Margaret Wilkinson

Meg Wilkinson is a litigation associate in the firm's San Francisco office practicing in the areas of antitrust & consumer law and insurance policyholders representation.

Representative Matters

• Representation of a national bank in class actions, including bench trial, involving posting of debit-card transactions.
• Representation of organic cosmetics companies in unfair competition and false advertising cases.
• Representation of a company’s audit committee in an internal investigation and SEC inquiry regarding accounting issues.
• Representation of a manufacturer in coverage dispute under general liability insurance policies for environmental liabilities.
• Representation of a pharmaceutical company in consumer fraud class action lawsuit over the labeling and advertising of over-the-counter drugs.

Pro Bono

• Representation of an Alabama death-row inmate in direct appeal of conviction.
• Representation of Guatemalan woman in asylum proceedings.
• Drafted and filed Ninth Circuit amicus curiae brief seeking redress for civil litigant who was the victim of ethnic bias during jury deliberations.
• Assisted the Marin County Public Defender's Office with felony case involving extensive medical evidence.

Publications and Speeches

• "Good Science Gone Bad: How the Criminal Justice System Can Redress the Impact of Flawed Forensics," Hastings Law Journal (May 2008), Co-Author