EFEMENA TERESA ARUOTURE
Senior Partner
EfemenaT. Aruoture is a senior partner. She attended Delta State University, Oleh Campus, where she bagged an LL.B degree in Law in 2008, having earlier obtained a Diploma-in-Law qualification in 2004 from the same school. She was called to the Nigerian Bar and became a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2010.
She initially worked at the Benue State Governor’s office, before moving to Delta State to work with the then Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice of Delta State, Charles Ajuyah, SAN. After her time at the Government House, she worked at Thompson Okpoko& Partners, led by Chief Thompson Okpoko (SAN), ex-President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). She has been involved in a lot of high profile cases spanning the political and constitutional realm, oil & gas, environmental, banking and commercial sectors.
Work Experience:
Senior Partner: Garnet &Hawthorns Solicitors, Warri, Delta State (February 2016 to date).
Senior Associate: K.K. Iheme& Associates: (2015-2016)
Solicitor-in-office: Thompson Okpoko (SAN) & Partners, Warri, Delta State; (October 2011-2014).
Special Assistant to the Honourable Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Delta State. Ministry of Justice, Asaba. (June- September 2011).
NYSC: Office of the Senior Special Assistant to The Governor on Constitutional and Legal Matters, Benue State Government (2009).
Law Office Attachment: Femi Okunnu& Co. Legal Practitioners, Onilewura Chambers (2010).