Daniel Okafor

@dokafor

Head of Litigation @ Hale & Mercer. Ex-public defender. Coach, Jackson Park Rovers U12. Caro-Kann, post oak, patience.

📍 Chicago · 🔗 Hale & Mercer LLP · 📅 Joined 2016

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Daniel Okafor @dokafor · 8 Oct 2026

Brisket went on at 4 a.m. It comes off when it's ready. This is also my trial-prep philosophy.

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Daniel Okafor @dokafor · 1 Oct 2026

Lost on Thursday to a 14-year-old who played the Caro-Kann better than I do. Rating now 1742. Stubborn, not stupid: I'll be back next week.

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Daniel Okafor @dokafor · 21 Sep 2026

Rovers 3, Hyde Park Hornets 1. The goalkeeper is nine and has decided he is Ederson. I have decided to let him.

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Daniel Okafor @dokafor · 5 Sep 2026

Cross-examination is not about the gotcha. It is about asking eleven questions the witness must say yes to, and sitting down after the eleventh.

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Daniel Okafor @dokafor · 14 Aug 2026

Six years at the Public Defender taught me the one thing a jury never forgives: a lawyer who pretends to be sure. Say what you know. Say what you don't.

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Daniel Okafor @dokafor · 28 Jul 2026

Reminder for the start of the season: if you are a parent at a U12 match and you are shouting, the referee is twelve, the players are eleven, and the only adult on the pitch is the one keeping quiet.

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Daniel Okafor @dokafor · 4 Jul 2026

Fourteen hours, post oak, no wrapping. The neighbours have stopped asking what the smell is and started asking what time.

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