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Beth A. Wilkinson becomes a Member of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in the Litigation Department of the Washington D.C. Office

By Andis Kaulins

We just received an alumni announcement in the mail that Beth A. Wilkinson has "join[ed] Paul, Weiss as a partner in the firm's Litigation Department in the Washington, D.C. office. She will practice general litigation."

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, known in the trade as Paul | Weiss, is in our mind the best litigation firm in the United States - it certainly was when I was an associate at that firm in the 1970's and, indeed, it was recently selected, nearly 40 years later, as the Litigation Department of the Year by the American Lawyer. See also the current Awards & Rankings. Paul, Weiss has never lost a partner laterally to another firm, although some have left in the course of years to start their own firms.

The addition of Wilkinson only strengthens the litigation reputation of Paul | Weiss. Wilkinson successfully prosecuted the Oklahoma City bombing cases in the 1990's as a Special Attorney to the U.S. Attorney General and comes to Paul, Weiss now from Fannie Mae, where she served as Executive Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

A detailed history of Paul, Weiss can be found at Answers.com.

Full post as published by LawPundit on March 06, 2009 (boomark / email).