Our people

Attorneys

Eighteen lawyers and advisors, six you will work with directly. Every engagement is supervised by a named partner.

The team

Meet the firm

Select an attorney to review their background, admissions, and how to reach them directly.

Corporate & Business Law

Prof C.O. Adekoya

Managing Partner

Prof. Adekoya has spent three decades counseling founders, boards, and family enterprises through their most consequential decisions. He co-founded the firm in 1985 after practicing corporate law in New York, and still relishes the moment a complex negotiation finally clicks into place. Clients value his habit of asking the uncomfortable question early — while it is still cheap to answer.

Education

J.D., University of Chicago Law School, magna cum laude
B.A., Economics, Northwestern University

Admissions

Illinois
New York
U.S. District Court, N.D. Illinois

c.adekoya@adekoyaco.example +234 703 232 6006 Request a meeting

Real Estate & Land Use

Dr F.F. Aare

Partner, Real Estate

Dr. Aare has guided more than $2 billion in real estate transactions, from single-tenant acquisitions to ground-up mixed-use developments, and is equally comfortable redlining a long lease as standing before a zoning board. Developers describe Dr. Aare as 'the lawyer who finds the answer before we finish asking the question.'

Education

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
B.S., Urban Planning, Cornell University

Admissions

Illinois
District of Columbia

f.aare@adekoyaco.example (312) 555-0144 Request a meeting

Employment Law

Dr A. Aladekomo

Partner, Employment

Dr. Aladekomo advises employers on the front end — policies, investigations, and executive negotiations — and litigates on the back end when those efforts fall short. Defending wage-and-hour class actions and discrimination appeals makes the preventive advice unusually concrete, and Dr. Aladekomo regularly trains leadership teams on documentation that actually holds up.

Education

J.D., University of Michigan Law School
B.A., Human Resources, University of Wisconsin

Admissions

Illinois
U.S. District Court, N.D. Indiana

a.aladekomo@adekoyaco.example (312) 555-0145 Request a meeting

Corporate & Business Law

Dr O. Bada

Partner, Corporate

Dr. Bada structures financings, joint ventures, and acquisitions for founders and family enterprises, from first term sheet to closing table. The advice is commercial, plain-spoken, and built to still make sense a decade after signing.

Education

LL.M. in Taxation, NYU School of Law
J.D., Cornell Law School

Admissions

Illinois
New York

o.bada@adekoyaco.example (312) 555-0146 Request a meeting

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Dr L. Patrick

Partner, Litigation

Dr. Patrick handles commercial disputes from the first demand letter through trial and appeal, with a focus on contract, partnership, and construction matters. Case files get built so early that most opponents settle before discovery gets expensive.

Education

J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois

Admissions

Illinois
Wisconsin

l.patrick@adekoyaco.example (312) 555-0147 Request a meeting

Family Law

Miss O.T. Ogiri

Partner, Family Law

Miss Ogiri handles divorce, custody, and adoption matters with a steady temperament clients describe as calming even when the stakes are high. She is a trained mediator and collaborative law practitioner who believes most disputes can be resolved without destroying the relationships on the other side of them — and she is formidable when court is unavoidable.

Education

J.D., DePaul University College of Law
B.A., Psychology, Loyola University Chicago

Admissions

Illinois

o.ogiri@adekoyaco.example (312) 555-0148 Request a meeting

Estate Planning & Probate

Miss L. P. Kumuyi

Partner, Estates

Miss Kumuyi has drafted estate plans for three generations of some of the same families, an intimacy with clients' intentions that no software can replicate. She focuses on closely held business succession and multi-generational trust structures, and teaches estates and trusts seminars for the Chicago Bar Association.

Education

LL.M. in Taxation, NYU School of Law
J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Admissions

Illinois
Indiana

l.kumuyi@adekoyaco.example (312) 555-0149 Request a meeting

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