About Bankole

Bankole Awoyemi was born and raised in Nigeria and studied law at Obafemi Awolowo University from 2004 to 2009, then attended the Nigerian Law School and was called to the Nigerian bar in 2010. He worked at a law firm in Nigeria's commercial capital before serving as a State Prosecutor in Nigeria for ten years, handling high-level criminal matters. He migrated to Canada in 2022, began the National Committee on Accreditation qualifying process that October, and completed his articles at Verhaeghe Law, during which he worked on the Legal Aid Family Law roster. He currently practices family law.

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Education & credentials

Law school
Obafemi Awolowo University

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