Mel C. Orchard III
About Mel C. Orchard III
Mel Orchard tries cases around the country and has record-breaking verdicts in many jurisdictions including Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and Iowa, with settlements and verdicts over 33 years totaling in the hundreds of millions of dollars. He has been inducted into several invitation-only organizations recognizing legal excellence and ethical integrity, including the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers, Inner Circle of Advocates, American College of Trial Lawyers, and The Summit Council. Mel devotes significant time to pro bono work through Lawyers and Advocates for Wyoming and numerous local and national charities. He is a senior faculty member at The Trial Lawyers College, where he has taught for more than 15 years, and is a founding member of Trial School, dedicated to improving the trial skills of lawyers across the country.
Notable case results
A Black Hawk County jury returned a $13.6 million verdict for Jarvis Lee Boggs, paralyzed when a Waterloo police officer ran a red light at 61 mph without lights or siren and slammed into his car at 12:45 a.m. on New Year's Eve 2008.
In Iowa automobile accident case (with partner G. Bryan Ulmer III)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
