Wilkinson Stekloff has been honored by Law360 as a Practice Group of the Year—an award that celebrates “the attorney teams behind litigation wins” that “resonated throughout the legal industry”—in both the Competition/Antitrust and Sports & Betting categories. This marks the first time the firm has won two PGOTY honors in the same cycle, underscoring landmark results across trials, appeals, and complex resolutions in 2025. The firm was previously recognized by Law360 in Competition/Antitrust in 2023 and Sports & Betting in 2020. Law360’s features spotlighted Wilkinson Stekloff’s many victories for the NCAA—beginning with securing approval of the groundbreaking $2.8 billion name-image-and-likeness (“NIL”) settlement, which resolved antitrust claims from multiple plaintiff classes against the NCAA and five major athletic conferences, enabling schools to directly compensate student-athletes for their participation in athletics. Despite a complex process that required lead defense negotiator Rakesh Kilaru to defend the deal at multiple hearings before it received …
Wilkinson Stekloff Celebrates 10 Years with a Look Back at 2025 Achievements
February 2, 2026
As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we remember our beloved colleagues and friends Elizabeth Keys and Sarah Lee Best, whose lives were among those tragically lost in the airplane crash above Reagan National Airport a year ago. Liz and Sarah left an enduring mark on our firm and on all of us as individuals. We have kept them in our hearts and minds and always will. To honor their memories, we endowed scholarships in their names at their law school alma maters, Georgetown and Pennsylvania. With the support of our clients and colleagues, those scholarships have been fully funded and will aid new generations of lawyers in carrying on Liz’s and Sarah’s legacies. Continuing our tradition of excellence, in 2025 Wilkinson Stekloff again achieved landmark results spanning a variety of high-stakes matters, further entrenching the firm as the premier trial litigation boutique in the nation. Our recent successes include: As …
Wilkinson Stekloff Announces Promotions for Roxana Guidero to Partner; Alysha Bohanon and Jenna Swarbrick to Counsel
December 17, 2025
Wilkinson Stekloff is pleased to announce multiple promotions that will become effective January 1, 2026. Roxana Guidero has been promoted to Partner, while Alysha Bohanon and Jenna Swarbrick (née Pavelec) have each been promoted to Counsel. “Roxana, Alysha, and Jenna are exceptional trial lawyers,” said Founding Partner Beth Wilkinson. “I’ve had the privilege of trying multiple cases alongside each of them and have seen firsthand their judgment and resolve when the stakes are highest. They are fearless advocates who have earned our clients’ trust. They are also beloved colleagues who embody the spirit of our firm. They set the standard for what it means to be a teammate and always make everyone around them better. I couldn’t be prouder of their accomplishments, and their advancement further brightens our firm’s future.” Since rejoining the firm in 2024, Roxy has played a pivotal role in delivering headline results for the firm’s clients. …
The American Lawyer Shortlists Wilkinson Stekloff for National Boutique of the Year; Names Counsel Roxana Guidero a Finalist for Young Lawyer of the Year
August 19, 2025
Wilkinson Stekloff has been shortlisted again by The American Lawyer for the 2025 National Boutique / Specialty Litigation Department of the Year, after having taken home the honor at the 2024 Industry Awards. In addition, Counsel Roxana Guidero was named a finalist for Young Lawyer of the Year in Litigation. This annual celebration from the legal industry’s leading publication aims to highlight “most impactful and important work of the past year” by the nation’s leading law firms, corporate legal departments, and individual practitioners. Over the past year, Wilkinson Stekloff has been involved in some of the most consequential litigation in the country, achieving extraordinary results for major clients across multiple industries. Most recently, the firm positioned Hewlett Packard Enterprise (“HPE”) to close its $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, when the DOJ agreed on the eve of trial to a resolution that would maintain HPE’s vision of the deal and …
Three Wilkinson Stekloff Attorneys Selected to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation
July 18, 2025
Wilkinson Stekloff Partners Cali Arat and Sarah Neuman were joined by Counsel Roxana Guidero on Lawdragon’s 2025 edition of 500 X – The Next Generation. This guide honors influential, up-and-coming attorneys across the legal spectrum who have been practicing for fewer than fifteen years, offering an exciting glimpse into the future of the profession. Cali has appeared among Lawdragon’s 500 X every year since its inaugural guide in 2023. She is an experienced trial litigator, having played key roles on more than half of the firm’s trial teams, including serving in standup roles for high-stakes victories on behalf of Bayer subsidiary Monsanto in their Roundup litigation. Cali also played an integral part in resolving the NCAA’s name, image, and likeness litigation through its groundbreaking settlement, which received final approval from a district court judge in June. For these and other accomplishments, Chambers and Partners recently recognized her as “Up and …
Roxana Guidero Rejoins Wilkinson Stekloff
January 9, 2024
Wilkinson Stekloff is pleased to welcome back Roxana (Roxy) Guidero to the firm as Counsel. Roxy has represented corporate clients and individuals in an array of industries and specialties, including entertainment and media, sports, antitrust and competition, product liability, and white-collar crime. With a wide breadth of experience across the spectrum of trial strategy and preparation, Roxy has helped her clients navigate some of their most challenging and complex legal issues in courts from coast to coast, and provided strategic counsel to international clients. Committed to equal justice and legal access for all, Roxy maintains an active pro bono practice. She has partnered with the Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice (LACLJ) to represent domestic violence survivors; the Animal Legal Defense Fund to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system; and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence on gun safety research …
Wilkinson Stekloff Honored by Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice for Exceptional Pro Bono Advocacy
February 11, 2020
The Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (LACLJ) recognized Wilkinson Stekloff as its Pro Bono Partner of the Year. In honoring the firm’s pro bono advocacy on behalf of low-income women who are experiencing domestic violence, LACLJ underscored how Wilkinson Stekloff’s representation “has been vital to these individual clients and has brought safety and security to them and their children.” Wilkinson Stekloff will receive the award at LACLJ’s 47th Anniversary Awards Gala on May 28, 2020. The award follows the firm’s work in a pro bono legal separation and custody case, which culminated in a four-day trial in L.A. Superior Court in July 2019. At trial, Wilkinson Stekloff associates Roxana Guidero and Rahul Hari secured a favorable judgment for their client, who was seeking an equitable division of marital assets and primary custody of her children. Wilkinson Stekloff took on the representation as part of its ongoing partnership with …
Wilkinson Stekloff Adds More Firepower, Including Two Supreme Court Clerks, to Associate Ranks
August 21, 2017
WASHINGTON – Wilkinson Stekloff, the boutique trial litigation firm launched just eighteen months ago, announced Monday that it will add seven new attorneys to its current roster of highly skilled and accomplished associates. Two of the new hires recently finished coveted clerkships on the U.S. Supreme Court. The group will add even more firepower to the firm’s already-impressive team of diverse and talented young lawyers. No longer a start-up, the firm dubbed by Benchmark as “Boutique Law Firm of the Year,” has grown to 38 lawyers, with offices in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and New York. “We are thrilled to welcome these talented lawyers to the Wilkinson Stekloff team,” said Sean Eskovitz, a founding partner of the firm. “When we started Wilkinson Stekloff, we set out to build a firm that attracts top talent and helps young lawyers grow into superlative trial litigators. These seven are among the best and …