Biden
had announced the appointment of Badejo, a lawyer and an alumna of Berkeley Law
College in the US, when he named additional 20 members of the office of the
White House counsel.
The
office of White House counsel advises the president, the executive office of
the president, and the White House staff on legal issues pertaining to the
president and the White House.
Funmi
is the daughter of Prof Zacchaeus Olorunnipa from Igbo-Bunu, Kabba-Bunu LGA of
Kogi State.
Funmi’s
elder brother, Tolu Olorunnipa is currently the White House Correspondent for
Washington Post.
Badejo
served as ethics counsel in the same office toward the end of the Obama
administration.
According
to a statement on the Biden-Harris transition website, Badejo was general the counsel of the house select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis which was
chaired by James Clyburn, House majority whip.
“Her
prior government service includes serving as Counsel for policy to the
Assistant Attorney-General in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice,
Ethics Counsel at the White House Counsel’s Office and Attorney Advisor at the
Administrative Conference of the United States during the Obama-Biden
administration,” the statement read.
“Olorunnipa
Badejo began her legal career 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. Originally from Florida, Olorunnipa Badejo lives in Washington D.C.
with her husband and son.”
Biden
will be sworn in on January 20 as the 46th US president.
Three
persons of Nigerian origin have so far been appointed by Biden.
In
December, Osaremen Okolo, a Nigerian-American, was earlier appointed a member
of Biden’s COVID-19 response team.
This
was after Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo was announced as deputy secretary of
the treasury department.
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