Lawrence P. Bemis

Complex Civil Litigation

8850 Porterloop
Jackson, Wyoming 83001

307-264-1700


Attorneys Fees, Business Law, Civil, Civil Rights, Contract, E-Discovery, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Professional Liability, Professional Malpractice

Trial counsel in complex business disputes, including trade regulation, franchising, class actions, employment laws and contracts, accounting malpractice, products liability, personal injury, business torts, medical malpractice, environmental liability, securities laws, bankruptcy, race discrimination, secured transactions, insurance, and other areas. 

Litigated cases in Pinedale, Wyoming, San Diego and Los Angeles, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Denver, Colorado; Dallas, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Fargo, North Dakota; Toledo, Ohio; New York, New York; Indianapolis, Indiana; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Fort Myers, West Palm Beach, and Sarasota, Florida.

  • Education

University of Illinois School of Law, J.D., 1974
         Member and Managing Editor of the Law Review

Northwestern University, B.A., Speech, 1971
         Hardy Scholar, Member Northwestern University Intercollegiate Debate Team

  • Bar Admissions by Examination

Illinois (1974)
Florida (1986)
California (2001)
Wyoming (2010)

  • Court Admissions

1974 - Supreme Court of Illinois
1975 - United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
1976 - United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1986 - Supreme Court of Florida
1987 - United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
1987 - United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
1988 - United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
1988 - United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
1994 - United States Court of Federal Claims
1996 - United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
1996 - United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
1998 - United States Supreme Court
1999 - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
2001 - Supreme Court of California
2001 - United States District Court for the Central District of California
2010   Supreme Court of Wyoming

  • Memberships, Affiliations, Distinctions

California Bar Association
Wyoming Bar Association
Illinois Bar Association
Florida Bar Association

National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA)
The Sedona Conference (Electronic Document Retention and Production) 2006-2008
Contributing Editor (Florida), Products Liability Desk Book (1995-2000)
Instructor National Institute for Trial Advocacy (Boulder, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida)
Presenter ABA Annual Convention (1989), Honolulu Hawaii, “Computer-Based Document Management Systems”
Presenter, Alberta Bar Association, Calgary, Alberta (1985), “Ancillary Foreign Bankruptcy Proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code of 1984”

8850 Porterloop
Jackson, WY 83001

P: 307-264-1700
P: 310-793-9570
C: 213-948-9590

E: [email protected]