Shekhar_Akshat

Akshat Shekhar

Shekhar_Akshat

Akshat Shekhar

Associate

Washington DC + 1 202 663 6243

Akshat Shekhar focuses his practice on complex litigation matters. He began his career at WilmerHale as a summer associate in 2021.

During law school, Mr. Shekhar worked as a summer associate at another law firm in Washington DC and completed the Summer Law Intern Program with the Commercial Litigation Branch of the US Department of Justice’s Civil Division. He also served as a research assistant to professors of constitutional law and white-collar criminal law. Mr. Shekhar was named a Chae Fellow of the Chae Initiative in Private Sector Leadership and Student Research Fellow for the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy. Before pursuing a law degree, Mr. Shekhar worked in finance as a private equity associate and investment banking analyst. 

Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Yale Law School, 2023

      Articles and Essays Editor, Yale Law Journal

      Bulletin Editor, Yale Journal on Regulation

      Notes Editor, Yale Law & Policy

    • BS, Economics, concentration in Finance, University of Pennsylvania, 2016

      magna cum laude

      Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Wharton Scholar, US Presidential Scholar

  • Admissions

    • District of Columbia

  • Languages

    • Hindi

Credentials

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