Experience

Capstone Vineyards
• United States
• Wineries
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Owner

  • Nov 2022 - Present


McCarthy & Akers, P.L.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Aug 2011 - Present

  Matthew S. Akers is an attorney with McCarthy & Akers, P.L.C. His practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation, business, construction, and real estate law, and estate planning. Mr. Akers received his J.D. from the Ave Maria School of Law in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he served as Executive Solicitations Editor of the Ave Maria Law Review. After graduating from law school, Mr. Akers clerked for the Honorable James L. Ryan, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia, where he majored in Philosophy with minors in Economics and Theology. Show less


Lawson and Silek, P.L.C.
• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Associate

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2011

U.S. Court of Appeals
• Administration of Justice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Law Clerk to the Hon. James L. Ryan

  • 2007 - Jun 2009


Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • Jan 2007 - May 2007

  •Conducted preliminary examination of witnesses to establish probable cause in felony trial •Actively assisted the Homicide and Public Integrity Divisions in preparing cases for trial •Conducted preliminary examination of witnesses to establish probable cause in felony trial •Actively assisted the Homicide and Public Integrity Divisions in preparing cases for trial



Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, LLP

• Summer Associate

  • May 2006 - Mar 2007

  •Drafted pretrial motions in antitrust suit, qui tam suits, and medical malpractice suits •Researched and wrote legal memoranda on a variety of civil issues •Aided lead attorneys in presentations during trial •Drafted pretrial motions in antitrust suit, qui tam suits, and medical malpractice suits •Researched and wrote legal memoranda on a variety of civil issues •Aided lead attorneys in presentations during trial



Office of the Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

• Intern

  • May 2005 - Aug 2005

  •Prepared legal memoranda regarding interpretation of DOJ regulations •Composed digest of cases and evaluated litigation in various federal courts •Coordinated reporting of cases monitored or litigated by Civil Division, Civil Rights Division and Office of Justice Programs •Prepared legal memoranda regarding interpretation of DOJ regulations •Composed digest of cases and evaluated litigation in various federal courts •Coordinated reporting of cases monitored or litigated by Civil Division, Civil Rights Division and Office of Justice Programs