Cali Arat

Career

Cali Arat (née Cope-Kasten) is a Partner at Wilkinson Stekloff. Since joining the firm at its founding in 2016, she has served as a key member of more than half of the firm’s trial teams, including most recently leading the representation of Monsanto in the first hybrid trial involving claims that exposure to PCBs and Roundup-branded products, both manufactured by Monsanto, cause Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Practice Areas

Cali has helped to develop and execute successful trial strategies for corporate clients across a diverse set of industries, from pharmaceuticals to sports to social media. Her experience includes seven jury trials, three of which were federal multi-district litigation bellwether cases, two of which were bench trials, and two of which were in-person jury trials during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has argued numerous motions in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate level.

Cali has also helped obtain successful results for clients prior to trial. Her work has included representing former State Department officials in a nationally publicized series of cases brought under the Freedom of Information Act, and she has briefed every stage of litigation, including securing a full grant of summary judgment for Georgia-Pacific LLC in a multibillion-dollar consumer class action.