Nene Abayateye Ofoe Amegatcher is a Ghanaian lawyer, academic and judge.
22 Facts About Nene Amegatcher
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Nene Amegatcher served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from 3 October 2018 to 28 July 2023.
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Nene Amegatcher was born in Suhum, where he began his formal education.
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Nene Amegatcher is a member of the International Bar Association, the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, the Lagos Arbitration Center, the American Bar Foundation, the ICC Court of Arbitration-Paris, London Court of International Arbitration Users' Council and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom.
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Nene Amegatcher was born on 3 February 1953 at Suhum in the Eastern Region.
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Nene Amegatcher began his early education at the Suhum Presbyterian Primary School in 1958 and continued at Anumle Primary School in Achimota and Akropong Demonstration Primary School from 1960 to 1962 and from 1962 to 1964, respectively.
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Nene Amegatcher entered the Aburi Presbyterian Boys' Middle School where he obtained his Middle School leaving Certificate.
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Nene Amegatcher proceeded to the University of Ghana later that year to study Law and Political Science, graduating in 1977.
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Nene Amegatcher studied at the Ghana School of Law from 1978 to 1980 and was called to the bar upon completion in November 1980.
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Nene Amegatcher holds a certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the California State University, Sacramento which he obtained in 1996.
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Nene Amegatcher obtained a certificate in Commercial Dispute Resolution from the United States Department of Commerce in 2001 and a certificate in Commercial Dispute Resolution from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.
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Nene Amegatcher joined the Sam Okudzeto and Associates firm as a partner in 1989 and became a managing partner at the firm from 2005 to 2018.
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Nene Amegatcher was a chief examiner in Law for the West African Examination Council, Ghana Commercial Examinations from 1988 to 2004 and an external examiner in Law for polytechnics in Ghana.
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Nene Amegatcher became secretary of the Greater Accra Bar Association from 1987 to 1989 and the assistant secretary of the Ghana Bar Association from 1993 to 1995.
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Nene Amegatcher served as the secretary of the Ghana Illiteracy and Resources Foundation from 1994 to 2003 and the chair of the pupilage Committee of the Ghana Bar Association from 2002 until 2012.
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Nene Amegatcher was the president of the Ghana Bar Association from 2012 to 2015.
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Nene Amegatcher is a member of the Judicial Council and the General Legal Council, and has been the Advisory Council chair of the College of Humanities of the University of Ghana since 2015.
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Nene Amegatcher served as the vice chair of the African Regional Forum for the International Bar Association from 2015 to 2017 and chair of the African Regional Forum of the association from 2017 to 2018.
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Nene Amegatcher is currently chair of the African Regional Hub of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association.
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Nene Amegatcher was part of a seven-member panel constituted by the Chief Justice, that heard the 2020 election petition by John Mahama against the Electoral Commission of Ghana and Nana Akufo-Addo.
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Nene Amegatcher was nominated together with three other judges by the president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo in 2018.
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Nene Amegatcher was sworn into office together with the other three nominated judges in October 2018.