Frank Chapman | |
Office: | Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Natrona County |
Term Start: | August 12, 1980 |
Term End: | January 13, 1981 |
Preceded: | Edness Kimball Wilkins |
Succeeded: | Esther Eskens |
Children: | 5 |
Birth Date: | 7 October 1950 |
Birth Place: | Craig, Colorado, U.S. |
Residence: | Casper, Wyoming, U.S. |
Education: | University of Wyoming |
Party: | Democratic |
Frank Raymond Chapman (born October 7, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who served in the Wyoming House of Representatives.[1] A 1976 graduate of the University of Wyoming College of Law, he worked as a special assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the Wyoming Attorney General's office before being named public defender of Laramie County in 1977. The following year, he was appointed by Governor Edgar Herschler as Wyoming's first state public defender.[2]
On August 12, 1980, Chapman was appointed by the Natrona County commission to finish the unexpired term of state representative Edness Kimball Wilkins, who died in office the previous month.[1] [3] He sought election to a full term but was unsuccessful.
Chapman is currently a lawyer in private practice.[4] He was president of the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association for the 2016-17 term.