Wilkinson Stekloff is pleased to announce that Sarah Neuman has been promoted to Partner effective January 1, 2025. Since joining Wilkinson Stekloff in 2017, Sarah has been a member of numerous trial teams and achieved success for clients in some of the biggest and most significant cases in the country.
“Sarah emerged as a leader within the firm and is a go-to resource for clients and colleagues alike,” said Wilkinson Stekloff Founding Partner Brian Stekloff. “Her growth over the past seven years embodies our firm’s commitment to training the next generation of trial lawyers. We’re thrilled to welcome her to the firm’s partnership and look forward to the many successes she will continue to achieve in and outside the courtroom.”
Sarah recently played an integral role in securing 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. She currently serves as a lead member of the team defending Cargill, one of the largest beef producers in the United States, in a series of civil antitrust cases alleging a conspiracy with other packers to constrain beef production. Sarah also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in both trial and appellate matters. Most recently, she has helped two pro bono clients obtain asylum.
Before joining the firm, Sarah served as a law clerk to the Honorable Julie E. Carnes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Honorable Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She graduated from The University of Chicago Law School, where she was the Executive Editor of The University of Chicago Law Review.