Nicklas Akers Bio

Nicklas A. Akers is the Senior Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Consumer Law Section of the California Department of Justice, which investigates and prosecutes violations of California’s consumer protection and privacy laws.  His representative matters include People v. Heald (Corinthian Colleges) and the Volkswagen emissions litigation.  Nick also serves as a Judge Advocate and legal assistance attorney in the California State Guard.  He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, the Harvard School of Public Health, and UCLA, and he is admitted in California, Massachusetts and New York.  Nick lives in the San Francisco bay area with his wife, Amy Akers, M.D., and their daughter. 

Nicklas is a speaker at the 2022 UCL Institute presented by the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section.