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Azra Taslimi

Azra Taslimi

Phone: 303-578-4400

Fax: 303-578-4401

Email: at@rmlawyers.com

 

 

Azra Taslimi is a civil rights and employment attorney at Rathod | Mohamedbhai LLC, where she represents individuals whose constitutional and statutory rights have been violated. Her practice centers on litigating complex cases involving systemic injustice, including the rights of minors harmed by state actors, victims of excessive force by law enforcement, and employees who have faced discrimination or retaliation based on sex, race, national origin, disability, religion, or sexual orientation.

Azra has been a litigator for over a decade, committed to advancing equal justice, access, and protection under the law. Her advocacy is grounded in a deep belief that the legal system must be used as a tool to confront power, protect the vulnerable, and demand accountability.

In November 2024, she secured a $1 million jury verdict on behalf of a homeless man who was violently beaten and dragged from the lobby of a downtown Denver apartment complex. She is involved in a growing body of litigation representing librarians who have been fired for resisting censorship and refusing to implement politically motivated book bans. She currently represents librarians in Colorado, Texas, and Wyoming in cases that challenge unlawful terminations and protect the integrity of public institutions. She is also at the forefront of defending political expression, representing Pro-Palestinian protestors in a civil rights lawsuit against law enforcement stemming from the 2024 arrests at Auraria Campus, challenging the unlawful use of police power to suppress protected political speech.

Azra’s work reflects a lifelong commitment to protecting those whose rights are denied, whose stories are erased, and whose dignity is threatened, bringing litigation not just to win cases, but to help change the systems that allowed the harm in the first place.

RECENT AWARDS

  • 2025 Colorado Lawyer of the Year by Law Week Colorado
  • 2024 SABA Service and Leadership Award

NOTABLE VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS

  • Jackson v. TFC Partners, et. al. (assault, battery, premises liability, negligence) Nov. 2024 – $1,000,000 million verdict after jury trial
  • Baker v. Llano County et. al. (Race, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity; Retaliation) March 2025 – $225,000
  • Parks v. High Plains Library District, et at., (Race, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity; Retaliation) 2023 – $250,000
  • Waste Farmers v. Rosenthal et al., (Denver Dist. Ct. 2023) (disability, race, sexual orientation, and sexual harassment, and retaliation) – $1,410,000 million verdict after bench trial
  • Student v. Public High School (discrimination) 2024 – $120,000
  • Employee v. Construction Company (race discrimination) 2023 – $105,000
  • Employees v. Fortune 500 Company (gender discrimination, pay disparity) 2023 – $252,500
  • Employees v. Fortune 500 Company (gender discrimination and retaliation) 2023 – $250,000

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • President-Elect: Colorado Women’s Bar Association (2025-2026)
  • Governor Polis’s Executive Clemency Advisory Board (2023-2025)
  • Judicial Nominating Committee Co-Chair: Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (2022-2025)
  • Judicial Nominating Committee Chair: South Asian Bar Association (2022-2025)
  • Board of Governors: Colorado Bar Association (2023-2025)
  • Award Nominations Committee Member: Denver Bar Association (2024)
  • Executive Board: Col­orado Bar Asso­ci­a­tion Civil Rights Sec­tion (2021-2022)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLICATIONS

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Colorado
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado