Karachi Achilihu is a business- and tech-savvy lawyer who values entrepreneurship, professional development, and community building across the legal profession. Leveraging her academic and transactional law background, Karachi’s credentials are a blend of business and legal acumen:

EDUCATION

• Juris Doctor, cum laude
  Business Law Concentration
  University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

• B.S. in Business Administration
  College of Business & Economics at Towson University

POST-QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE

• Founder & Legal Consultant @ TECH ESQ.℠

• Commercial Counsel @ Meta

• Corporate Associate – Technology Group @ Goodwin Procter

• Corporate Associate @ Venable

MEMBERSHIPS

• American Bar Association®

  • Business Law Section

  • Science & Technology Law Section

  • Section of Intellectual Property Law

  • International Law Section

• IAPP® (The International Association of Privacy Professionals)

• CCWC® (Corporate Counsel Women of Color)

  • CCWC® AI Advisory Council

    • AI Ethics & Governance Subcommittee

    • IP & Emerging Tech Education Subcommittee

    • AI Applications & Legal Innovation Subcommittee

• African Corporate and Government Counsel (ACGC) Forum

• Women in Tech® Global

  • USA Chapter

  • Nigeria Chapter

• WISP® (Women in Security and Privacy)

• Abia State Diaspora Young Professionals

PUBLICATIONS

• “Dishonesty" in Fact: The Future Uncertainty of Maryland's Statutory Interpretation of Good Faith & Encouraging Lax Lender Liability, 77 Md. L. Rev. 1204 (2018).