Hakeem Onafowokan

Hakeem Onafowokan joined the Oklahoma City Thunder in May 2021. In his role as vice president of Corporate Legal, he advises on a broad range of corporate matters including intellectual property, and transactional and operational matters.

Prior to joining the Thunder, Hakeem served as Corporate Counsel for NASCAR. At NASCAR, Hakeem was responsible for a wide range of general corporate and competition legal matters in support of NASCAR, IMSA, ARCA and related properties. Prior to his career in sports, Hakeem was a staff attorney at the League of Minnesota Cities.

Originally from Minnesota, Hakeem is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Law School. He currently lives in Edmond with his fiancée, Tammy.