Tatiana Akhund

About

Tatiana Akhund is an Associate Attorney in the New York City office of the Marsh Law Firm PLLC. Tatiana advocates for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and campus sexual abuse. Her practice focuses on protecting the rights of survivors by holding institutions and perpetrators accountable for the trauma they inflicted and enabled. Tatiana’s practice areas includes representing survivors of childhood sexual abuse, child pornography, and campus sexual abuse, harassment, and retaliation.

Tatiana is a graduate from Fordham University School of Law. During law school, Tatiana was an advocate for immigrant rights as a litigation extern with the American Civil Liberties Union and for refugee rights through the International Refugee Assistance Program where she oversaw and represented asylum and refugee applications to the U.S. Tatiana also worked as a research assistant to provide analyses on the rights of migrant workers in the Middle East and South Asia and how changes to international law could mitigate the risks to this vulnerable population. Prior to law school, Tatiana worked in South Asia representing women adversely affected by climate change and advocating for women’s reproductive rights.

Practice Areas

• Title IX Campus Sexual Assault
• New York Child Victims Act
• Child Sex Abuse
• Crime Victim’s Rights

Publications 

Human Trafficking and Technology (Human Trafficking and Technology | New York Law Journal)

Education

J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2020
Urban Law Journal
Moot Court 

B.A., George Washington University, 2016
Major: International Affairs (concentration in Middle Eastern Studies and National Security)

Associations 

American Association for Justice 

The National Crime Victim Bar Association

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

• New York 2nd Appellate Division 
• E.D.N.Y
• S.D.N.Y.