Medora (Dorie) M. Akers

Dorie focuses her practice on litigation matters. Prior to joining Taft, she clerked for the Hon. Joseph F. Bianco of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and was an associate in the litigation group at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York. Before attending law school, Dorie worked as a management consultant for The Boston Consulting Group. 

Dorie earned her J.D. from Duke University School of Law and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Duke University.