Larry Lehman | |
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Chief Justice of Wyoming | |
In office 2000 – June 30, 2002 | |
Preceded by | William A. Taylor |
Succeeded by | William U. Hill |
Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court | |
In office July 8, 1994 – December 10, 2004 | |
Appointed by | Mike Sullivan |
Preceded by | G. Joseph Cardine |
Succeeded by | E. James Burke |
Personal details | |
Born | 1945 Iowa City, Iowa |
Died | (aged 59) |
Larry Lee Lehman[1] (July 8, 1945 – December 10, 2004)[2] was a chief justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court.
Born in Iowa City, Iowa, Lehman received a JD from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1976. He practiced with the firm of Vehar, Lehman, Beppler & Jacobson, P.C., in Evanston, Wyoming.
He served as a judge in Uinta County, Wyoming, from 1985 to 1988, and as a state district judge for Albany and Carbon counties. On July 8, 1994, Governor Mike Sullivan appointed Lehman was to a seat on the Wyoming Supreme Court. Lehman became chief justice in 2000, and was the first chief justice to serve a four-year term. He died from brain cancer, a month before he was scheduled to step down.