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Wilkinson Stekloff
‘The team you bring in when you know you can’t avoid trial and you need to win’, Washington DC-based litigation boutique Wilkinson Stekloff continues to gain market visibility, regularly being parachuted in on some of the highest-profile toxic tort matters to help shape strategy ahead of trial, as well as in critical hearings. ’Tremendously likeable and skilled in court’, name partner Brian Stekloff continues to act as national trial counsel for Monsanto in relation to Roundup litigation, and is noted in general for his ability to simplify often complex scientific concepts to juries. Recognized as ‘one of the finest trial lawyers in the country’, co-founding partner Beth Wilkinson has also been key to the firm’s success, including her work alongside Stekloff and New York-based Keri Arnold, praised as ’the real-deal as a rising-star trial lawyers’ for 3M on the PFAS MDL.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The partners have incredible skills and unique insights into trial practice (as opposed to just litigation) and what matters to win at trial.'
- 'This is the team you bring in when you know you can't avoid trial and you need to win.'
- 'Brian Stekloff is tremendously likeable and skilled in court.'
- 'Beth Wilkinson is one of the finest trial lawyers in the country. Her judgement and strategic thinking are almost unmatched.'
- 'Keri Arnold is the real-deal as a rising-star trial lawyers.'
Key clients
- 3M Corporation
- Altria Group, Inc.
- Bayer and Monsanto
- Covidien and Medtronic
Work highlights
- Representing 3M in the Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) Products Liability Litigation MDL. The litigation, involving alleged PFAS groundwater contamination from the use of AFFF, is considered the most significant PFAS litigation in the country.
- Representing Monsanto in litigation arising out of claims that its popular herbicide Roundup causes Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Beth Wilkinson, Brian Stekloff, James Rosenthal