Kendal R. Hoopes

Kendal Hoopes is a native of Star Valley, Wyoming.  He graduated from the University of Wyoming College of Law with honors in 2000 and was inducted as a member of the Order of Coif and the Order of Barristers.  He was a Case Note Editor for the Wyoming Law Review in 1999-2000.  Kendal served as a member of the Wyoming Board of Law Examiners from 2007 through 2011.  He is licensed to practice in both the Wyoming State and Federal Courts, and in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Kendal practices in the transactional and litigation areas affecting landowners in Wyoming.  His practice focuses on oil and gas law, real property, contracts, land use and planning, and agricultural lending.  He also practices in the area of education law and advises school districts with respect to a variety of legal issues.

 Practice Areas:
  • Oil and Gas Law

  • Landowner and Property Matters

  • Legal Counsel for School Districts

  • Board Counsel and General Counsel for Governmental Entities

  • Nonprofits and Businesses

  • Litigation in State, Federal, and Chancery Courts

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Membership / Courts:

2000  Wyoming 

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

United States District Court, District of Wyoming

United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Wyoming

Education:

2000 J.D., University of Wyoming College of Law

1997 B.A., University of Wyoming

Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent®

Order of Coif

Order of Barristers (Pace Moot Court Environmental Law Competition)

1999-2000 Case Note Editor, Wyoming Law Review

2007 – 2011 Wyoming Board of Law Examiners (delete from Honors and Awards)

Corporations – Managers and Members of Limited Liability Companies Will Be Held to Corporate Agency and Personal Liability Principles – Water, Waste, & (and) Land, Inc. v. Lanham, 34 Land and Water Law Review 463 (1999)

Preserve Our Cody Neighborhoods v. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2025 WY 64, 570 P.3d 421 (Wyo. 2025)

EOG Resources, Inc. v. JJLM Land, LLC, 2022 WY 162, 522 P.3d 605 (Wyo. 2022)

EOG Resources, Inc. v. Floyd C. Reno & Sons, Inc., 2020 WY 95, 468 P.3d 667 (Wyo. 2020)

Douglas v. Jackson Hole Land Trust, 2020 WY 69, 464 P.3d 1223 (Wyo. 2020)

Pennaco Energy, Inc. v. Sorenson, 2016 WY 34, 371 P.3d 120 (Wyo. 2016)

Pennaco Energy, Inc. v. KD Co. LLC, 2015 WY 152, 363 P.3d 18 (Wyo. 2015)

Sheridan Newspapers, Inc. v. Bd. of Trs. of Sheridan Cnty. Sch. Dist. # 2, 2015 WY 70, 350 P.3d 266 (Wyo. 2015)

McTiernan v. Jellis, 2013 WY 151, 316 P.3d 1153 (Wyo. 2013)

Omohundro v. Sullivan, 2009 WY 38, 202 P.3d 1077 (Wyo. 2009)

Swinney v. Jones, 2008 WY 150, 199 P.3d 512 (Wyo. 2008)

Milligan-Hitt v. Bd. of Trs. of Sheridan Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 2, 523 F.3d 1219 (10th Cir. 2008)

Mullinnix LLC v. HKB Royalty Trust, 2006 WY 14, 126 P.3d 909 (Wyo. 2006)

In re Estate of Novakovich, 2004 WY 158, 101 P.3d 931, 931 (Wyo. 2004)

Hickman v. Groves, 2003 WY 76, 71 P.3d 256, 256 (Wyo. 2003)

Stang v. McVaney, 2002 WY 53, 44 P.3d 41 (Wyo. 2002)

Kenyon v. Abel, 2001 WY 135, 36 P.3d 1161 (Wyo. 2001)