Ruth Summers represents clients in criminal and civil court at all stages of the legal system, including those involved in investigations as targets or witnesses. Ms. Summers has handled hundreds of criminal and juvenile cases and has won not guilty verdicts and dismissals on a wide range of charges, including DUI, drug charges, domestic violence, assault, vehicular assault, aggravated robbery, sexual assault, and first-degree murder. Ms. Summers has won appeals in the Colorado Supreme Court, the Colorado Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Ms. Summers earned her Bachelor and Law Degrees from the University of Colorado in Boulder. She was Associate Editor for the University of Colorado Law Review, and received internships with the Colorado Supreme Court, the Colorado Civil Rights Division, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Ms. Summers was an attorney for Colorado’s Office of the State Public Defender for several years and served on the Colorado Community Corrections Screening Committee and the Juvenile Community Review Board.
The Law Office of Ruth Summers, founded in 2013, fights to protect the freedom and rights of their clients, with the philosophy that no one should face the legal system without an attorney by their side her clients in the criminal justice system, and civil court.
Ms. Summers has spent over a decade protecting clients from charges and punishment.
In 2017, Ms. Summers and co-counsel won a full acquittal for their client charged with First Degree Murder and Aggravated Robbery.
If you are facing charges, your freedom is at stake and you need an attorney who will fight for you.
- Homicide and Manslaughter
- Juveniles Facing Adult Charges
- Sexual Offenses and SOISP Revocations
- Domestic Violence
- Assault
- Aggravated Robbery
- Burglary, Theft, and Trespass
- Drug Offenses
- DUI, Vehicular Eluding, and Vehicular Assault
- Internet Crimes
- Menacing
- Witness Intimidation
- Probation Violations
We will strive to win a favorable and cost-effective outcome in your civil dispute – through negotiation, litigation, mediation or arbitration.
“Ruth Summers has been a savior and helped bring closure to a really terrible time for me. After my company suffered thousands of dollars in property damage and was unable to recover its losses, Ms. Summers won my case in Binding Arbitration, resulting in an award for damages and thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees. Ruth’s professionalism and determination eased my mind and made me feel like I had somebody on my side.” – Kit W., Boulder County, CO
- Suicide Exclusions in Life Insurance Policies
- Insurance issued under the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact
- Personal Injury
- Interstate Compacts and Interstate Commissions
- Protection Orders
We are passionate about helping people gain back their life and freedom. Ms. Summers is prepared to assist you with your appeal or post-conviction claims, including ineffective assistance of counsel, reconsideration or correction of harsh or illegal sentences, and record sealing.
As post-conviction counsel, Ms. Summers has:
- Persuaded the Colorado Court of Appeals that the trial court was wrong to deny her client’s post-conviction claims without a hearing.
- Persuaded the Colorado Supreme Court that insurance-related statute violated constitution, resulting in payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars in life insurance benefits to clients.
- Persuaded the government to agree to a 10 year reduction in her client’s prison sentence because his trial attorney was ineffective.
- Persuaded the court that her client’s life sentence on sexual assault charges was unconstitutional, resulting in resentencing and the client’s release from prison.
- Persuaded the court to reduce her client’s sentence by 24 years, resulting in release from prison.
- Persuaded the government that her client’s trial attorney was ineffective, which resulted in changing charge to a petty offense.
- Secured release for her client to serve the remainder of his prison sentence in his home due to high health risk related to COVID-19.
- Pursued re-sentencing of juveniles given unconstitutional sentences to life without the possibility of parole. http://cjdc.org/wp/cjdcresources/juvenile-life-without-parole/
- Persuaded district courts around Colorado to grant evidentiary hearings in post-conviction cases.
