Sam A. Soule' is the former 3rd Judicial Circuit Court Judge, who served Sweetwater County for twenty-five and a half years, from July 2, 1981 to December 31, 2006. He was appointed to the bench by then Governor Ed Herschler.

From April, 1975 to June, 1981, he was a Senior Assistant Attorney General and was second in command of the Wyoming Attorney General's Office.

Before going to the A.G.'s office, he was a prosecutor for a short period for Albany County, Wyoming, and served as a bailiff on a major murder trial and maintained a private practice in Laramie.

Sam is married to Debora Thaxton Soule'. They have two daughters, one of whom graduated with honors from the University of Wyoming. He is also the father of four other children from his first marriage.

Sam served in the United States Army from 1960 to 1963 and was stationed in West Germany when the Berlin Wall was constructed. He was later stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, during the Cuban Missile Crisis era of American / Cuban relations.

Sam's hobbies include reading and now learning how to ride a Honda 4 wheeler. He finally concluded that, at age 71, he had gotten too old to ride and team rope.