Wyoming Attorney General Bruce A. Salzburg

Bruce A. Salzburg was appointed as Wyoming’s 34th Attorney General in August 2007. Bruce was born in 1947 in Massachusetts, the son of a career United States Army noncommissioned officer. After his father’s retirement from the military in 1962, he completed high schooling and served in the United States Army Security Agency from 1965 through 1969, stationed in West Berlin, Germany. Following his service, he returned to the family home in Miami, Florida and obtained his undergraduate (A.B., Economics 1972) and law (J.D. 1975) degrees from the University of Miami.  

After practicing law in the Miami area for a short time, Bruce made Wyoming his home in 1977 and was admitted to State Bar of Wyoming in 1978.

Bruce served as a Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wyoming from 1979 to 1983, representing a number of State agencies. He then went into the private practice of law, specializing in defense of governmental and civil rights claims, personal injury, and employment law. He had been with his firm for the past 24 years.

Bruce is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of Wyoming, the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the United States District Courts for the Districts of Wyoming and Colorado. He has served as counsel of record in more than 40 reported cases.

Bruce has been an active member of the American Inns of Court, a national organization dedicated to professionalism in the practice of law. He is also a member of the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, and the Defense Research Institute.

Bruce and his wife, Phyllis, have been married for 36 years, have two grown sons, and have resided in Cheyenne, Wyoming for nearly 30 years.