Akierra completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Nottingham before undertaking the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) at the Inns of Court School of Law in London. Akierra was called to the Bar of England and Wales in July 2006 and was subsequently admitted to the Bar of the Turks and Caicos Islands later in 2006.
Akierra is a senior member of the Firm’s Dispute Resolution team, and specialises in the area of civil litigation, with an emphasis on employment law and acts for one of the largest employers in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Akierra also practices in the areas of corporate and family law.
Akierra was the junior attorney in the legal team that represented the former Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon. Michael Misick and three other individuals in the Commission of Inquiry in early 2009.
Akierra has gained international experience whilst she has been at Misick & Stanbrook. In March 2009, Akierra appeared in the Privy Council in London as a member of the legal team representing Daniel Trimmingham, a St Vincent and the Grenadines national on death row.
In 2011, Akierra undertook and completed the Trust and Estate Practitioner’s (TEP) Diploma, and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Akierra is currently undertaking a BSc (Honours) in Management with Trusts and Estates through the University of Manchester.
Akierra currently holds the position of Secretary of the Turks and Caicos Islands Bar Council, a position she held in 2007-2009 and 2010-present.
In her spare time Akierra is a keen traveler having backpacked across the Far East in her student days. Her next big adventure is to tackle the Gulf States and the islands Pan Pacific.
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