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Featuring Laura B. Wolf, Founder of Spark Justice Law
About Spark Justice
Spark Justice Law is a civil rights and employment law firm founded by Laura B. Wolf that focuses on representing individuals facing discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other civil rights violations. The firm's mission is to drive meaningful change within communities through client-centered representation.
What sets Spark Justice Law apart?
For Laura, it comes down to putting the client, not the case, first. "It matters so much more about the client being happy and healthy holistically than it is solely about their case," she says. Rather than focusing on maximizing a payout, Spark Justice Law asks: what does this person need to process this experience and move forward in their life?
Community Involvement
Laura traces her community-mindedness back to her grandfather, who raised her every summer and modeled quiet, consistent care for neighbors in need. "I just watched it," she says. "It just immediately became the type of person I am."
That ethos shapes how the firm gives back. Spark Justice Law's primary form of community support is pro bono and low-bono representation. They take on cases based on need rather than potential earnings, including limited-scope appearances in federal court where the firm meets with litigants, reviews their cases, and helps them understand realistic outcomes, with no financial stake in the result.
The community issues closest to the firm's heart include access to justice, protecting survivors from retaliatory lawsuits, and, most recently, a case involving Colorado's cooperation with ICE, an issue Laura says resonates deeply with her as a Jewish person raised on the phrase "never again."
Connection to RMvlc
Laura's relationship with RMvlc began nearly a decade ago, when she joined RMvlc's Board of Directors after representing a sexual assault survivor through a difficult trial. What started as a chance to learn more about victims' rights became an enduring commitment to supporting RMvlc's work and their shared values.
The aspect of RMvlc's mission that resonates most: elevating survivors' voices. "I think our role as advocates is also to empower the people we're with to speak for themselves," Laura says. She sees this firsthand with mutual clients working with her firm and RMvlc, and describes watching survivors move from self-blame to recognizing they have both a voice and the right to use it.
Laura compares reporting a crime to being pushed into the middle of a lake and believes, "legal representation means victims don't have to swim through that process alone." In the criminal legal system, victims are not a party to their own case and often have little say in outcomes. RMvlc works for change that every day.
Her message on supporting survivors is simple: believe people. "No one chooses this... the amount of bravery it takes, and the amount of selflessness it takes to report — so it doesn't happen to someone else — is beyond comprehension."
A Message to the RMvlc Community
"RMvlc is the real deal," Laura says. "The amount of genuine care that goes into the work and the representation is something that is really, really rare to find." She hopes to see the organization grow so it can reach even more people across Colorado, and reminds the community that being a crime victim "is not something you ask for" — it can happen to anyone, which is exactly why supporting RMvlc means investing in a safety net for us all.
What Inspires Her
Laura often tells clients they're standing in a dark forest, unsure when the sun will rise. What she can promise them: she's been in that forest before, she knows the way, and she won't leave their side. "That's kind of my big motivator," she says. "In your darkest moments, I want people to feel like they have someone."
Spark Justice Law is a proud supporter of the
Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center
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RMvlc is incredibly grateful to Spark Justice Law for their generous support and their commitment to ensuring victims and survivors have access to justice. Their partnership helps us provide critical legal services and advocacy to victims across Colorado.
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