Firm Overview
For over thirty-five years, Winship & Winship, P.C. has been in Casper and representing the citizens of Wyoming. As a full-service law firm, we advise and represent discerning clients in every level of state and federal courts in the following areas of practice: Bankruptcy Law, Business and Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Estate Planning, Bad Faith, Insurance Law, Class Actions, Litigation and Appeals, Natural Resources Law, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Professional Malpractice Law, Real Estate Law.
Winship & Winship offers top notch representation for persons severely injured by the negligence of others.
With serious injuries, you endure enough pain, suffering and confusion. You need not face the insurance company alone. Our firm will deal with the corporate lawyers and insurance adjusters for you. We will work to get you the compensation that you deserve. We are dedicated to looking at the whole person when a new client comes to us.
So often, a personal injury victim becomes an individual in financial hardship, with no option other than to seek the protection of the bankruptcy laws. Winship & Winship, P.C., has one of the leading bankruptcy practices in the State of Wyoming. Attorney Stephen Winship is the only attorney in the central Wyoming area certified in both Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Laws by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification. Personal injury victims are also often victimized by their insurer. For that reason, we also have extensive experience in insurance bad faith actions.
We are a small firm with state-of-the-art technology to provide services in a timely, ethical, and professional manner. Our approach focuses on each client’s background, needs, and goals. We respond to client calls promptly, report on cases regularly, and minimize our clients’ risk by keeping them abreast of relevant changes in the law.
Winship & Winship, P.C. has a long tradition of public service that remains a cornerstone of our firm culture and philosophy. Our years of experience, dedication to quality, and understanding of the law are the foundations upon which our firm is built.
NOTABLE CASES
Chapter 11 Representation
In re Red Eagle Oil, Inc. – Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 11-20857 (plan confirmed)
In re US Bentonite, Inc., et al. – Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 13-20211 (pending)
In re MTR, LLC – Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 12-21233 (plan confirmed)
In re Hildebrand – Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 12-20909 (plan confirmed)
In re Marmc Transportation, Inc. – Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 10-20653 (plan confirmed)
Appellate Work
Miller v. United States Trustee – 10th Cir. BAP Case No. WY 14-002
Randy L. Royal, Trustee v. First Interstate Bank and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. – 10th Cir. BAP Case No. 11-111
Gary A. Barney, Chapter 7 Trustee v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. – Wyo. S. Crt. Case No. S-12-0177
Marmc Transportation, Inc. v. Monster Heavy Haulers, LLC – D. Wyo. Case No. 12-CV-284-ABJ
Hebert v. Randy L. Royal, Chapter 7 Trustee – 10th Cir. BAP Case No. WY 10-080
Creditor Non-Dischargeability Actions
Gebes v. Richards, Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 12-20639, Adv. No. 12-2038
Donna Teeples d/b/a Industrial Hoist and Crane v. Hatfield, Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 12-20063, Adv. No. 12-02034
Computer Professionals Unlimited, Inc. v. Widdoss, Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 13-20583, Adv. No. 13-02034
Winship & Winship offers top notch representation for persons severely injured by the negligence of others.
With serious injuries, you endure enough pain, suffering and confusion. You need not face the insurance company alone. Our firm will deal with the corporate lawyers and insurance adjusters for you. We will work to get you the compensation that you deserve. We are dedicated to looking at the whole person when a new client comes to us.
So often, a personal injury victim becomes an individual in financial hardship, with no option other than to seek the protection of the bankruptcy laws. Winship & Winship, P.C., has one of the leading bankruptcy practices in the State of Wyoming. Attorney Stephen Winship is the only attorney in the central Wyoming area certified in both Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Laws by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification. Personal injury victims are also often victimized by their insurer. For that reason, we also have extensive experience in insurance bad faith actions.
We are a small firm with state-of-the-art technology to provide services in a timely, ethical, and professional manner. Our approach focuses on each client’s background, needs, and goals. We respond to client calls promptly, report on cases regularly, and minimize our clients’ risk by keeping them abreast of relevant changes in the law.
Winship & Winship, P.C. has a long tradition of public service that remains a cornerstone of our firm culture and philosophy. Our years of experience, dedication to quality, and understanding of the law are the foundations upon which our firm is built.
NOTABLE CASES
Chapter 11 Representation
In re Red Eagle Oil, Inc. – Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 11-20857 (plan confirmed)
- Representation of Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession, a Wyoming based fuel distributor and owner of gas stations/convenient stores across Wyoming and Montana.
In re US Bentonite, Inc., et al. – Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 13-20211 (pending)
- Representation of Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession, a Wyoming business that was formed to acquire, mine, process and market high quality Wyoming sodium bentonite and related products and technologies.
In re MTR, LLC – Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 12-21233 (plan confirmed)
- Representation of Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession (single asset real estate), a real estate holding company.
In re Hildebrand – Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 12-20909 (plan confirmed)
- Representation of individual Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession, an owner/operator of a licensed chiropractic center in Gillette, Wyoming.
In re Marmc Transportation, Inc. – Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 10-20653 (plan confirmed)
- Representation of Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession, a Wyoming corporation in the business of moving oil drilling rigs to and from drilling and well sites.
Appellate Work
Miller v. United States Trustee – 10th Cir. BAP Case No. WY 14-002
- Issue: Whether income must be both “received” and “derived” during the applicable six-month look back period in order to be included in “current monthly income” for purposes of 11 U.S.C. §101(10A)(A).
Randy L. Royal, Trustee v. First Interstate Bank and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. – 10th Cir. BAP Case No. 11-111
- Issue: Whether the Chapter 7 Trustee could avoid a mortgage pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 544 if: (1) the mortgagee of record is different than the note holder; (2) the mortgagee of record cannot enforce the underlying debt; or, (3) the mortgage fails to comply with Wyoming mortgage notice statutes.
- Pending appeal in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals – Case No. 13-8003.
Gary A. Barney, Chapter 7 Trustee v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. – Wyo. S. Crt. Case No. S-12-0177
- Issue: Certified question from the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Wyoming as to the effect of Wyoming mortgage notice statutes on the Chapter 7 Trustee’s avoidance powers under 11 U.S.C. § 544.
Marmc Transportation, Inc. v. Monster Heavy Haulers, LLC – D. Wyo. Case No. 12-CV-284-ABJ
- Issues: Whether the lower court abused its discretion by denying various discovery requests; Whether the lower court erred in its application of the law to the applicable facts; Whether the lower court erred by refusing to grant a setoff on the judgment awarded to the debtor-in possession.
Hebert v. Randy L. Royal, Chapter 7 Trustee – 10th Cir. BAP Case No. WY 10-080
- Issue: Whether that portion of an income tax refund directly traceable to the debtor’s 401(k) retirement fund and unemployment benefits paid under the Wyoming Employment Security Law are exempt pursuant to Wyoming statute.
Creditor Non-Dischargeability Actions
Gebes v. Richards, Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 12-20639, Adv. No. 12-2038
- Creditor representation objecting to the discharge of certain debt pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(2), (4) and (6).
Donna Teeples d/b/a Industrial Hoist and Crane v. Hatfield, Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 12-20063, Adv. No. 12-02034
- Creditor representation objecting to discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(3) and (4) and objecting to certain debt pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(4) and (6).
Computer Professionals Unlimited, Inc. v. Widdoss, Bankr. D. Wyo. Case No. 13-20583, Adv. No. 13-02034
- Creditor representation objecting to the discharge of certain debt pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(2) and (8)(A)(ii).