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R. Michael Vang
R Michael Vang PC
1050 N. Third Street
Suite #B2
Laramie, WY 82073
Phone: 307-760-3967
Website: rmichaelvangpc.com




About R. Michael Vang
Mr. Vang has handled hundreds of DUI cases and he has obtained numerous favorable results for his clients. Mr. Vang joined the NCDD in 1997 and has been a sustaining member of NCDD since 2000. Mr. Vang was the NCDD Wyoming State Delegate from the time the program was created until December 2016. Mr. Vang has thirty-five (35) reported cases with the Wyoming Supreme Court that address the application of Wyoming’s DUI and implied consent laws. In July 2022, Mr. Vang received the NCDD "Trial Advocacy Award." From 2021-2023, Mr. Vang served as the co-chairperson of the NCDD amici and research committee. Mr. Vang has provided lecturers concerning DUI and implied consent laws for the NCDD, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association (WTLA), the Wyoming State Bar Association (WSBA), the DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA), the Wyoming Governors Conference on Impaired Driving; the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ); and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLEG). Mr. Vang is the only Wyoming attorney awarded the Forensic Lawyer-Scientist Designation by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Chemistry and the Law Division. Mr. Vang has been admitted to practice law in all federal and state courts in the state of Wyoming, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
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