Brian Stekloff > Wilkinson Stekloff > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Wilkinson Stekloff in Washington DC is a litigation boutique which represents by major sports leagues, including the NCAA and NFL in major antitrust matters, as well as repesenting a diverse range of other major professional sports leagues and associations in contentious proceedings. Leading the team are Beth Wilkinson, Brian Stekloff, Kosta Stojilkovic, Rakesh Kilaru, and James Rosenthal, with Kilaru and Stekloff being key members in a litigation matter for the NFL.

Product liability and consumer class action cases form a core component of Washington DC-based trial litigation boutique Wilkinson Stekloff‘s workflow, with high-profile roles as national counsel and trial counsel in cases throughout the country. The scope of the work is broad, including disputes for pharmaceutical, tobacco and consumer product manufacturers – reflective of the firm’s capabilities in handling technical and scientific issues irrespective of the subject matter in a trial setting. Managing partner James Rosenthal was formerly Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Altria, and is currently a core member of the team representing his former employer in antitrust and consumer protection claims pending in the Northern District of California related to the JUUL Labs investment. Beth Wilkinson is also involved in the aforementioned matter and alongside fellow name partner Brian Stekloff , has ‘an exceptional track record’ at litigating bet-the-company disputes.

Litigation boutique Wilkinson Stekloff has secured victories before judges and juries, across a range of high-stakes litigation, including many within the toxic tort arena. Most notably, it secured a high-profile role as national trial counsel for Bayer in the ongoing Roundup litigation, a position which has elicited a number of landmark successes, including the first-ever jury victory for the client in litigation alleging that the pesticide causes Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Founding partner Brian Stekloff was pivotal to this success and brings considerable advocacy skills to bear, both from his work as a public defender and in private practice. Beth Wilkinson is the other name partner at the firm and is also noted for her ‘excellent trial skills’, with notable toxic tort matters including her work for 3M in its PFAS litigation.