Renee T. Wilkerson is a trial lawyer and advisor who represents clients in complex commercial disputes across the country. Her practice focuses on high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, including complex business disputes, environmental matters, mass tort and product liability claims, and intellectual property disputes. Renee brings with her more than a decade of experience from a top-tier international law firm and several years of experience from a litigation boutique, where she maintained a sophisticated litigation practice for major clients across various industries.

Drawing on her technical background and deep understanding of the litigation process, Renee brings a disciplined, analytically-minded approach to every matter she handles. She has the distinct ability to translate complex legal and factual issues into clear, compelling narratives, enabling her to persuasively advocate on behalf of her clients.

As a trusted advocate and strategic legal advisor, Renee partners closely with her clients to achieve outcomes aligned with their business objectives. She is known for delivering thoughtful, results-driven counsel that advances her clients’ interests at every stage of litigation.

Representative Cases

  • Represented a multi-national corporation in a $75 million breach of contract and bad faith case in Texas state court, achieving a favorable settlement on the eve of trial after securing rulings on two critical motions disposing of $72 million in potential liability.
  • Represented a waste disposal company in high-profile environmental litigation in Texas state court involving more than 600 individual plaintiffs claiming severe personal injuries and property damages from alleged hazardous chemicals contained in paper-mill waste that was deposited at a waste disposal site on the San Jacinto River more than 50 years ago.
  • In a case the Texas Lawbook touted as “one of the greatest defense victories in Texas history,” successfully defended a waste disposal company against a $4.8 billion environmental civil penalties lawsuit filed by Harris County and the State of Texas relating to hazardous chemicals from paper-mill waste that was deposited at a waste disposal site on the San Jacinto River. After ten weeks of trial, a favorable settlement was secured minutes before closing arguments.
  • Represented a prominent cell phone manufacturer in a consolidated products liability action stemming from allegations that long-term exposure to cell phone radiation causes brain tumors and other cancers, and successfully excluded general causation experts after a multi-week Daubert hearing.
  • Represented a multi-national financial institution in a high-stakes breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation action, successfully securing dismissal of all claims on summary judgment.
  • Represented an international manufacturer of cell culture technologies in a high-stakes breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, and patent inventorship dispute.
  • Successfully represented a multi-national computer technology company in a breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, and unjust enrichment dispute in Texas state court, and received favorable summary judgment rulings that resulted in the dismissal of the litigation.
  • Successfully represented a major oil company in Texas state court proceedings relating to the construction of a fifty-year-old contract concerning dismantlement, removal, and restoration (DR&R) responsibilities for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
  • Successfully represented a corporation in securing the reversal of a case-critical issue on appeal to the Ninth Circuit, disposing of a class action lawsuit with over a $1 billion in potential exposure.
  • In a case recognized as one of the top 100 verdicts of 2015, represented the nation’s largest supplier of post-tensioning systems in a copyright and trade secret theft case. After proving during a five-day trial that a former employee and others conspired to steal proprietary information and started a competing company, the federal jury awarded $24.5 million in damages and the district court later awarded attorneys’ fees and pre-judgment interest, bringing the final verdict to almost $28 million.
  • Represented an international oilfield services company in a patent infringement action pending in the District of Delaware against a direct competitor relating to patented downhole underreaming technologies.
  • Represented an international oilfield services company against retaliatory patent infringement claims relating to downhole underreaming technologies in proceedings in the Southern District of Texas.
  • Represented two offshore drilling contractors in related patent infringement actions pending in the Southern District of Texas regarding drill ship technologies and achieved successful resolution of both cases prior to trial.
  • Successfully tried an international child abduction case in the Southern District of Texas, resulting in a favorable judgment and the safe return of the minor child to her home country.
  • Successfully defended a pro bono client accused of defamation in an Anti-SLAPP lawsuit appealed to the Texas Supreme Court.