Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon appointed Keith Kautz as Attorney General on July 7, 2025. Kautz served as a justice on the Wyoming Supreme Court from 2015 until 2024, when he turned 70 and was required by Wyoming’s Constitution to retire from the bench. From 1993 until 2015 he served as a District Court Judge for the Eighth District covering Converse, Goshen, Niobrara and Platte counties. He previously served as a private practice attorney in Torrington as a partner in the firm Sawyer, Warren and Kautz. Kautz grew up in Torrington and earned his Bachelors and Juris Doctorate degrees from the University of Wyoming