Welcome to the latest edition of the Lit Daily’s In-House Litigation Leaders series where we focus on lawyers making the hiring decisions, shaping the strategies and managing the caseloads at some of the nation’s largest and most innovative companies. 

Meet Michael Akavan, the head of litigation at Cronos Group Inc., a publicly-traded global cannabinoid company based in Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining the company, Akavan practiced for nearly a decade as a litigation associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and clerked for the late U.S. District Judge William Walls of the District of New Jersey.