Mrs Badejo-Okusanya, popular Lagos lawyer, was recently elected the president of the Nigerian Bar Association. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2002 after obtaining her Law degree from the University of Lagos, where she previously earned a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in English.
She started her egal career started at Olaniwun Ajayi LP and became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), the highest honour in the Nigerian legal profession, on 29 September 2025.
In the course of her legal practice, she was appointed in 2007 as the Senior Special Assistant on Justice Sector Reform to the then-Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola. At the time, she worked in the office of the then-Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Olasupo Shasore.
She is a member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), the African Arbitration Association, ArbitralWomen, the International Bar Association (IBA), the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA), the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), and a Life Member of the African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA). She also serves on the Board of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA).
Her Bar activities have included various leadership roles.
She previously served as Assistant Secretary of the NBA Lagos Branch; Delegate to the 2006 NBA Elections; Member of the NBA Lagos Branch Building Committee; Member of the Future of the Legal Profession Committee; Member of the Conference Investigation Committee; Alternate Chair of the 2023 Annual General Conference Planning Committee; and Chair of the 2024 Annual General Conference Planning Committee.
She was co-opted to serve as a member of the NBA National Executive Council in 2022. She won the NBA Presidential Medal of Service in August, 2024.
She became a founding partner of Africa Law Practice NG & Company in 2017.
The law firm, where she is Co-Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice, is among Nigeria’s leading commercial law firms with affiliations across Africa.