Bradley D. Bonner

Bradley D. Bonner is a partner at Bonner Crandall Beckett in Cody, Wyoming. His civil practice includes complex commercial litigation, business separations, and catastrophic personal injury matters. He also serves as a mediator and arbitrator, working with parties to explore resolution outside trial. His work takes him across Wyoming and, at times, into matters in other states.

Bonner earned a J.D. with honors from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1992 and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Wyoming in 1987. He was elected to the Order of the Coif and worked on the Land and Water Law Review. He also completed professional training at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and the Harvard Negotiation Institute, supporting his litigation and mediation work.

After law school, Bonner practiced with a civil trial firm in Casper before returning to Park County in 1997. He later practiced in Cody and Powell and opened Bonner Law Firm in 2012. His experience in contested business and injury cases informs his work with clients preparing for negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or trial. He approaches disputes with an understanding of when compromise may serve a client’s interests.

Bonner served as president of the Wyoming State Bar in 2014 and 2015 and previously sat on the Wyoming Board of Law Examiners. His firm profile also lists service on the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees and the Equal Justice Wyoming Board of Commissioners. He has been listed by Mountain States Super Lawyers. Bradley D. Bonner combines trial experience with dispute resolution training to help clients assess difficult choices and move matters forward.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Bonner Crandall Beckett
• Elected President, Wyoming State Bar (2014-2015)
• Board Member, Wyoming State Bar Foundation (2013-2016)
• Board of Commissioners, Equal Justice Wyoming (2016-Present)
• Member, Dispute Resolution Section, American Bar Association
• Member, Park County, Wyoming Bar Association
• Member, Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, American Association for Justice
• Board of Trustees, University of Wyoming (2019 – Present)
• Board Member, Print, Inc./Powell Tribune (2003-Present)
• Board Member, First Bank (2002-Present)
• Board of Trustees, Northwest College (2002-2006)
• Board of Directors -2108, Northwest College Foundation (2001)
• Member, Association for Conflict Resolution

Licensed State

• Wyoming

Education

• University of Wyoming College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Wyoming
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Journalism

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