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About Paula Slaughter
Paula Slaughter is a litigation attorney at The Wilhite Law Firm in Colorado. She specializes in personal injury cases involving accidents and injuries caused by others.
Slaughter regularly appears in trials and has achieved multiple jury verdicts and 7-figure settlements, with notable case results including settlements of $9.5M, $5.3M, $4.8M, $4M, $3.5M, and $3M.
In public service, she served as Mayor Pro Tem for the City of Glendale (2010-2016), as Vice-Chair of the Planning Commission, as a board member for the Denver Regional Council of Governments, and as a member of the Colorado Municipal League.
She is admitted to the Colorado Bar.
She received the Denver Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 Award in 2019 and was nominated for the Denver Business Journal Outstanding Women in Business Award (2014, 2015).
Proven verdicts and settlements at The Wilhite Law Firm
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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.
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.
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