Isaac Sutphin

Isaac Sutphin is a partner at Holland & Hart LLP in Cheyenne who advises clients on litigation and administrative law across several practice areas. His work includes natural resources, oil and gas, environmental matters, business litigation, insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, and FELA defense. He has particular experience with condemnation, land use, and access matters connected to energy infrastructure and other linear development projects.

Isaac earned a J.D. cum laude from J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 2003. He received a B.A. with honors from the University of Wyoming in 1999. His law school activities included service on the executive boards of the BYU Education & Law Journal and the Federalist Society, providing additional experience in legal writing, research, and analysis.

Isaac has negotiated easements and surface use agreements for energy clients and has obtained access rights through condemnation proceedings in state and federal courts. He advises on permitting, licensing, and compliance and has handled complex multiparty litigation, motions, appeals, trials, and alternative dispute resolution. He also works with secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy matters before the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Wyoming.

Isaac Sutphin served as Administrative Partner of Holland & Hart’s Cheyenne office from 2018 through 2022 and is a founding member of the Wyoming Blockchain coalition. Chambers USA has recognized him for Litigation: General Commercial in 2025 and 2026. His practice combines courtroom experience with regulatory and project-development knowledge, helping clients address access, environmental, commercial, bankruptcy, and creditor-rights issues in Wyoming.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Holland & Hart LLP
• Member, Wyoming State Bar
• Member, Laramie County Bar Association
• Member, Ewing T. Kerr American Inns of Court

Licensed State

• Wyoming

Education

• J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Wyoming
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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