Emily R. Rankin Partner

Wyoming personal injury attorney Emily R. Rankin has extensive experience representing clients in a wide range of personal injury and wrongful death cases. She has achieved successful outcomes in cases involving catastrophic injuries, complex medical malpractice, civil rights, oil and gas field incidents, sexual assault by authority figures, and trucking accidents.

Emily earned her B.A. in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Arizona and her J.D. from the University of Wyoming Law School in 2000, where she was an invited author and editor of the Wyoming Law Review. Following law school, she served as a law clerk for Justice Marilyn S. Kite at the Wyoming Supreme Court. She joined the Spence Law Firm in 2002 and became the firm’s first female partner in 2009. Emily is a graduate of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College. She is a past President of the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association.

Over the course of her career, Emily has won millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts, including a record-setting $10.165 million-dollar medical malpractice verdict obtained with her partner, G. Bryan Ulmer, III. She holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating, the highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards.

A third-generation Wyomingite, Emily is dedicated to helping injured individuals and families in Wyoming, New Mexico, and across the nation. She believes every person and family facing injury or loss deserves a strong, compassionate advocate by their side during life’s most difficult moments.

Emily is actively involved in the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association and volunteers for Access to Justice, providing legal assistance to low-income individuals. She and her husband are raising their two children in Jackson, Wyoming, and enjoy travel and the outdoors.