HometownNew Orleans, Louisiana
Law School Honors & Awards
•Phi Alpha Delta
•Mississippi Law Journal, Associate Editor - Mississippi Cases
Professional Recognitions
•Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished AV Peer Review Rated
•New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyers 2009-2012: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions
•New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyers 2012 Bet-the-Company Litigation
•The Best Lawyers in America since 2012: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants Ongoing Peer Education & Seminar Presentations
•Consumer Product Cases 2007 HarrisMartin Asbestos Litigation Conference: Peripheral No More, Part II
• Equipment, Pump and Valve Cases 2008 HarrisMartin Asbestos Litigation Conference: Peripheral No More, Part II
•HarrisMartin's 2010 Louisiana Asbestos Litigation Conference Co-Chair
• Third Party Liability Under Louisiana Law HarrisMartin's 2010 Louisiana Asbestos Litigation Conference
•HarrisMartin's 2011 Louisiana Asbestos Litigation Conference Co-Chair
• The Evolution of Machinery and Equipment Cases HB Litigation's 15th Annual National Asbestos Litigation Conference 2012
• Voir Dire in Complex/Multi-Party Toxic Tort Litigation: The Defense Perspective 2013 American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section 22nd Annual Spring CLE Program: Fuel, Food, Fibers and More: Blazing New Trails in the Desert Sun
•“Bounced Verdicts - Brown v. Union Carbide and ConocoPhillips and Litigation Update - Key Rulings from Hot Jurisdictions 2013 Defense Research Institute Asbestos Medicine Seminar
Published Articles
•1987 Mississippi Supreme Court Review: Civil Procedure 57 Miss. L. J. 443 (1987)
Important Litigation Involvement
•Since 1989, Mr. Wilkes has defended numerous clients, both as local counsel and national trial counsel, in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He has tried cases to verdict in Arkansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Texas and Washington.
