Anambra To Honor Emeka Obegolu SAN Who Singlehandedly Built A Bar Centre In The State

Former president, Pan African lawyers Union and Founding Partner Greenfield Chambers ,Dr Emeka Obegolu SAN will be among the outstanding individuals to be honored at the 3rd edition of Anambra Man of the Year Award coming up on the 1st of July ,2023.

Dr Emeka Obegolu SAN, an erudite lawyer based in Abuja will be recognized as Anambra Legal Person of the year for his contributions in the law profession particularly his community service in his Anaocha local government Area.

Dr Obegolu recently handed over a bar centre he built singlehandedly for his NBA chapter in Anaocha . He Pioneered the bar centre philanthropy in Anambra State which other lawyers have started emulating. The bar centre named after his father, Chief Charles E N Obegolu was commissioned by former president of Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Olumide Akpata in February, 2022.

According to the respected lawyer, the idea of a bar centre is to address the needs and interests of lawyers around Anaocha LGA. The centre serves as a converging point for lawyers providing a platform for cross fertilization of ideas .

In 2021,two erudite lawyers emerged legal persons of the year, Alexander Ejesieme SAN and the first ever catholic priest to become a senior advocate, Rev Fr.Dr Edwin Obiora SAN.

Emeka J.P. Obegolu, SAN, PhD hails from Obeledu in Anaocha local government area of Anambra State. He is a Senior and Founding Partner of Greenfield Chambers. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka where he obtained his LL.B. (Hons), and has since been called to the Nigerian Bar. He holds a Master’s degree in Mineral Law and Policy (LL.M.) from the University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom, a Doctorate degree in Arbitration from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, and a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK).

He is a practicing Arbitrator and Mediator, holding Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC), with much experience acting as Sole Arbitrator, Presiding Arbitrator and Counsel in commercial arbitrations, and Mediator in labour, commercial, family and communal disputes.

He is an accredited Neutral of the Uwais Dispute Resolution Centre (formerly Abuja Multi-door Courthouse), the Federal High Court ADR Centre, the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce Dispute Resolution Centre, the Edo State Multi-door Courthouse, the Abia State Multi-door Courthouse, the Ogun State Multi-door Courthouse, and the Plateau State Multi-door Courthouse.

He has spoken in many conferences over the years, some of which are Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators, Tanzania Institute of Arbitrators, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, International Bar Association, Pan African Lawyers Union, and Deutshche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and is an experienced Trainer with a concentration on Arbitration, Negotiation and Mediation.

Emeka is a past President and Life Member of the Governing Council of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators, a past President of the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), a past National General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, a past National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, a past Council member of the Council of Legal Education, and a past member of the Governing Council of the Legal Aid Council.

He is the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce Dispute Resolution Centre (NCCDRC), the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Institute of ADR Registrars, and the 1st Deputy President of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). He also sits on the Board of Trustees and Governing Council of the Gemstones Miners and Marketers Association of Nigeria and the Abuja Chamber of Commerce Business and Entrepreneurship Skills Acquisition Centre, respectively.

Credit: The Nigeria Lawyer