Denver, Colo. - Sept 3, 2024 - For the second year in a row, three Wagstaff Law Firm attorneys—Aimee Wagstaff, Kathryn Forgie, and Sommer Luther—have been named to The Best Lawyers in America™ 2025 Edition, and Emily T. Acosta was also named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 Edition.

Wagstaff is a Partner of Wagstaff Law Firm, where her practice is focused on the representation of individuals who have been seriously injured by pharmaceuticals, medical devices and exposure to dangerous chemicals. Outside of her practice, Wagstaff founded Women En Mass (WEM)- which is a collective of the best, most feisty, women trial lawyers in America. WEM holds events throughout the year and hosts an annual retreat in Aspen, Colorado each September for its WEMbers to relax and unwind while enjoying Colorado's cool Fall evenings.  For more information, check out www.WomenEnMass.com.

In 2019, Aimee was lead trial counsel in the first and only federal MDL Roundup trial, with the jury awarding over $80,000,000.00 to a single Plaintiff after finding his cancer was caused by exposure to Monsanto's Roundup chemical.

Wagstaff has won numerous awards for commitment to innovation and excellence, including Young Innovator Award (2017), the Joe Tonahill Award (2017), Leading Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Attorney of the Year in Colorado (2020), Top 50 Influential Lawyers (2019), National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyers (2018), and has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America since 2018.

Currently, Wagstaff is Co-Lead of the Roundup and Heavy Metal Baby Food MDLs, and significantly involved in the Camp LeJeune, Paraquat, and Hair Relaxer litigations.

Forgie, who began her career as an Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, for the Territory of Guam, has decades of experience in complex products litigation. In particular, Kathryn previously served as lead and co-lead national counsel and regional counsel in various large, complex litigations including lead national counsel for Bayer Aspirin in the Reyes Syndrome litigation. Her area of interest and expertise developed into running medical and scientific experts on a national, regional and local level for the defense bar.

In 2010, Kathryn saw the light, left the defense bar, and started her own plaintiff-oriented firm, The Law Office of Kathryn M. Forgie. There she, again, coordinated all aspects concerning the medical and scientific experts nationally for the AMO acanthamoeba keratitis litigation and the California JCCP. Kathryn has handled pain pump cases as local counsel and on an individual basis for larger cases in the California JCCP. Wagstaff and Forgie have been partners since 2013, where Forgie's principal area of expertise remains focused on analyzing the medical and scientific basis for claims which seek to demonstrate a causal connection between a particular drug, medical device or pesticide, and a catastrophic complication in humans.

Today, she is intimately involved in the Paraquat, Heavy Metal Baby Food, and Roundup litigations.

Luther, for nearly 20 years, has committed her professional career to pursuing justice on behalf of individuals and families who have been wronged through the acts of others.

Ms. Luther is a current member and past President of the Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association and has been instrumental in legislation that protects the rights of all Coloradans.  Ms. Luther currently serves of the Board of Directors for the Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association and also serves on their Legislative Committee. She is also a member of the Colorado Bar Association, Denver Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice.

Ms. Luther is an award-winning attorney who was named the 2012 Young Lawyer of the Year by the Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association, was elected into the American Board of Trial Advocates in 2017, and has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America since 2018.

Acosta has spent her entire career handling serious personal injury and wrongful death cases. She is a tireless and creative advocate, who has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for clients hurt by dangerous drugs, medical devices, and consumer products. Emily has tried cases alleging defects in a wide range of products, including Roundup weedkiller, Bard IVC filters, transvaginal mesh, talcum powder, and blood thinners, like Pradaxa. She has also represented victims of clerical or other sexual abuse both in court and in private mediations.

Emily has been recognized on a number of occasions by various organizations, including National Trial Lawyers, and Super Lawyers, as one of the best mass tort and product liability attorneys under 40, and been Court-appointed to serve on a number of Plaintiffs' Steering Committees. Emily has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2024.