Few lawyers embody the blend of courtroom rigour, policy depth, and institutional service as much as Ikechukwu Uwanna, the current Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Abia State.
From his early days as co-founder of Tsedaqah Attorneys to his distinguished leadership within the Nigerian Bar Association—where he rose to serve as Chairman of the Lagos Branch—Uwanna has built a reputation for integrity, discipline, and strategic foresight.
His career reflects a unique versatility: dispute resolution, tax and corporate governance, civil procedure reform, extractive sector transparency, and, most recently, his service on both the Council of Legal Education and the Body of Benchers.
With his imminent elevation as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in September 2025, Uwanna stands at the cusp of yet another defining milestone.
At the 2025 NBA Annual General Conference, he takes his place on the panel discussing Disruptive Artificial Intelligence. For Uwanna, AI is not just a technological shift; it is a governance challenge. His contribution promises to frame AI within the broader questions of justice, regulation, and professional ethics, exploring how institutions, practitioners, and policymakers can adapt to preserve fairness while embracing the inevitability of technological disruption.
