Wilkinson Stekloff Partner Keri Arnold has been recognized by Crain’s New York Business among the 2025 Notable Litigators & Trial Lawyers. This honor celebrates experienced leaders in the industry who serve in senior roles, exemplifying mentorship and inclusivity in the workplace and community. The attorneys selected demonstrate expertise in the courtroom, taking the country’s most significant matters to trial.
Keri has defended Fortune 500 corporations in high-stakes litigation for over twenty years. A true trial attorney, she has served as first-chair counsel in over a dozen cases tried to verdict. Keri was recently a member of the team that secured a groundbreaking victory for Microsoft, defeating the FTC’s efforts to enjoin its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and winning the second-biggest merger trial in American history.
Keri is currently representing major chemical manufacturing corporation 3M in the multidistrict AFFF Products Liability Litigation. She will be part of the trial team for 3M in the first personal injury bellwether trial, which is set for October 2025. Keri has also been engaged along with partners Rakesh Kilaru and Ralia Polechronis by Valve Corp., a videogame developer and publisher, to serve as lead litigation and trial counsel defending against class claims of anticompetitive practices surrounding their popular gaming platform Steam.
Keri is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School. In addition to her trial work on behalf of large commercial clients, she has maintained a robust pro bono practice, having represented indigent plaintiffs in employment discrimination, parental rights, and prisoners’ rights matters.