Shivani Prakash is an associate in the intellectual property practice, where she advises clients on patent litigation and transactional IP matters, including complex mergers, asset/stock purchases and acquisitions, IP licenses, and diligence reviews involving large, global IP portfolios.

Shivani earned her J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, where she served as an oralist on the Moot Court Board representing the Appellate team at the ABA Moot Court Competition at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and was Executive Editor for the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy. Shivani served as a legal extern for Notre Dame’s Intellectual Property clinic, assisting entrepreneurs and small-business owners with a variety of intellectual property matters, as well as for JUSTICE, a UK-based non-profit organization seeking to improve access to equality through law reform.

Shivani holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Biomedical Sciences degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Shivani was a member of Akin’s 2022 and 2023 summer associate classes as an Intellectual Property Strauss Scholar.