Michael K. Davis (born January 16, 1952) is a former justice of the

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; he served on the court from 2012 to 2022. He received a

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summa cum laude from

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in 1977, and a

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with Honor from the

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in 1980. He practiced law with the firm of Yonkee and Toner in Sheridan from 1980 to 2006, and from a Cheyenne branch office of the firm from 2006 until 2008, when he became a district judge. He is a Judicial Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Davis retired on January 16, 2022.

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