Ms. Acken focuses her practice on labor and employment law, as well as adoptions. She regularly advises and defends employers in matters involving a wide range of issues, including state and federal discrimination and wage and hour laws, wrongful termination, reasonable accommodations, and leave laws. Ms. Acken previously was in-house counsel at a large, international company, and now acts as external general counsel for clients, including drafting employment and labor policies, supporting human resources personnel, responding to wage and hour and I-9 audits, providing compliance training, conducting workplace investigations, and drafting and negotiating contracts.

Ms. Acken also has a keen interest in issues impacting children, including those with developmental disabilities, and regularly represents prospective adoptive parents as they navigate through the adoption process.