The predecessor firm to what is known today as Wilson Elser started back in 1944 when Max Edelman hired Sol Kroll into his [then] small practice.

While the firm's heritage is in the area of insurance defense, it has increasingly expanded into the corporate and transactional realms and now represents clients in a wide range of legal services.

[citation needed] • Wilson Elser Achieved Mansfield Certified Plus Again for 2023–2024 Mansfield is a year-long structured certification process managed by Diversity Lab that is designed to ensure all qualified talent at participating law firms have a fair and equal opportunity to be considered for advancement into leadership roles.

https://www.diversitylab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/US-Canada-2023-24-Mansfield-Certified-Firms-Press-Release-October-2024.pdf The law firm came under public criticism in a 2024 case of an American Airlines employee secretly videotaping a 9-year-old girl, among 3 other minors, with an iPhone taped to a bathroom seat.

As a part of the defense for American Airline, the firm argued that the minors were at fault because they should have been aware they were being videotaped.