Ryan A. Semerad

Ryan A. Semerad leads Fuller & Semerad, LLC, as its managing partner. He defends the rights of individuals, businesses, and government entities in state and federal courts across Wyoming.


In his criminal practice, Ryan regularly represents individuals in high-stakes matters involving aggravated assault and battery, sexual assault, murder, vehicular homicide, or high-value theft or fraud charges. In his civil practice, Ryan has litigated cases involving millions of dollars in claims relating to contract disputes, fraud, and real property rights. In his appellate practice, Ryan has represented clients in civil, criminal, and constitutional matters before the Nevada Supreme Court, the Wyoming Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.


Ryan is often asked to give public presentations and write articles on legal issues, including Second Amendment Rights, public-land access rights, and unique issues of Wyoming law. Ryan has been invited to speak in Oregon, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming. Ryan has published two law review articles for the Wyoming Law Review, one law review article for the Ohio State Law Journal, and several opinion pieces in statewide publications in Wyoming.


Ryan is a graduate of Union College (NY) and the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He began his legal career at Jones Day in Cleveland, Ohio. Ryan then clerked for the Honorable Michael P. Gibbons of the Nevada Court of Appeals in Las Vegas, Nevada. After his clerkship, Ryan practiced in Las Vegas at Holland & Hart LLP. Ryan and his family relocated to Casper, Wyoming in 2020.

Ryan is an active member of the bar in Wyoming. He is admitted to the bar, but inactive in Ohio and Nevada.


Ryan is a board member of the Community Recreation Foundation, the immediate past-chair of the Criminal Justice Section of the Wyoming State Bar, and a member of the Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions Committee. He is also a member of the National Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association.


Ryan lives in Casper, Wyoming, with his wife, his son, his daughter, and his dog.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

  • USA v. R.J.,No. 25-CR-132-KHR(D. Wyo. 2026)
    - Following filing of motion to suppress evidence, government agreed to dismiss felony strangulation charge in exchange for misdemeanor assault charge.
  • State v. Kolbet, No. CR-2025-0005477 (D. Ct. Wyo. 2025)
    - Following jury trial, client found not guilty of felony interference with custody charge.
  • State v. Bowles, No. CR-2025-0152 (Cir. Ct. Wyo. 2025)
    - Following initial felony strangulation and domestic battery charges, state reduced charges to misdemeanor domestic battery and client found not guilty of all charges following jury trial.
  • State v. Wade, No. CR-2025-0240 (Cir. Ct. Wyo. 2025)
    - Following court order granting motion to suppress evidence, state dismissed drug charges.
  • State v. Hoskins, No. CR-2024-1798 (Cir. Ct. Wyo. 2025)
    - Following filing of motion to suppress evidence, state dismissed DUI charge.
  • Iron Bar Holdings, LLC v. Cape, 131 F.4th 1153 (10th Cir. 2025)
    - Holding that the Unlawful Inclosures of Public Lands Act of 1885 prohibits landowners from eliminating all access to checkerboarded public land, including by suing corner-crossers for trespass.
  • State v. Vigil, No. 2024-CR-0008320 (D. Ct. Wyo. 2025)
    - Following jury trial, jury hung on client's second-degree murder charge and not-guilty-by-reason-of-mental-illness defense.
  • State v. Kohler, No. CR-2024-1099 (Cir. Ct. Wyo. 2024)
    - Following a bench trial, client found not guilty of marijuana DUI.
  • State v. Nania, No. CR-2022-23002 (D. Ct. Wyo. 2024)
    - Following jury trial, client found not guilty of two counts of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual assault but guilty of one count of third-degree sexual assault.
  • Minter v. State, 2023 WY 35, 527 P.3d 1249 (Wyo. 2023)
    - Holding that the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation's practice of registering individuals as sex offenders before verifying their criminal history was illegal.
  • Schneider v. State, 2022 WY 31, 505 P.3d 591 (Wyo. 2022)
    - Establishing the legal standard that applies to removal of lifetime ignition interlock device requirements.
  • State v. Griffith, No. CR-2021-34 (D. Ct. Wyo. 2021)
    - Following jury trial, client found not guilty of sexual abuse of a minor charges.
  • State v. Thompson, No. CR-2021-80 (Cir. Ct. Wyo. 2021)
    - Following jury trial, court granted motion for judgment of acquittal on endangering children charge.
  • Chur v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court of Nevada, 136 Nev. 68, 458 P.3d 336 (Nev. 2020)
    - Holding that allegations of gross negligence are insufficient to state a claim against corporate directors or officers because N.R.S. 78.138(7)(b) requires a claimant to show the director or officer had knowledge that the alleged conduct was wrongful.

Call ryan at (307) 265-3455 for a free consultation.