Sir Louis Nwachukwu Mbanefo Kt (13 May 1911 – 28 March 1977) is noted as the first lawyer from the East of Nigeria.
He was born in Onitsha, Eastern Nigeria, and obtained his education in the United Kingdom at a time when it was extremely rare to have a person of his ethnic persuasion pursuing higher education, much less professional training at the bar.
He was an extremely intelligent, disciplined and diligent man who applied himself with single-minded dedication to his profession.