Kermit C. Brown

Kermit C. Brown is the senior Partner at Brown & Hiser LLC in Laramie, Wyoming, where his practice is concentrated in business law, agricultural law, and estate planning. His work combines transactional counseling with substantial appellate experience. He advises clients on business and agricultural legal issues and has handled matters involving property, government authority, and state law that reached the Wyoming Supreme Court, giving him a broad perspective on complex Wyoming legal questions.

Kermit earned degrees from the University of Wyoming in Animal Husbandry in 1965 and Business Administration in 1966. After serving four years in the US Navy, he returned to the University of Wyoming and earned his law degree from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1973. His education in agriculture, business, and law provides a direct foundation for a practice focused on business planning, agricultural matters, estate planning, and property-related legal issues.

Kermit practiced in Wheatland and Rawlins before moving his practice to Laramie. He has argued seventeen cases before the Wyoming Supreme Court. His appellate work includes Oroz v. Hayes, a significant governmental immunity case, and Riedel v. Anderson, which addressed federal and state jurisdiction over Wyoming state trust lands. These matters reflect experience with constitutional, governmental, property, and public-law issues alongside his continuing business and estate practice.

Kermit C. Brown has served as President of the Wyoming State Bar and has maintained a long-standing Wyoming practice. His combination of agricultural knowledge, business education, estate planning work, and appellate advocacy supports clients facing legal questions tied to ownership, succession, land, public authority, and business operations. His career reflects decades of experience addressing private planning needs and disputed legal issues with statewide significance.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Brown & Hiser LLC
• President, Wyoming State Bar (1994-1995)
• Speaker of the House of Representatives, Wyoming House of Representatives

Licensed State

• Wyoming

Education

• University of Wyoming
  Degree in business administration
• University of Wyoming
  Degree in animal husbandry

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