John Edozie - Partner

Phone: 212-590-2414
Fax: 914-470-1320
Email: john@edozie.com

Mr. Edozie a founding member of the law firm of Madu, Edozie & Madu, PC a New York Law firm has over twenty-six (26) years broad based experience in International Law, Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Intellectual Property and Corporate Law. He was admitted to practice law in the State of New York in 1991 and has been licensed as an Attorney (Barrister & Solicitor) in Nigeria since 1985.

For approximately five (5) years, he was a litigation associate at Herzfeld & Rubin, a Wall Street-based firm, where his responsibilities included defending the New York City Housing Authority, General Motors Corporation, The Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motors Corporation, Volkswagen of America Inc and American Laundry, Inc in a number of cases involving claims associated with negligence, breach of warranty and strict liability.

In 1995, Mr Edozie left Herzfeld & Rubin to become a founding member of the law firm of Madu, Edozie & Madu, PC, an International Corporate/Commercial Law boutique. His current concentrations at the firm are in the areas of International Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Civil and Commercial Litigation, and Intellectual Property/Licensing Law. His work involves counselling clients in connection with litigation in both the US and Africa, advising clients with respect to general business matters, including expansion and financing strategies, strategic alliances and joint ventures, corporate officer, director obligations and responsibilities as well as shareholder matters. At one time or another he has represented the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), Schlumberger, NP Test, Chevron, Pfizer and other fortune 500 companies.

A substantial portion of his time is also comprised of representing clients in a wide array of matters relating to international transactions. He has a number of Nigerian clients, including the FGN with whom he acts as a legal advisor and counsel concerning their US litigation, other Nigerian businesses which he represents in their United States business activities, and a number of United States clients whom he represents in transactions in Nigeria, Kenya and other parts of Africa. His firm also maintains correspondent relationships with local Nigerian law firms and offers clients excellent legal resources in doing all types of business transactions in Nigeria and other African countries.

He was the first president of the Nigerian Lawyers' Association.

LLB: University of Nigeria, 1984
LLM: Boston University, 1986

Nigeria (1985)
State of New York (1991)