Beth Wilkinson

Beth Ann Wilkinson (born September 19, 1962) is a Washington, D.C. lawyer, and founding partner of Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz, a specialty trial and litigation law firm. Formerly, she was a partner in the New York City-based law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where she worked in the firm's Washington, D.C. office focusing on white collar criminal defense. Wilkinson is known for successfully arguing for the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. She has also been a critic of unfair administration of the death penalty. In April 2012 she was hired as outside counsel by the Federal Trade Commission to lead an antitrust inquiry into Google.