Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah, managing partner of Marrah & Associates, is a leading civil and commercial litigator, top constitutional expert, and pro-democracy activist. He graduated top of his class from the Sierra Leone Law School in 2009 and has been in legal practice for over fifteen years. His legal career has been marked by several high-profile cases challenging government actions and judicial overreach. In particular, he secured a landmark victory in Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court in 2018, challenging the government’s unjust vehicular restrictions during the general elections, which led to significant electoral reforms.

 

Marrah has offered a range of legal and consultancy services to top corporate/commercial entities, national and international human rights and charitable institutions, and highly distinguished individuals. He has litigated a few international commercial arbitrations before the London Court of International Arbitration and the International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Court. He has variously acted for human right victims/survivors against the Republic of Sierra Leone at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice.

 

Marrah’s dedication to public service is evident in his appointment in 2019 by Sierra Leone’s President to help formulate a national anti-corruption strategy. He also served for three years as a representative of the Attorney General on the board regulating the pharmaceutical profession in the country. Despite facing persecution for his outspoken views, including a Supreme Court warrant for his arrest and subsequent conviction for contempt in 2020, Marrah has remained an unwavering advocate for legal and political reforms in Sierra Leone.

 

In 2024, Marrah contested the presidency of the Sierra Leone Bar Association, though the election results are being contested in court. He is the first president of the Lawyers’ Society, the largest body for lawyers qualified in Sierra Leone and also Sierra Leoneans qualified as solicitor and/or barrister in other jurisdictions.