Akin Trial Win Garners Am Law Litigator of the Week Shout Out

March 29, 2024

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A cross-practice team of Akin lawyers, as co-counsel, have earned a Litigator of the Week “shout-out” from The American Lawyer Litigation Daily.

Akin is recognized, along with co-counsel Schertler Onorato Mead & Sears partner Mark MacDougall and Maderal, Byrne & Furst partner John Byrne, for securing a significant trial win for Masphal Kry, the Director of the Cambodian Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity, who faced charges of conspiracy with seven co-defendants for unlawfully importing wild-caught long-tailed macaques into the United States. Read more here.

The Akin defense trial team was led by environment & natural resources partner Stacey Mitchell and included litigation counsel Allison Coffin and Dakota Kann, environment & natural resources associate Nicole Franklin and litigation associate Janie Mahan with Schertler Onorato Mead & Sears associate Paola Pinto.

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