About Emily Akbarshahi

Emily Akbarshahi is an attorney at Montlick Injury Attorneys in Georgia. She joined the firm in 2025 after building experience in both criminal defense and personal injury law.

Akbarshahi began her legal career in criminal defense, handling motions and hearings across Georgia courts, before transitioning to focus exclusively on personal injury cases. She has successfully resolved numerous injury cases and brings negotiation experience with insurance companies to her practice.

She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she received the CALI Award for Race and Class in American Public Education and the Roberts Senior Class Writing Award. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Georgia State University.

She is admitted to the State Bar of Georgia and is a member of the State Bar of Georgia Insurance Law Section and Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL). She is fluent in Farsi.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Montlick Injury Attorneys

These results are credited to Montlick Injury Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$14 millionVerdict

A DeKalb County jury awarded $14 million for the wrongful death of a six-year-old boy killed when the car he was riding in ran a stop sign into a pickup, with Montlick's Bill Parker representing the boy's father.

State Court of DeKalb County, GA (Decatur) · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Georgia State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Georgia
State Bar of Georgia (Insurance Law Section)
Georgia Association for Women Lawyers

Awards & recognition

CALI Award - Race and Class in American Public Education
Roberts Senior Class Writing Award

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Butler Prather LLP
$2.53 Billion Ford Super Duty Roof Crush Verdict for a Georgia Couple

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.