Katie Roberts

Attorney/Shareholder at The Wilhite Law Firm
Denver, CO23 years experienceAdmitted 2002

About Katie Roberts

Katie E. Roberts is an Attorney/Shareholder at The Wilhite Law Firm in Colorado. She has been practicing law since 2002, specializing in workers' compensation and Social Security disability cases.

Roberts joined The Wilhite Law Firm in 2005 and became a managing partner in 2009. She currently oversees both the Workers' Compensation Department and Social Security Disability Department.

She has successfully argued cases in Federal District Court for Social Security clients and presented oral arguments at the Colorado Court of Appeals in workers' compensation matters.

Roberts earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Denver College of Law, after attending Washburn Law School in Topeka, Kansas for two years and completing comparative law study at King's College, London. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Speech Communications from Colorado State University.

She is admitted to the Colorado Bar and is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Education Association, Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group, National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, and Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.

She has been named a Super Lawyer in 5280's Super Lawyers Magazine (2011-2022), received multiple Best of Mile High designations, holds an AV Preeminent rating, and received the Client Champion Gold award (2025).

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Wilhite Law Firm

These results are credited to The Wilhite Law Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$4.51 millionVerdictTop 20 in Colorado · #19

A Boulder jury awarded $5.3 million to a man who fractured his spine after falling from an unsteady ladder when the homeowner walked away without warning.

Boulder District Court · 2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$387,000

A University of Colorado basketball player was struck from behind in a Denver alley by a police patrol car and dragged beneath it when the officer reversed. After a four-day trial, a Denver jury found the officer 90% at fault and awarded $579,795.65 in damages. The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act cap, which includes costs and interest, limited the judgment to $387,000, and the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed in May 2025. The Colorado Supreme Court denied review that September.

Denver District Court, Colorado · 2022Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Colorado State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Colorado, admitted 2002
Colorado Bar Association
Workers' Compensation Education Association
Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group
National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyer (5280 Super Lawyers Magazine, 2011-2022)
Best of Mile High
AV Preeminent rating
Client Champion Gold (2025)

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.