[2] Urbigkit lost his bid for a second term in a retention election in November 1992.
[3] In 1987, Urbigkit was credited by the New York Times for advancing the use of the word "conclusory" in jurisprudence.
[4] Born in Burris, Wyoming to Walter C. and Bertha (Miller) Urbigkit, he graduated from Fremont County Vocational High School in 1945,[5] and then received a B.A.
from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1951, and served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
[5] He then served as an attorney in the United States Veterans Administration from 1953 to 1955, when he left government to open a private law practice in Cheyenne.