Flashback: 2009 ATHENA Young Professional Recipient Wendy Akbar

Wendy Akbar of Quarles & Brady, LLP was the second recipient of the ATHENA Young Professional Award, earning the honors in 2009.

With an impressive law background and a seemingly limitless future, Akbar is an emerging leader in the field of intellectual property law and serves on a number of professional development committees. The graduate of Penn Law School focuses her practice on patent litigation and has represented companies that are bringing tomorrow’s ideas to life today. She has accomplished all of this despite having been hearing-impaired since she was a child. Now she works with hearing-impaired children at the Desert Voices Oral Learning Center to help them adapt to a hearing world.

Find out who will receive honors at the 25th Annual ATHENA Awards luncheon on Thursday, October 25 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa. It's easy to attend: just click here.