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Wilkinson Stekloff

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Washington DC-based litigation boutique Wilkinson Stekloff is able to resource high-stakes disputes utilizing a ‘deep bench of top notch legal strategists and trial lawyers with extensive experience in products liability mass tort litigation’. The life sciences sector informs a considerable volume of these matters, with the firm lauded for its ability to simplify the narrative and explain often complicated scientific issues to juries, as well as to effectively cross-examine experts in Daubert hearings. A ’trial lawyer with impeccable judgement’, Brian Stekloff  has an excellent pedigree in the space, both at a motions stage as well as at trial, where he has secured numerous victories in products liability bellwether trials for well-known pharmaceutical companies. As befits the reputation of ‘one of the top trial lawyers in the country’, Beth Wilkinson is able to turn her hand to a myriad disputes across subject matters, including as it relates to challenging life sciences MDLs. New York-based Keri Arnold who is gaining acclaim as being ’the real-deal in a rising-star trial lawyers’ excels at trying cases in the life sciences space and also has extensive experience developing complex medical and scientific evidence for presentation at trial. All named practitioners are based in Washington DC, unless otherwise indicated.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Deep bench filled with top notch legal strategists and trial lawyers with extensive experience in products liability mass tort litigation.'
  • 'Beth Wilkinson is one of the top trial lawyers in the country.'
  • 'Brian Stekloff is a fantastic legal strategist and trial lawyer with impeccable judgement.'
  • 'Brian Stekloff is a smart, efficient subject matter expert and a great trial lawyer.'
  • 'Keri Arnold - the real-deal in a rising-star trial lawyers.'
  • 'Keri Arnold is a great trial lawyer and is collaborative in working with other law firms.'

Key clients

  • 3M Corporation
  • Bayer and Monsanto
  • Covidien and Medtronic

Work highlights

  • Representing Medtronic and Covidien in various products liability cases arising out of claims that their hernia mesh products have design and manufacturing defects, and that the company provided inadequate warnings about the risks of hernia mesh.
  • Serves as trial counsel in the newest front of litigation against Monsanto over its PCBs and Roundup branded products.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Beth Wilkinson, Brian Stekloff, James Rosenthal

Other key lawyers

Keri Arnold, Cali Arat, Tamarra Matthews Johnson, Moira Penza, Ralia Polechronis, Matthew Skanchy, Max Warren