Laura B. Wolf

Laura has devoted her career to advocating for individuals suffering from abuses of their civil rights. In her first case, Laura helped secure a nearly $4,000,000 jury verdict on behalf of a woman who had been sexually assaulted by her employer, obtaining legal victories on numerous matters of first impression. Laura’s legal briefing resulted in the court awarding an additional $2.1 million judgment in punitive damages.

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In June 2020, Laura worked with a team of advocates to draft a Motion for Temporary Restraining Order to stop the use of excessive force by the Denver Police Department against non-violent demonstrators in the wake of the George Floyd protests. She led oral argument on the Motion, which was ultimately granted with sweeping directives to curb the use of such force. Days later, state legislators adopted language from the TRO into the historic Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity Act that was passed by the Colorado General Assembly just one week later.

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In June 2025, Laura filed a lawsuit against Colorado Governor Jared Polis seeking to stop him from cooperating with ICE's efforts to unlawfully detain and deport immigrants without due process. After a three-day emergency hearing, Laura's efforts were widely successful, resulting in a court order enjoining the governor from directing state employees to provide the personal identifying information of dozens of immigrants to ICE in response to an administrative subpoena. When ICE issued a nearly identical subpoena in March 2026, Laura successfully argued to expand the injunction to cover that subpoena as well.

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In addition to her courtroom skills, Laura has utilized her legal acumen to secure sizable settlements and significant policy changes on behalf of her clients. Laura’s work on a systemic race discrimination case against the Fort Collins Police Department resulted in the creation of an independent Equal Employment Opportunity Office for use by any officer suffering from discrimination in the workplace, as well as an agreement that the city would take steps to achieve a workforce reflecting the diversity of the community it serves. In a case against a private employer, Laura was able to secure the restoration of religious rights in the workplace after representing approximately 140 individual employees in their Title VII discrimination claims. Laura’s participation in sexual assault cases on school campuses has resulted in significant changes to the reporting and investigation of suspected child abuse by K12 schools within the State of Colorado.

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Laura is incredibly active within the larger legal community, serving on the Board of the Lawyers’ Civil Rights Coalition and the Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center (“RMvlc”). In her role as the former Chairperson of the RMvlc Board, Laura helps to ensure the organization can continue to serve the needs of the many crime victims it interacts with each day, including victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. As a member of the Colorado Women Bar Association’s Public Policy Committee, Laura actively took part in drafting the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, which was passed and signed into law during the 2019 Legislative Session, as well as its amendments that were signed into law during the 2023 Session. In 2020, Laura spent the legislative session advocating for a change to our housing discrimination laws to protect our immigrant population. The Immigrant Tenant Protection Act was signed into law in June 2020.

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Laura is also working to expand access to the civil rights community here in Colorado. Laura has led the charge in planning numerous CLE programs regarding immigration, employment, and disability rights, organizing a Meet & Greet event for law students and lawyers looking to practice in civil rights, and volunteering for and promoting the Federal Pro Se Clinic and the Federal Limited Appearance Program at the Alfred A. Arraj Courthouse.

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Laura graduated as a member of the 2019 COBALT class, an interactive leadership training program designed specifically for lawyers with demonstrated leadership skills and commitment to the legal community. In 2020, the Colorado Bar Association honored Laura with the Gary McPherson Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year Award.

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Three years later, Towards Justice honored Laura as its 2023 Wage Justice Champion. Laura has also been honored with numerous accolades, including as both a finalist and winner of the Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association Case of the Year Award.

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In the 2021-2022 academic year, Laura became an adjunct professor at the DU Sturm College of Law. In this role, Laura constructed and taught a civil rights seminar entitled Civil Rights Lawyering focused on the ways in which our legal system is failing to protect the civil rights of our community and efforts to create long lasting change.