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Description: Check out this great feature piece and learn more about the new President of the Milwaukee Bar Association. The MBA is proud to be part of your journey Emil Ovbiagele, JD, MBA! Read the story at: https://lnkd.in/gdRBJZZx

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Check out this great feature piece and learn more about the new President of the Milwaukee Bar Association. The MBA is proud to be part of your journey Emil Ovbiagele, JD, MBA! Read the story at: https://lnkd.in/gdRBJZZx

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Now to a story you'll see only on Fox 6 in Milwaukee. Attorney says the American dream has become his reality. The 31 year old Nigerian immigrant is the youngest president of the Milwaukee Bar Association. As our Aaron Maybin explains, he uses his life journey to help fight for others. This is the only place where a kid with a hard to pronounce last name can come in at 16 and and carve out a piece of the American dream. Amil Ovia Gailey doesn't have a common last name, and this lawyer's life story isn't run-of-the-mill either. When did you know you wanted to be a lawyer? The moment I decided I wasn't going to Med school. He has humor, charm, and a lifelong love of advocating for other people in elementary school and in high school. I was just one of those people who just couldn't see something. Be wrong and not do something about it. Amilo, via Gailey, was born in Nigeria. His life took a turn at 13 when his dad died. Being raised by, you know, a younger, widowed, recently widowed mother in a third world country comes with his own special set of difficulties. I got to see the ugliness of the world. I got to see what it was like to not have. I got to dance around, as they say. With poverty. And I also got to see the beauty of humanity. A love for learning led to Marquette University when he was just 16. He graduated from law school in 2014. I fight for those who may not have a voice and who've never had people fight for them before. The husband and father is a founding partner of OB Law and Consulting. He recently made history as a youngest president of the Milwaukee Bar Association. And over time, it's evolved from just an organization that champions the causes of local lawyers to one that actually tries to improve access to justice and other issues within the communities. I really want it. Chris on the podcast Fox Six was at the Bar Association office, where he and attorney Kristen Hardy record the Bottom Up podcast. It captures conversations with attorneys on their personal lives. And the changing legal landscape also deals with the intersections of, like law and life. The 31 year old uses a law. To fight for the future of others. But it's his past that drives him. I think of the pains that I've gone through, my difficulties as a privilege. I think that the fact that I'm an immigrant as a privilege, right, I have the privilege of perspective in Milwaukee. Aaron Maybin, Fox 6 News By the way, the Milwaukee Bar Association is the 5th oldest Bar Association in the country, and Mill says he's also focused on increasing member diversity.

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