Olorunnipa Badejo was appointed as the associate counsel as the former Vice President on Tuesday, January 12, named more than 20 lawyers to his White House counsel’s office, CRIMECHANNELS reports.
People of colour also announced in Biden’s White House legal team include Samiyyah Ali who was appointed Deputy Associate counsel, Tona Boyd as special counsel and Megan Ceronsky as Associate Counsel.
Funmi’s legal career started as an associate with the law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and was Legal Counsel at Palantir Technologies Inc.
She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and the University of Florida.
It was also gathered that Funmi Badejo served as ethics counsel in the same office toward the end of the Obama administration.