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Jerome Okolo

Jerome Okolo

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Owner Okolo Law Firm

  • Education

    • Federal College Enugu

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    • University of Nigeria, Nsukka

      1987 - 1992
      B URP Urban & Regional Planning

      Activities and Societies: Great Alpha Fraternity

    • University of Nebraska at Omaha

      1996 - 1998
      MBA

      Regents Scholarship

    • Creighton University School of Law

      2003 - 2006
      JD

      Activities and Societies: International Moot Court Board senior member CALI Award in Trial Practice

    • Thunderbird School of Global Management

      2008 - 2009
      MGM Finance, Supply Chain

      Activities and Societies: Supply Chain Club Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference Sustainable Innovation case competition

  • Experience

    • Norman Engineering (Shell Contractor)

      Jan 1993 - Jan 1995
      Contractor - Site Supervisor

      Supervised labor, interpreted building and layout blueprints and issued invoices for housing construction projects.

    • MFS Network Technologies

      Jan 1998 - Jan 2000
      Project Business Manager

      Financial analysis and month end closing for four multiple network construction projects. Project finance functions and limited project management.

    • Accenture

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2001
      Technology Analyst

      Provided systems support (hardware, operating systems, servers, and development environment builds and fixes) for various fortune 100 telecommunications clients. Load tested and developed functional testing plans for clients.

    • Sprint PCS

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2003
      Systems Programmer

      Supported the migration of Sprint's billing system applications from an outsourced vendor to an internal java based AMDOCS system. Provided server side and middleware builds, fixes and code migrations.

    • Union Pacific Railroad

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2006
      Labor Relations Intern

      Investigated labor disputes, researched applicable labor laws and collective bargaining agreements, drafted arbitration briefs submitted to Public Law Boards and the National Labor Relations Board.

    • Baird Holm Law Firm

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
      Associate

      Defended medium to large business clients in employment and labor related litigation and negotiations. Drafted and reviewed technology services contracts. Regular contributor to firm labor and employment newsletter and contributor to ABA technology and privacy section privacy law review article.

    • Carter Law Firm

      May 2007 - Jun 2008
      Attorney

      Represent individuals in personal injury, workplace discrimination and family law disputes. Some representation of clients in immigration court and contract drafting, negotiation and review for small business clients.

    • Delta Air Lines

      Jun 2009 - Oct 2011
      Commodity Manager

      Source and negotiate purchases of aircraft MRO as well as interior modification parts and services.

    • Ekeh Law

      Jan 2012 - Sept 2013
      Attorney/Partner

      Approximately 50% of practice devoted to litigation (Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Workmen's Compensation, Removal Defense, International Trade and Insurance, Employment Discrimination, Labor Disputes). Other 50% of practice devoted to Business Immigration, Family Immigration, and Customs/International Trade filings and transactions.

    • City Wide Maintenance

      Sept 2013 - Jul 2018
      Co-owner/Vice President

      Served as V.P. and co-owner of 20 plus building maintenance services company offering Facilities management with outsourced janitorial services as fulcrum of offerings to the Omaha and Council Bluffs area commercial real estate industry. Grew the business from low six figures to low seven figures in revenues before successfully exiting through sale of assets.

    • Okolo Law Firm

      Oct 2013 - now
      Owner

      Litigation: Personal Injury Law; Nebraska Workmen's Compensation; Employment and Labor Law; and Criminal Defense. Advisory in the areas of Business Planning; Elder Law Issues (Asset Protection, Long Term Care Planning etc.), Business Law advisory.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • NE and IA licensed

      NE and IA Bar Association