Christopher Duke

Akerman

| 7/3/2023

West Palm Beach

Christopher Duke manages staff, associates and partners in the Boca Raton and West Palm Beach offices of Akerman, a national firm with 24 offices, nine in Florida. He practices employment law and commercial litigation, and lectures trade groups and employers on compliance. Duke serves on the executive boards of the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County and the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, and he represents pro bono the South Florida Wildlife Center and the Humane Society of Greater Jupiter/Tequesta.

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