SARAH JETA ATUMGA
Sarah joined the firm in 2021 and is part of the firm's Dispute Resolution and Media and Publications Departments
Sarah graduated from the Nigerian Law School with first Class Honours, making history as the 1st indigene of Borno State to bag a first class at the Nigerian Law School. Prior to that, she attended the prestigious University of Maiduguri ‘where she graduated with Second Class (Upper Divison).
During her stay atthe University of Maiduguri, she was vice Chairman of the Unimaid Law Clinic where she actively participatedin the NULAI OSIWA project aimed at granting access to justice to 70 pretrial detainees in Maiduguri. Having been conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of University of Maiduguri (SAUM), she was the Principal Counsel of Legal Ald
Chambers where she participated in and won several mock trials organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri.
Since her call to the Nigerian bar, Sarah has garnered considerable experience in ligation and corporate transactions particularly as it relates to criminal law, energy law and entertainment law.
EDUCATION
PRACTICEAREAS
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
Sarah graduated from the Nigerian Law School with first Class Honours, making history as the 1st indigene of Borno State to bag a first class at the Nigerian Law School. Prior to that, she attended the prestigious University of Maiduguri ‘where she graduated with Second Class (Upper Divison).
During her stay atthe University of Maiduguri, she was vice Chairman of the Unimaid Law Clinic where she actively participatedin the NULAI OSIWA project aimed at granting access to justice to 70 pretrial detainees in Maiduguri. Having been conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of University of Maiduguri (SAUM), she was the Principal Counsel of Legal Ald
Chambers where she participated in and won several mock trials organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri.
Since her call to the Nigerian bar, Sarah has garnered considerable experience in ligation and corporate transactions particularly as it relates to criminal law, energy law and entertainment law.
EDUCATION
- Nigerian Law School (8.1)
- University of Malduguri(LL 8)
PRACTICEAREAS
- Litigation
- Real EstatesandLand Economy
- Corporate and Commercial
- Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Negotiation
- Energy, Oil and Gas Services
- Human Rights Law
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
- Nigerian Bar Association
- Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum
- Nigerian Bar Association Young Lawyers Forum
- Nigerian Bar Association. Section on Business Law
Position: Associate
Office: J-K Gadzama LLP, Lagos
Office: J-K Gadzama LLP, Lagos
