Kingsley Jesuorobo
President
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: www.kjlawoffice.com
Address: 318-1280 Finch Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, M3J-3K6, Canada
Executive Council 2017 - 2019
