Akeel has been recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the American
Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA), a Lawyer of the Year by the Michigan
Lawyers Weekly, nominated in top 5% of attorneys in the State of
Michigan by Law & Politics Super lawyer Magazine for 13 consecutive
years, in addition to being nationally recognized by US News & World
News Report as a Tier One - Civil Rights lawyer. Akeel has
been involved in several high profile employment discrimination cases,
where he has managed to obtain million dollar verdicts and settlements
for his clients both in federal and state courts. Akeel has, also, taken his work
internationally in filing human rights class action lawsuits on behalf
of all of Iraqi detainees, who were tortured in Abu Gharib, and
elsewhere by multi-billion dollar companies. Akeel obtained his
Bachelors Degree from the University of Michigan in 1987, and graduated
from Detroit College of Law in 1996 (which merged with Michigan State
University). Now, Akeel specializes in Employment law, Civil Rights, and
Personal Injury. Akeel, also, has a CPA, and a Masters in Business
Administration from Wayne State University.