Scott W. Skavdahl

Scott Wesley Skavdahl (born 1966) is a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming.

Biography

Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, graduating high school at Sioux County High School, Scott W. Skavdahl received his B.S. (1989) and J.D. (1992) from the University of Wyoming. At the University of Wyoming, Skavdahl was an active member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Skavdahl worked as a litigation associate at Brown & Drew (now Brown, Drew & Massey) from 1992 to 1994. From 1994 to 1997, Skavdahl served as a judicial law clerk to Chief Judge William F. Downes of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. From 1997 to 2003 Skavdahl worked at the law firm of Williams, Porter, Day & Neville. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as a part-time federal magistrate judge. In 2003 Skavdahl became a judge on the Seventh Judicial District Court, in Casper, Wyoming upon appointment by Gov. Dave Freudenthal. On January 31, 2011 Skavdahl left the state bench to once more become a full-time federal magistrate judge.