{"id":906,"date":"2017-05-05T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wilkinsonwalsh.com\/?p=906"},"modified":"2020-02-03T17:23:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T22:23:47","slug":"beth-wilkinson-named-american-lawyers-litigator-week-law360-legal-lion-win-bellwether-trial-bayers-xarelto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wilkinsonstekloff.com\/beth-wilkinson-named-american-lawyers-litigator-week-law360-legal-lion-win-bellwether-trial-bayers-xarelto\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth Wilkinson Named American Lawyer\u2019s Litigator of the Week and a Law360 Legal Lion for Win in Bellwether Trial for Bayer\u2019s Xarelto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, <\/strong>May 5, 2017 \u2013 Beth Wilkinson was named <em>American Lawyer\u2019s <\/em>Litigator of the Week and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/920549\/law360-s-weekly-verdict-legal-lions-lambs\">Law360 Legal Lion<\/a>. The accolades come after Beth successfully led a team of lawyers in defense of Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals in a key bellwether trial over the blood thinner Xarelto. A federal jury in New Orleans deliberated for about one hour before unanimously deciding in favor of Bayer.<\/p>\n<p>On the victory, Wilkinson said, \u201cIf you can make your case really clear, so the jury from opening to closings knows what you\u2019re saying, it makes it easier to go back and come to a consensus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen doctors come in and say this medication works and is important, it makes it very difficult for plaintiffs to prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilkinson will stay on as lead counsel in the next Xarelto trial in New Orleans, scheduled for May 30.<\/p>\n<p>Beth Wilkinson is a founding partner at Wilkinson Stekloff. With offices in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, Wilkinson Stekloff has quickly distinguished itself as the preeminent national boutique trial firm and was recently recognized as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benchmarklitigation.com\/firms\/wilkinson-walsh-eskovitz\/filvrkhs#\/analysis\">Benchmark Litigation\u2019s Boutique Firm of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full <em>American Lawyer<\/em> story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.litigationdaily.com\/id=1202785375356\/Litigator-of-the-Week-Going-for-the-Jugular-in-Blood-Thinner-Bellwether?mcode=1202615798744\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Contact: media@wilkinsonstekloff.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, May 5, 2017 \u2013 Beth Wilkinson was named American Lawyer\u2019s Litigator of the Week and a Law360 Legal Lion. The accolades come after Beth successfully led a team of lawyers in defense of Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals in a key bellwether trial over the blood thinner Xarelto. A federal jury in New Orleans deliberated for about one hour before unanimously deciding in favor of Bayer. On the victory, Wilkinson said, \u201cIf you can make your case really clear, so the jury from opening to closings knows what you\u2019re saying, it makes it easier to go back and come to a consensus.\u201d \u201cWhen doctors come in and say this medication works and is important, it makes it very difficult for plaintiffs to prevail.\u201d Wilkinson will stay on as lead counsel in the next Xarelto trial in New Orleans, scheduled for May 30. Beth Wilkinson is a founding partner at Wilkinson Stekloff. &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilkinsonstekloff.com\/beth-wilkinson-named-american-lawyers-litigator-week-law360-legal-lion-win-bellwether-trial-bayers-xarelto\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,39,37],"tags":[114,44,49,89,116,115,42],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Beth Wilkinson Named American Lawyer\u2019s Litigator of the Week and a Law360 Legal Lion for Win in Bellwether Trial for Bayer\u2019s Xarelto - Wilkinson Stekloff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wilkinsonstekloff.com\/beth-wilkinson-named-american-lawyers-litigator-week-law360-legal-lion-win-bellwether-trial-bayers-xarelto\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beth Wilkinson Named American Lawyer\u2019s Litigator of the Week and a Law360 Legal Lion for Win in Bellwether Trial for Bayer\u2019s Xarelto - Wilkinson Stekloff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON, May 5, 2017 \u2013 Beth Wilkinson was named American Lawyer\u2019s Litigator of the Week and a Law360 Legal Lion. 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