About Annika
Annika Adams is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice on insurance recovery, personal injury, and complex civil rights matters.
Before joining the firm, Annika practiced at a Denver-based civil rights law firm, where she represented clients in federal and state courts in cases involving conditions of confinement, police misconduct, and claims brought under § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. She secured favorable settlements and denials of dispositive motions on behalf of individuals pursuing claims against government officials, medical providers, and other entities. She has extensive experience drafting and arguing substantive pleadings, managing discovery, and representing clients in mediation and trial preparation.
Originally from Tennessee, Annika earned her B.A. in English, cum laude, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where a constitutional-law class sparked her interest in civil rights advocacy. Annika went on to attend law school at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she spent two years as a student attorney in the Civil Rights Clinic. At the Clinic she litigated constitutional claims, co-authored an amicus brief, and advocated for the rights of incarcerated individuals. She also worked as a Sattler Civil Rights Fellow with the Colorado Lawyers Committee and as an intern for a Denver civil rights practice.
Annika remains committed to pro bono service and professional leadership. She has volunteered with the Colorado Bar Association’s Federal Pro Se Clinic and Civil Rights Section, where she served as Vice Chair, and she previously sat on the Colorado Lawyers Committee Young Lawyers Division Board. She has also been involved with the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado’s Civil Pro Bono Panel.
Her work has been recognized by her peers. She has been named to Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2025–2026) and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America in Civil Rights Law (2026).
Outside of work, she enjoys spending time outdoors, reading anything from constitutional law history to Jane Austen to Haruki Murakami, cooking and baking for friends and family, and listening to her collection of nearly 300 vinyl records.
