Member Spotlight: Adaoma (Ada) Okafor

WBA celebrates Black History Month by celebrating the Black members of our community.  Adaoma (Ada) Okafor is a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge Anna Blackburne- Rigsby at the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Ada was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and moved to the United States at 12, settling in Hampton, VA. [...]

By |2025-02-05T18:49:17+00:00February 5th, 2025|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Adaoma (Ada) Okafor

Member Spotlight: Victoria Clark

Victoria Clark is the Former Senior Deputy Associate Counsel at The White House and Oversight Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security and is currently exploring new opportunities. After years of public service, Victoria recently transitioned from the federal government, where she focused on investigations. At The White House, she worked on vetting nominees for [...]

By |2025-01-27T20:08:57+00:00January 29th, 2025|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Victoria Clark

Member Spotlight: Rachel Lawrence

Rachel Lawrence is the Associate Director for Pro Bono & Public Interest Career Development at The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. She’s been at the law school for over 8 years, including a 9-month part-time stint in 2021 while she also worked for the Internal Revenue Service. Rachel loves public service law, [...]

By |2025-01-13T20:02:54+00:00January 15th, 2025|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Rachel Lawrence

Member Spotlight: Sarah James

Sarah A. James is an Associate Attorney at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC. She attended law school during the evenings while working full time as a paralegal at a Boston law firm. She went on to clerk at the Land Court in Boston and trial court in Rhode Island. After landing in the DC [...]

By |2024-09-24T17:36:20+00:00October 2nd, 2024|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Sarah James

Member Spotlight: Sunu P. Chandy

WBA celebrates Pride Month by celebrating the LGBTQ+ members of our community. Photo Credit: Sarah Sharaf-Eldien Sunu P. Chandy (she/her) is a Senior Advisor with Democracy Forward, supporting work across the teams including fighting attacks on DEI, and working alongside partner organizations to help build a nation that does right by all of us. [...]

By |2024-06-12T18:35:14+00:00June 12th, 2024|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Sunu P. Chandy

Member Spotlight: Evelyn Jung

WBA celebrates Pride Month by celebrating the LGBTQ+ members of our community. Evelyn Jung (they/them) is a second-generation Korean American non-binary person working as a Recruiting Director at The Partners Group, a legal staffing firm. They completed their undergraduate degree at New York University and then received their J.D. from George Washington University Law School.” [...]

By |2024-06-12T21:08:08+00:00June 3rd, 2024|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Evelyn Jung

Member Spotlight: Michelle Cohen

Michelle Cohen is Partner at Ifrah PLLC. She spent 20 years in big law before joining Jeff Ifrah, a former colleague and friend, at Ifrah Law, where she has practiced for 12 years. Ifrah Law is a Chambers-ranked boutique specializing in gaming, government investigations, and litigation. She chairs the Privacy and Data Protection Practice and [...]

By |2024-05-17T15:56:22+00:00May 29th, 2024|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Michelle Cohen

Member Spotlight: Lina Xie

WBA celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by celebrating the AAPI members of our community. Lina Xie is a Data Forensics Manager at BDO USA in Washington, DC. She specializes in data investigations related to fraud and corruption, export control sanctions and fraud risk assessments. She works with an incredible team of professionals [...]

By |2024-05-13T02:30:57+00:00May 15th, 2024|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Lina Xie

Member Spotlight: Nina Ren

WBA celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by celebrating the AAPI members of our community. Nina Ren is a Trial Attorney in the Office of Constitutional Torts at the U.S. Department of Justice. She handles vaccine cases before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Nina is currently preparing for her third career appellate court [...]

By |2024-05-13T02:24:43+00:00May 1st, 2024|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Nina Ren

Member Spotlight: Zuka Chuka-Obah

Zuka Chuka-Obah is an Attorney Advisor for the Landlord Tenant Branch of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She is a member of the D.C. Bar and also licensed in Maryland. Zuka graduated from the University of Chicago in 2011 with a BA in Political Science and is a 2014 graduate of Georgetown University [...]

By |2024-03-14T22:57:39+00:00March 20th, 2024|Blog, Member Spotlight|Comments Off on Member Spotlight: Zuka Chuka-Obah
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