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Shereef Akeel

Shereef Akeel

Partner,  Akeel & Valetine, PLC
Jan 2005 - present (5 years, 7 months)

(21-100 Employees)

United States of America

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About Shereef Akeel
Detroit, Michigan-based attorney Shereef Akeel provides litigation services for clients throughout the country. A partner at Akeel & Valentine PLC, Shereef Akeel has spent more than 14 years in the legal profession, focusing on civil rights and discrimination law since 2004. Shereef Akeel has been recognized as a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine every year since 2006 and remains one of the most high-profile human rights attorneys in the country.

Recently,Shereef Akeel applied his efforts toward a class action lawsuit against Titan Corporation and CACI International, the companies providing interrogation and interpretation services and stationed at Abu Ghraib and other prisons in Iraq. Shereef Akeel represented hundreds of Iraqi citizens who were allegedly abused and tortured by employees of the American companies. Beginning the case in 2004, Shereef Akeel sought redress for his clients for five years. The case was followed by such news sources as the New York Times, National Public Radio, and Paula Zahn Now on CNN.

In 2005, the American Civil Liberties Union granted Shereef Akeel the Defender of Freedom Award, and the Center for Constitutional Rights gave Shereef Akeel the President's Award in 2006. Later that year, Shereef Akeel also received the Guardian of Civil Rights Award from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.

ShereefAkeel received both his B.A. in Economics and his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan, graduating cum laude from the Detroit College of Law. Shereef Akeel also holds an MBA from Wayne State University. To learn more about Shereef Akeel and his firm, visit www.akeelvalentine.com.
Shereef Akeel's Specialties
Specializes in civil rights, business litigation, personal injury and insurance matters.
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