Judges
David Singleton, Judge
Judge Singleton grew up in Cheyenne and went to East High—GO T-BIRDS! He attended the University of Wyoming for both his undergraduate degree and his law degree. He has prosecuted cases at the federal, state, and municipal levels. He was appointed as a Municipal Court Judge in 2021.
Ronn Jeffrey, Juvenile Judge
Judge Jeffrey has spent all of his adult life helping young people become productive, law-abiding citizens. It began in 1971, a year before he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Chadron State College
That summer he was the only employee of the Office of Juvenile Probation established by the Cheyenne Municipal Court to help troubled youths. In large part, due to its success, immediately upon his graduation the following May, Jeffrey was appointed the first director of the Office of Youth Alternatives in his hometown.
He was given the authority to establish programs that would assist young people whose lives were unsettled and lacking direction. In many cases, they had drawn the attention of law enforcement officers, but the goal was to find strategies so they would not become entrenched in the court system. His efforts were so successful that he remained the Youth Alternatives director for 42 years until he retired in May 2014.
Even though he does not have a law degree, the mayor of Cheyenne, citing Jeffrey’s “many years of steering juveniles straight,” appointed him the Juvenile Court Judge for the Cheyenne Municipal Court in 2006. He continues in that capacity and has been recognized many times for service to his community and beyond.
Thousands of youths, often between 500 and 600 annually, and their families have benefited from Jeffrey’s life work. He believes in spending time with children, listening to them, caring about their concerns, sharing activities and providing positive role models to steer them along a path of personal accountability.