Virginia Milstead
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Virginia Milstead is the newest partner in Skadden’s renowned Los Angeles litigation group. She has a broad commercial practice, with a particular emphasis on securities class actions and shareholder and M&A litigation. She represents clients in both federal and state courts, and is known for developing shrewd, innovative arguments based on her encyclopedic knowledge of the law and thorough and precise analysis of the matters in which she is involved.
Milstead was appointed in 2020 to serve on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Since 2019, she has served as the co-chair of the Litigation Section of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA) where she has twice organized WLALA’s Litigators Forum, one of WLALA’s signature events, featuring diverse women speakers discussing timely and relevant topics. Milstead has published extensively on issues related to securities and corporate law.
