Partner

Rakesh Kilaru is a Partner at Wilkinson Walsh. He specializes in crisis management and delivering favorable results to clients at every stage of litigation. Since joining Wilkinson Walsh, Rakesh has examined witnesses at high-profile trials for Bayer and the NCAA, successfully directed the legal strategy for Bayer in a products liability trial involving the blood-thinner Xarelto, obtained major summary judgment victories for Bayer and Georgia-Pacific, and successfully defended the economic development arms of a sovereign Indian nation against an enforcement action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, obtaining a full dismissal of all claims before any discovery was taken.

Before joining the firm, Rakesh was a Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel in the Office of White House Counsel, where he provided legal advice and strategic counseling to the Obama Administration on its domestic policy agenda. He also helped to develop and implement the government’s litigation strategy in cases arising under the Affordable Care Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Rakesh is also active in the legal community. He is an editor of the Green Bag and a member of The American Lawyer’s Young Lawyer Editorial Board. He also serves on the Nominations Committee of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association-DC, and previously served as a Director of APABA-DC’s Education Fund.