Trust, Estate, & Family Wealth Planning Attorney
For Carolyn Wiley, protecting what matters most is a passion. With over two decades of legal expertise, Carolyn guides families and individuals through life’s most significant milestones. She blends strategic foresight with deep empathy to help clients navigate marriage, divorce, and legacy planning.
Carolyn believes that every estate plan should reflect a family’s unique story and goals. She crafts tailored wills, trusts, marital agreements, powers of attorney, and business succession plans designed to secure generational wealth and minimize tax liabilities. Having spent years handling highly contested, high-asset divorces, she possesses a rare ability to anticipate future risks and build safeguards directly into her clients’ plans. Whether you are proactively planning for the future or navigating the sensitive probate and trust administration process after losing a loved one, Carolyn serves as a steady, compassionate partner every step of the way.
Leadership & Legal Community Impact
Carolyn is deeply committed to elevating the legal profession and shaping the laws that protect Colorado families. Celebrating over 20 years as an attorney, her leadership roles include:
Colorado Bar Association (CBA): Trust & Estate Section Council Member and Family Law Section Liaison.
Legislative Advocacy: Past-Chair of the Statutory Revisions Subcommittee and current chair of a specialized committee examining how divorce and legal separation affects wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, especially if the ex-spouse’s family member was named in their estate planning document but not removed after the divorce.
Mentorship & Education: Chairs the Arapahoe County Bar Association (ACBA) Mentorship Committee.
Resource Development: Active member of the Orange Book Forms Subcommittee, continuously refining legal resources for practitioners statewide.
Life Outside the Law
Deeply rooted in her community, Carolyn stepped up as a substitute teacher during the covid years and remains a leader in her children’s parent-teacher organizations. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from St. Olaf College, as well as a Master of Arts in International Studies and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver. Carolyn is an accomplished cellist, loves to read, and spends her free time camping, hiking and swimming.