forward to learning from the expert presenters and sharing my 2 cents on the balance between public land access and private property rights. #aglaw #nalc #cornercrossing #publicland