Contact Information:

  • Alicia Paxton
  • Administrative Assistant
  • 2301 Capitol Ave.
  • Cheyenne, WY 82002
  • Phone: 307.777.7678
  • Fax: 307.777.3447
  • Email: apaxton@courts.state.wy.us
Elisa Butler
State Court Administrator

Claire Smith
Deputy Administrator/Chief Fiscal Officer

Welcome to the Administrative Office of the Courts

The Wyoming Supreme Court created the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) in 2000. Wyoming’s State Court Administrator is appointed by the Chief Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court and serves at the pleasure of the Supreme Court. The mission of the AOC is to provide administrative, technical, educational, financial, payroll, auditing and human resources support to Wyoming judges and their support staff in an accurate, timely, and efficient manner. Through direction of the Wyoming Judicial Council, the AOC serves as a liaison between the Executive and Legislative Branch, law enforcement, and members of the public.

We are happy to have you visit our website and learn more about us. Our goal is to help the Judicial Branch serve the public.

Links to descriptions of the Judicial Committees and Boards and programs can be found on the home page. If you need help finding information on our website, please do not hesitate to contact us.


Administrative Office of the Courts

State Court Administrator Elisa Butler ebutler@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7238
Deputy Administrator/Chief Fiscal Officer Claire Smith csmith@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7502
Communications Officer Cierra Hipszky chipszky@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.3391
Court Security Officer Joe Hartigan jhartigan@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6528
Administrative Assistant Alicia Paxton apaxton@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7678

Fiscal and Human Resources Division

Deputy Administrator/Chief Fiscal Officer Claire Smith csmith@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7502
Accounting Analyst Shawna Enyeart senyeart@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7620
Accounts Payable/HR Clerk Erica Steiner esteiner@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7583
Internal Auditor Cecilia Toomey ctoomey@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7581
Archiving Specialist Amy Klein-Wingate awingate@courts.state.wy.us 307.365.1614
Human Resources Manager Brenda Reedy breedy@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7629
Human Resources Clerk Julie Balland jballand@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7153

Legal Division

Chief Legal Officer/Director of Chancery Court Ben Burningham bburningham@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6565
Staff Attorney Victor Payne vpayne@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6487
Chancery Court Clerk/Legal Division Paralegal Gena Hansen ghansen@courts.state.wy.us 307.262.3421
State Law Librarian Matt Swift mswift@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.8564
Library Technician Amber Bell abell@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7687

Education Division

Chief Education Officer/Director of CJP Lisa Finkey lfinkey@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7575
Court Process Education Specialist Nicole Hatfield nhatfield@courts.state.wy.us 307.274.1200
Children's Justice Project Coordinator Briana Montoya bmontoya@courts.state.wy.us 307.631.3758
Training Coordinator and Content Creator Rena Mackenzie rmackenzie@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7590
Training Specialist Summer Kelly skelly@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7581

Applications Division

Chief Applications Officer Heather Kenworthy hkenworthy@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7652
Applications Lead Stevie Marsh smarsh@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.2954
Applications Lead Amanda Colwell acolwell@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7042
Applications Team Coordinator Erica Jensen ejensen@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7618
Applications Support Specialist Callie Strode cstrode@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7438
Applications Support Specialist Jane Whitley jwhitley@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7782
Applications Support Specialist Carrie Wilson cwilson@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7642
Applications Training Specialist Vacant 307.777.7723
Applications Configuration Specialist Stephen Gillis sgillis@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6871

Information Technology Division

Chief Technology Officer Nate Goddard ngoddard@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6130
Database Administrator Andy Corbin acorbin@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7633
SQL Developer Amanda Nunn anunn@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7946
Data & Quality Assurance Analyst Shane McCreary smccreary@courts.state.wy.us 307.630.4720
IT Infrastructure Manager Keven McGill kmcgill@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7117
IT Infrastructure Administrator Cassidy Hunt chunt@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.8957
IT Service Manager Tyler Christopherson tchristopherson@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.6224
IT Service Administrator Joe Lucero jlucero@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.7669
IT Service Administrator Dominic Hodgen dhodgen@courts.state.wy.us 307.777.5997
Audio-Visual Services Manager Jayson Dixon jdixon@courts.state.wy.us 307.631.0806