2025
Ryan Schelhaas was named interim Wyoming Attorney General by Governor Mark Gordon in May 2025 following the departure of Attorney General Bridget Hill, who joined the Wyoming Supreme Court. AG Schelhaas joined the Wyoming Attorney General’s office in 2003, and has served as chief deputy attorney general since 2019. He previously spent more than a decade in the Civil Division of the attorney general’s office including as both deputy and section supervisor. Before joining the attorney general’s office, AG Schelhaas...
Ryan Schelhaas was named interim Wyoming Attorney General by Governor Mark Gordon in May 2025 following the departure of Attorney General Bridget Hill, who joined the Wyoming Supreme Court. AG Schelhaas joined the Wyoming Attorney General’s office in 2003, and has served as chief deputy attorney general since 2019. He previously spent more than a decade in the Civil Division of the attorney general’s office including as both deputy and section supervisor. Before joining the attorney general’s office, AG Schelhaas worked as a civil litigator at Hirst Applegate in Cheyenne.
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