Wilkinson Stekloff

James Rosenthal is Wilkinson Stekloff’s Managing Partner. James has over a quarter century of experience representing major companies in “bet the company” litigation in trial and appellate courts across the country.

Before joining the firm in 2018, James was Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Altria Client Services, where he managed the class action litigation facing the Altria family of companies, including Philip Morris USA. During his tenure, Philip Morris USA tried four class actions to successful outcomes and eliminated its active class action docket. James also supervised a variety of product liability, regulatory, and commercial litigation.

Before joining Altria in 2011, James was a partner at Arnold & Porter LLP where he specialized in class action and other aggregate litigation.

James was named as a 2020 National Law Journal “Winning Litigator.” In addition, over the course of his career, he has been (1) recommended by the Legal 500 for Antitrust, Product Liability, Mass Tort & Class Action: Defense (Consumer Products), and Sports; (2) named as a Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyer and Leading Litigator; and (3) ranked by Chambers for Product Liability & Mass Torts.