Bolaji Ekhator joined the New York office of Ropes & Gray in 2024 as a law clerk and works in the corporate department.

Bolaji graduated from Fordham University School of Law, where he served as the diversity, equity, and inclusion chair & notes editor for the Journal of Corporate & Financial Law and was the alumni chair for the Black Law Students Association.

While in law school, Bolaji worked as a legal intern with a recognized publicly traded sports and entertainment company and participated in the entrepreneurial law clinic. 

Prior to law school, Bolaji completed a teaching residency at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and taught at New York City and Boston area independent schools.