{"id":9824,"date":"2017-02-07T10:44:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T09:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9824"},"modified":"2017-05-24T08:52:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T07:52:26","slug":"ezeobi-chief-theodore-anachunu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ezeobi-chief-theodore-anachunu\/","title":{"rendered":"EZEOBI, Chief Theodore Anachunu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: Saturday (One) 11&#8242;&#8221; February, 1939 State of Origin: Anambra Local Government Area: Orumba North Village\/Town: Awgbu Contact Address: 10,Simpson Street, Lagos, P.O.Box 4648 Lagos Contact Telephone: 234-1-2636682. 2632415, 08023071610 Email Address: ezeobicofa micro.coni.ng Chief Theodore Anachuna Ezeobi SAN is a top legal luminary in Lagos where he has practiced fora long time now. He sits today as one ol&#8217;the most senior lawyers in Nigeria by the honorific title ofSENIOR ADVOCATE OFNIGERIA (SAN) wearing the silk wig as a mark of honour and wisdom. Education \u2022 St Michael&#8217;s Primary School Awgbu 1945 1949 \u2022 St Anthony Primary School Nanka 1950 \u2022 St Mary&#8217;s Practising School Agulu 1951 \u2022 Government College Umuahia (WASC) 1952 1957 ( wonGovernment Scholarship) University of Lagos A-Level Programme. (Scholarship of Standard Bank Limited) 1962 1965 \u2022 University ofNigeria (with Standard Bank Scholarship for Law). 1965 1967 Law School Programme 1966 1967. Called to the Bar in Biafra \u2022 LLB ( IIons) \u2022 At the end ol&#8221;the War. went to Nigeria Law School and called to the Bar a second time first was in Biafra Legal Practice and Achievements \u2022 Onyiuke &#038; Co Legal Practitioners 1967 -1972 \u2022 Legal Secretary. Standard( now First Bank) Bank ofNigeria 1972,endcd up as Assistant Legal Adviser \u2022 Established own Chambers Ezeobi and Co. 1982 Appeared before Permanent Court of Arbitration Panel at Palace in the Hague Netherlands as Counsel for the Taraba State Government 1996 \u2022 Appointed Senior Advocate ofNigeria ( SAN) for Proficiency in Practice and was decorated with Silk Wig in 2001 Social and Religious Contributions \u2022 A Highly religious and committed Christian, he is founding member and one time National President of Catholic Students (Pax Romana). University of Lagos 1962 1964 \u2022 Member. Advisory Committee to the Archbishop ol&#8221;Onitsha 1972 \u2022 Vice Chairman. All Saints Parish 1971 1972 Member, Christ the King Parish Council Onitsha 1971-1972 \u2022 Patron. Holy Family Catholic Church Festac Catholic Women Organisation (CWO) till date \u2022 Patron Fr. Tansi Solidarity Movement Lagos Archdiocese till date. \u2022 Legal Adviser lo the Old Boys Government College Umuahia \u2022 Patron. Awka Diocesan Catholic Women Organisation (CWO) till date \u2022 Patron Awgbu Progressive Union. Lagos Branch. \u2022 Member. National Executive Committee Nigeria Bar Association 1985 date \u2022 Chairman Nigerian Bar Association. Lagos Chapter 1993-1995 \u2022 Member. Council ol&#8221;Legal Education 1987 1988 \u2022 Member. International Bar Association 1985 date also of Asia- Pacific Lawyers Association \u2022 Appointed Consultative Assembly on the Reform ofCompany Law 1990 1991 \u2022 Member, NBA National Disciplinary Committee 1999 date \u2022 Member. Peoples Club ofNigeria. \u2022 Member Pan Ndigbo Foundations Lagos. \u2022 Member, Izunwanne Lagos. \u2022 Member. OUT- OKA-IWU Lagos \u2022 Patron of Association ofAnambra State Development Union 2003 In political scene, he has shown some interests. \u2022 Founding President. NCNC Students Wing, University of Lagos, 1962 1965 \u2022 Co-Chaired UPGA Students Wing ol&#8217;the same University 1964 1965 Hobbies- Gardening, Music, Photography Football and Travelling Aresponsible family man. of international repute, married to lyom Chief(Mrs) Bernadette Nwadiniume Ezeobi and blessed with children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[165],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9824","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9824"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}