Kingsley Jesuorobo

President

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DESIGNATION:

- Barrister, Solicitor & Notary Public

LL.B. (Hons.), B.L. (Nigeria); J.C.A. (C.Q.), B.L. (Canada)

OTHER (CURRENT) POSITIONS:

- Founder, Principal and Managing Counsel at Kingsley Jesuorobo & Associates, a Canadian law firm

- Co-founder and Managing Partner at JED Solicitors, a Nigerian-Canadian affiliated law firm

- Vice President (North America), African Bar Association

- Chairman (Canada Forum), African Bar Association

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

- Organized intensive one-week Law Course/Professional Training for foreign judges in Canada

- Guest-lectured Immigration and Refugee Law and Human Rights Law at Canadian and U.K. universities and other professional fora

- Trained dozens of lawyers and numerous paralegals under the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario, Canada) Bar Admission program

- Co-founded Canada's first 24-hour black television network, First Entertainment Voice of Africa Television (FEVA TV)

- Worked as Chief Legal Counsel at FEVA TV (2013 - 2016)

- Acted as Chair of the Board of Directors, Canada Nigeria Chamber of Commerce (2011 to 2012)

- Served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Democratic Alliance for Nigerians in Canada (DANIC) during Nigeria’s pro-democracy struggle in the 1990s

- Won Planet Africa Award for Professional Excellence (2004)

- Won Nigerian Bar Association, Benin Branch, Award of Excellence (2017)

- Featured as Thisday (newspaper) Legal Personality (2017)

OTHER ENDEAVOUR:

- Writer of poetry and philosophical phrases

CONTACT DETAILS:

Email: kj@kjlawoffice.com

Office Phone: +14163988647

Office Fax: +14163984549

Website:

Address: 318-1280 Finch Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, M3J-3K6, Canada

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Jide Oladejo

Vice President

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Ikenna Michael Owoh

Secretary General

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Foluke Nwabuoko

Treasurer

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Eyitayo Dada

Public Relations

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