Deborah Roden

Deborah Roden is the Managing Partner of Woodhouse Roden Ames & Brennan, LLC in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on business representation, civil litigation, juvenile representation, and criminal defense. She handles complex civil and criminal matters in state and federal courts at both trial and appellate levels and also represents clients in administrative matters, including proceedings involving professional and licensing boards.

Roden earned a J.D. with Honors from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 2004. She received a B.A. in Mathematics with Honors and a minor in Spanish from the University of Wyoming in 1999. Her analytical training and legal education support a litigation practice that requires detailed command of evidence, procedure, and complex factual records across business, criminal, juvenile, and administrative cases.

Roden began her legal career as a law clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge William C. Beaman. She later became an associate at the firm and has served as Managing Partner since 2009. Her published cases include matters before the Wyoming Supreme Court and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, including criminal, juvenile, civil, and federal appellate decisions. She also represents Wyoming businesses in areas such as telecommunications, land use and development, retail services, and construction.

Deborah Roden has been recognized as a Mountain States Super Lawyers Rising Star and by The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 and is an alumna of the Trial Lawyers College. She has served on Criminal Justice Act committees and panels and was appointed to the Practitioner’s Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission. Her practice combines frequent courtroom work with appellate, business, and administrative advocacy.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, Woodhouse Roden Ames & Brennan, LLC
• Member, Wyoming State Bar
• Member, Criminal Justice Assistance- (CJA) Standing Committee
• Member, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals – CJA Panel
• Member, Laramie County Bar Association
• Appointed Member, Practitioner’s Advisory Group (PAG) to the United States Sentencing Commission

Licensed State

• Wyoming

Education

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

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