About Sommer Luther

Sommer D. Luther is a partner at Wagstaff Law Firm with nearly two decades of experience trying personal injury, medical malpractice, and sexual abuse cases. A past president of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, she pairs her courtroom work with legislative advocacy, helping shape and defend Colorado legislation protecting consumers, patients, and injured people. In 2025 she was appointed by Judge Charles Breyer to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in MDL 3084, In Re Uber Technologies Passenger Sexual Assault Litigation, in the Northern District of California. Her sexual abuse practice includes representing survivors in the Boy Scouts of America cases, survivors of former University of Michigan physician Dr. Robert Anderson, and survivors of former Chicago OBGYN Dr. Fabio Ortega in Cook County, Illinois.

She was named CTLA Young Lawyer of the Year in 2012 and inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates in 2017. She is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association, and American Association for Justice. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and her J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and was admitted to the Colorado bar in 2003.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$67.35 millionVerdictTop 20 in Colorado · #3

A Denver jury awarded $67,349,380 in July 2024 after a seven-month-old suffered permanent brain damage when a cardiothoracic surgeon accidentally tied off the infant's aorta during open-heart surgery and the perfusionists failed to detect the resulting loss of blood flow for more than seven hours.

Denver County District Court, Colorado · 2024Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

University of Denver Sturm College of Law
J.D.
University of Florida
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Colorado, admitted 2003

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Denver firms

Leventhal Puga Braley
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$67.35 Million Colorado Record for Infant Brain-Damaged When Surgeon Tied Off Aorta in Heart Surgery
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$27.6 Million Verdict for Newborn Whose E. Coli Sepsis Went Untreated at North Colorado Medical Center
Zaner Law Personal Injury and Car Accident Attorneys
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$16 Million Verdict for Electrocuted Flooring Worker, Colorado's Largest Premises Liability Award
Chod Law, LLC
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Dormer Harpring Denver Personal Injury Lawyers
Dormer Harpring Denver Personal Injury Lawyers
$4 million · Federal Jury Awards $4 Million After Saguache County Jail Staff Ignored Inmate's Suicidal Warnings

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