Sweeney, Melanie A.

Mr. Kepler was admitted to the Wyoming Bar in 1948 and has maintained a general, civil and litigation practice which includes probate, corporations, limited liability companies, business law, taxation, and oil and gas law.

Mr. Kepler was a Professor of Business Law at the University of Wyoming (1948-1949), Assistant Professor of Law and Professor of Taxation at the University of Oklahoma College of Law (1950-1952), and was a Visiting Professor, Trusts and Estates, at the University of Wyoming College of Law, 1977.

After serving as General Attorney for Husky Oil Company in Cody, Wyoming, from 1952 to 1960, Mr. Kepler became a partner in Simpson, Kepler & Simpson, which is now Simpson, Kepler & Edwards, the Cody, Wyoming Division of Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P. C., Mr. Kepler is currently Of Counsel to the firm.

Mr. Kepler's extensive contributions to his community and the legal profession include:

• 1967 -1969, Wyoming Bar Commissioner,
• 1972 - present, Life Member, National Conference on Uniform State Laws,
• 1973 - 1977, Member, Wyoming Judicial Nominating Commission,
• 1976 - 1981, Member; and 1979 - 1980, Chairman, State Board of Bar Examiners,
• 1985 - 1989, Member, Board of Litigation for the Mountain States Legal Foundation,
• 1986 - 1995, Director, The Salk Institute,
• 1989 - present, Director, Wyoming Centennial Community Foundation, Trustee Buffalo Bill Memorial Association, Director and President of the Paul Stock Foundation.

Charles G. Kepler has been recognized as a Best Lawyer in America in the specialties of Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Real Estate Law and Trusts and Estates, 1993-2011. He is also recognized as one of a distinguished group of attorneys who has been listed in Best Lawyers for 10 years or longer. Best Lawyers publishes a book each year listing those individuals who are recognized as professionals who continue their education in an effort to stay current in their chosen profession and continue to distinguish themselves among their peers. The book is considered to be, professionally, the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Mr. Kepler was chosen as a member of this distinguished group because he has displayed an exemplary commitment to his profession, his community and to his clients.