Akoto ampaw biography of barack

On Monday, October 6, 2003, I took my first steps up the four-storey building at 67 Kojo Thompson Road, Adabraka, that housed the famed law firm, Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co.

Those steps would set me on an adventure filled with memories in the practice of law for some 14 years before I was appointed into public service in 2017, first as Deputy Attorney-General.

The memories I speak of were in no small measure made possible by the gentleman whose life we celebrate today, Anthony Akoto-Ampaw (Commander Sheey Sheey, as I would subsequently call him throughout my dealings with him).

I had been interviewed by Philip Addison, Esq., then Head of Chambers at the firm in June 2003 following the conclusion of my law school examinations as one of two identified replacements for Messrs.

Atta Akyea and Yonny Kulendi (now JSC) who had left the firm. After a few minutes of interactions with Mr. Addison, he indi