Chief George Sodeinde Sowemimo, GCON (8 November 1920 – 29 November 1997) was a Nigerian jurist and chief justice of Nigeria from 1983 to 1985.
He attended Holy Trinity School, Kano and then proceeded to C.M.S.
He received a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Bristol in 1948 and also trained at Middle Temple for one year before he returned to Nigeria to set up his own law firm.
After several years of services in the Nigerian Judiciary, he was appointed Chief Justice of Nigeria in 1983 to succeed the late Justice Atanda Fatai Williams.
[7] He gave the verdict of the Treason-able Felony trial of Chief Obafemi Awolowo and twenty-six of his associates.