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Koffa was first appointed to the chairmanship of the
Judiciary Committee of the 54th National Legislature. He was a member of the Committee on Elections and Inauguration as well as the Committee on Human & Civil Rights. He was the acting chairperson of the Grand Kru Legislative Caucus at the 54th
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Koffa is the founder and former managing partner of the
International Law Group (ILG) and he has been practicing law since 1997 both in Liberia and the United States. Koffa was also admitted into the Supreme Court Bar of the Republic of Liberia with distinct honor as valedictorian of the graduating
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Cathedral Catholic High School. After acquiring his basic education in Liberia, Koffa traveled to the United States. While in the US Koffa enrolled at the Shaw University, Raleigh North Carolina, US, where he obtained a Bachelor of Public Administration (BPA-cum laude)
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Raleigh North Carolina State University, he obtained a master's in public administration (MPA). Koffa also obtained a Juris Doctorate (JD), from the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill.
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