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Akash represents companies in complex litigation and government investigations. He possesses a breadth of litigation and enforcement experience informed by six years of service as both an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Georgia and Senior Litigation Counsel at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau handling litigations and investigations in the healthcare and financial sectors. Before his career in government, Akash also spent nearly eight years as a litigator at two global law firms. 

As an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Georgia, Akash litigated and investigated an array of False Claims Act matters, including those involving kickbacks, medically unnecessary services, and violations of federal cybersecurity requirements. During his tenure, he co-tried a case resulting in a $27 million judgment against a Georgia doctor and his medical practice for violating the False Claims Act.

As a Senior Litigation Counsel at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Akash litigated and investigated violations of consumer financial law. His experience included investigating the data security practices of a large financial services provider that experienced a data breach and litigating a complex action alongside several State Attorney General Offices. 

Earlier in private practice, Akash worked on complex commercial, financial, and intellectual property litigation in federal and state venues across the country. 

Akash received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he was on the editorial board of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and a Moot Court Board member. He also received his LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University School of Law and his B.A. in Political Science with honors from the University of Rochester.    

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Credentials

LL.M., New York University School of Law

J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law

B.A. Political Science, University of Rochester, magna cum laude, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Georgia

New York

Law Clerk, Hon. Aleta A. Trauger, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Law Clerk, Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia

Law Clerk, Hon. Jon P. McCalla, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Credentials

LL.M., New York University School of Law

J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law

B.A. Political Science, University of Rochester, magna cum laude, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Georgia

New York

Law Clerk, Hon. Aleta A. Trauger, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Law Clerk, Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia

Law Clerk, Hon. Jon P. McCalla, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee