Beth Ann Wilkinson was born on September 19,1962 and is an American lawyer based in Washington, DC She is a founding partner of Wilkinson Stekloff, a specialty trial and litigation law firm.
15 Facts About Beth Wilkinson
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Beth Wilkinson is known for successfully arguing for the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
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Beth Wilkinson has been a critic of unfair administration of the death penalty.
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Beth Wilkinson is a daughter of Judith and Robert Beth Wilkinson of Richland, Washington.
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Beth Wilkinson's father is a retired Navy submarine captain and served as the director of the nuclear spent-fuel project in Hanford, Washington.
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Beth Wilkinson joined the United States Army's Judge Advocate General Corps after law school, serving at the rank of Captain as an assistant for intelligence and special operations in the office of the Army's general counsel.
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Beth Wilkinson won the Justice Department's highest honor, The Attorney General's Exceptional Service Award, for her work on the Mosquera case.
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Beth Wilkinson then became special counsel to the deputy attorney general, advising the top management of the Department on criminal policy and investigations.
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Beth Wilkinson was promoted to principal deputy of the Department's Terrorism and Violent Crime Section, and it was in that capacity that she participated in the trial team in US vs McVeigh and Terry Nichols.
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Beth Wilkinson won the Attorney General's Exceptional Service Award an unprecedented second time.
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Beth Wilkinson served as Fannie Mae's executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary from February 2006 until September 2008.
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Beth Wilkinson resigned her position at Fannie Mae along with three other senior executives on September 19,2008, after the troubled mortgage giant was taken over by the government.
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In June 2020, Wilkinson represented Federal Judge Emmet G Sullivan before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which was concerned with resolving former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's petition for writ of mandamus in a criminal proceeding against General Flynn.
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Beth Wilkinson married David Gregory, former moderator of NBC News' Meet the Press, in June 2000.
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Beth Wilkinson's husband practices Judaism while she is a Methodist.