Bailey Stock Harmon Cottam Lopez LLP

Where the firm practices

This is a Wyoming law firm with two offices. One sits in Cheyenne, in the southeast corner of the state. The other is in Afton, in the Star Valley area to the west. That layout lets the firm reach clients on both sides of Wyoming.

The firm works across the state. It also takes on clients in northern Colorado. It runs as a limited liability partnership, a common setup for a practice where several partners share the caseload.

Focus and practice areas

The firm lists seven main areas of work. These are business law, estate planning, personal injury, real estate law, labor and employment law, litigation, and utilities and energy. The mix covers both disputes and steady legal planning.

Personal injury work

Personal injury is one of the broader categories on the site. The listed matters include car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, and pedestrian accidents. The firm also handles dog bites, drunk driving crashes, medical malpractice, premises liability, work injuries, construction accidents, and wrongful death claims.

The firm publishes settlements and verdicts from some of its injury cases, including a car accident matter and a wrongful death trucking case. As a reviewer, I read that as a firm willing to point to its own past results rather than talk in general terms. It gives a reader something concrete to weigh.

Business, property, and estate matters

On the planning side, the firm handles business law, real estate, and estate planning. Estate planning services include wills. Business work covers entity formation, commercial disputes, and contract matters, based on how the partners describe their practices.

Real estate runs through several of the attorney profiles. So does corporate and limited liability work. This side of the firm serves companies and property owners as much as individuals.

How the team is built

The firm names seven attorneys. Two are founding members: Henry F. Bailey, Jr. and Wallace L. Stock. Lance T. Harmon is the managing partner. Douglas W. Bailey, Dale W. Cottam, and Ronald J. Lopez are partners. Andrew D. Bailey works as an associate.

The roster pairs long-tenured founders with newer lawyers. A firm built this way can match senior trial experience with support on day-to-day tasks.

What each attorney handles

Henry F. Bailey, Jr. lists litigation, trial work, personal injury, wrongful death, contract litigation, electric utility law, professional liability, and employment law. Wallace L. Stock covers trial and litigation, personal injury, education law, family law including divorce and child custody, and mediation.

Lance T. Harmon works on estate planning, business planning, real estate, corporate law, taxation, probate, banking, and securities matters. Dale W. Cottam handles business law, commercial disputes, entity formation, and public utilities. Ronald J. Lopez focuses on transactional work, including contracts, corporate and limited liability law, real estate development, creditors' rights, and estate planning.

Douglas W. Bailey focuses on personal injury. Andrew D. Bailey, the associate, works on civil and criminal litigation across areas that include business transactions and workers' compensation.

Backgrounds and training

Several attorneys trained at the University of Wyoming College of Law. Henry F. Bailey, Jr. earned his degrees there, finishing his law degree in 1978. Wallace L. Stock also studied at the University of Wyoming, with a law degree from 1981.

Lance T. Harmon holds a bachelor's degree from Utah State University and a law degree from the University of Wyoming. Dale W. Cottam graduated from Creighton University School of Law in 1993. Ronald J. Lopez and Andrew D. Bailey both completed their law degrees at the University of Wyoming College of Law.

A niche in utilities and energy

One part of the firm's work stands apart from the usual small-firm mix. It lists utilities and energy as a practice area. Three of the attorneys touch this field in their profiles.

Henry F. Bailey, Jr. lists electric utility law. Ronald J. Lopez handles administrative law tied to public utilities. Dale W. Cottam notes public utilities within his business practice. In my opinion, a firm of this size carrying regulatory work of that kind is worth noting, since it calls for knowledge that general practices often skip.

What the experience adds up to

The firm states that its attorneys hold more than 175 years of combined legal experience. That figure covers the whole group, not any single lawyer. Split across seven attorneys, it points to a team with deep roots in Wyoming practice.

The profiles support this in part. Henry F. Bailey, Jr. and Wallace L. Stock both earned degrees in the 1970s. Lance T. Harmon and Dale W. Cottam have practiced since the mid-1990s. The dates line up with a firm that has built up its bench over many years.

The published work spans trial and litigation, personal injury, estate and business planning, real estate, and utility matters. That range fits a firm that serves as a general resource for people and businesses across the state.

How the firm presents itself

The site keeps its claims tied to named people and listed services. It gives the training and practice focus of each attorney. It points to specific injury results rather than broad promises.

For a reader comparing Wyoming firms, that detail helps. As a reviewer, I find a listing easier to trust when it names its lawyers and shows where they trained. This firm does both, and it ties the general claims back to individual profiles.