Akerman is a sponsor of the “Supreme Cork” networking event presented by the State Bar of Georgia's Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Family Law Committee. This event will benefit the Guardian ad Litem Program and Safe Families Office of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers (AVLF). 

AVLF’s Guardian ad Litem Program provides attorney volunteers, trained and supervised by AVLF, to serve as guardians for children from low-income households in contested custody cases. The Safe Families Office provides legal and safety planning assistance on a walk-in basis at the Fulton County Courthouse to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. Akerman lawyer Brittanie Browning is the current president of the YLD for the State Bar of Georgia. The YLD has more than 30 committees that provide service to the public, the profession, and the Bar through an array of projects and programs.