Tomi Akinmola
Tomi Akinmola is an Associate at Wilkinson Stekloff. Before joining the firm, Tomi served as a law clerk to Judge Jamar K. Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Tomi attended Washington and Lee School of Law, where she was an active member of the Black Law Students Association, a co-chair on the Moot Court Executive Board, a Kirgis Fellow (mentor for first year students), and a Research Assistant to Professor Cary Martin Shelby.
During law school, Tomi competed in the Thurgood Marshall National Moot Court Competition, where she won the Best Brief Award in two consecutive years. She was also named Regional Champion and Best Oral Advocate for the Mid-Atlantic region. Tomi serves as an assistant coach for the competition now.
Education
- Law: Washington and Lee School of Law, J.D. (2021)
- Undergraduate: Georgia State University, B.S. (2017), magna cum laude
Clerkship
- Judge Jamar K. Walker, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2023–24)
Notable Matters
- Member of the trial team defending Altria Group, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries in the first government entity bellwether trial, brought by the San Francisco Unified School District, in multidistrict litigation arising out of Altria’s minority investment in JUUL Labs, Inc. On May 10, 2023, just one day after the team completed cross-examinations in plaintiff’s case and the defense case was about to begin, plaintiffs agreed to a global settlement with Altria that resolved the personal injury, consumer class action, and government entity cases brought in over 6,000 e-vapor cases in state and federal courts.
- Member of the trial team in a consolidated product liability case for a major consumer product/pharmaceutical company.