Ariel Wilson

Ariel Wilson

(She/Her)
Ann Arbor, MI recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Ones to Watch since 2022
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP

24 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Biography

Named a Rising Star for each of the past four years, Ariel Wilson has made a name for herself in the legal world early in her career. Her accolades follow her outside the courtroom, where clients turn to Ariel for her attention to detail, persuasive writing, winning oral arguments, and her unwavering and reassuring advocacy of their interests.

Entrusted with substantive and complex roles and responsibilities early in her career, Ariel is a mentally strong, well-prepared, and respected rival in the courtroom. Analyzing cases with a detail-oriented and creative perspective, she understands that the best result for her clients requires being a fierce advocate both in and out of the courtroom. But above all, Ariel is personally invested in her clients. She is deeply devoted to them as people first and foremost, and works hard to achieve the outcome they desire.

Ariel is a litigator and feels at home in a courtroom. She has handled all aspects of litigation, from counseling clients, developing case strategy, and conducting discovery, to defending and taking depositions, drafting pleadings and motions, arguing motions in court, and leading trial teams. She has successfully litigated cases in trial and appellate courts throughout the United States in a wide variety of areas, including white collar crimes, antitrust law, labor and employment, insurance litigation, malpractice, transactional work, franchise law, fraud, and general commercial litigation.

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP

24 Best Lawyers awards

Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP logo

Overview

  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Gender: Female

  • University of Michigan, J.D., cum laude, graduated 2014
  • University of Michigan, B.A., Political Science and International Studies, with highest distinction, graduated 2010

  • Michigan, Michigan State Bar
  • Illinois, Illinois State Bar

  • Michigan Law Alumni Club of Chicago - Steering Committee

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

  • United States District Court
  • Michigan, Michigan State Bar
  • Illinois, Illinois State Bar
  • Michigan Law Alumni Club of Chicago - Steering Committee
  • University of Michigan, J.D., cum laude, graduated 2014
  • University of Michigan, B.A., Political Science and International Studies, with highest distinction, graduated 2010
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Gender: Female
  • United States District Court

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2026 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Antitrust Law
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White Collar, 2022%u20112023), Best Lawyers®
  • Michigan Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters' Michigan Super Lawyers (2021-2022)
  • Illinois Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters' Illinois Super Lawyers (2019-2020)

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