Tbilisi State University Tbilisi, Georgia
       September 1998-June 2002

Department of Law:

Tbilisi State University Tbilisi, Georgia Major: Oriental Studies Minor: History of Middle East               September 1978 - July 1983

Center for American and International Law Plano, Texas, USA Owing to 2007 Folsom Fellowship for Europe, attended the 44th Annual Academy of American and International Law. Participants included 87 judges, advocates and co-porate lawyers from 32 countries of the world. Lectures were delivered by professors from a number of leading universities and law schools of the United States. Curricu-lum: US Constitutional Law and Judicial System, International Litigation in US Courts, US Tax Law, Contracts, International Business Transactions, Commercial and Con-sumer Law, International Trade Law, US Corporate Law, Electronic Commerce Law, International Arbitration, Intellectual Property Law.                 May 20-June 29, 2007

Center for American and International Law Dallas, Texas, USA Attended the 18th Annual Institute for Transnational Arbitration Workshop called “In-sider Insights – Complex Energy Disputes”.                 June 21, 2007

Center for American and International Law Plano, Texas, USA Attended the Symposium on Critical Global Markets – Brazil: Drilling to the Point.                 June 19-20, 2007

Narional Institute of Trial Advocacy Louisville, Colorado, USA Attended training of trainers course in trial advocacy. Was qualified to teach ad-vanced skills in trial advocacy.                 June 27-30, 2006

ABA/CEELI/US Embassy Gudauri, Georgia Attended an English-language advanced training in trial advocacy. At the end of training took part in a mock trial in the Krtsanisi-Mtatsminda Rayon Court.                August 9-13, 2004

ABA/CEELI Tbilisi, Georgia Attended an English-language training in trial advocacy. During a week American attorneys taught students how to make open and closing statements, examine and cross-examine witnesses before the jury. The training was organized by the American Bar Association/Central and Eastern European Law Initiative.                 June 21-25, 2004

ABA/CEELI Tbilisi, Georgia Attended advanced training in trial advocacy. During a week American attorneys taught students how to make open and closing statements, examine and cross-examine witnesses before the jury. The training was organized by the American Bar Association/Central and Eastern European Law Initiative.                 June 6-10, 2005

Irex Tbilisi, Georgia Attended a two-day training in university syllabus development techniques and a three-day intensive training in media law.                 September 21-25, 2004

Georgian Institute of Public Affairs Tbilisi, Georgia Attended a three-weeek English-language training in human rights law with a focus on the European Cconvention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights case law. Two experts from UK and a number of local experts led workshop on the ECHR substantive provisions and compatibility of Georgian law with the ECHR.                 October 1-21, 2003

Work experience Andronikashvili & Partners Law Firm Providing legal aid to clients in the areas of civil law, administrative law, corpo-rate law, international human rights law, intellectual property law, criminal and civil procedure.                 June 2005-present Attorney/Partner

Andronikashvili & Partners Law Firm November 2004-June 2005 Off Counsel Providing legal aid to clients in the areas of civil law, administrative law, corpo-rate law, international human rights law, intellectual property law, criminal and civil procedure.                 November 2004-June 2005 Off Counsel

“Proceedings” Law Firm

Providing legal aid to clients in the areas of civil law, administrative law, corpo-rate law, international human rights law, international refugee law, criminal and civil procedure.                 September 2002-November 2004 Lawyer

Georgian Center for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims Lawyer Providing legal aid and advice to the GCRT beneficiaries, including Georgian citizens and refugees from Chechenia, who have been subject to torture, or in-human or degrading treatment from law enforcement officers. Analysing interna-tional and national legal framework on torture, inhuman and degrading treat-ment.                January 2003-Nov 2004

Georgian Technical University Professor Led academic course of media law for students of the Department of Journalism. The program includes defamation and privacy law, Georgian Freedom of Infor-mation Act, commercial speech, intellectual property law, jounalist ethics, etc.                 October 2004-May 2005

Georgian Institute of Public Affairs Professor

Leads academic course of media law for students of master’s program in law. The program includes defamation and privacy law, ECHR and US Supreme Court case law in freedom of expression.                 October 2005-present

Georgian State Museum Junior Research Fellow Participated in field expeditions to mountainous regions of Georgia and Ingushetia (North Caucasus). Studied religion, habits and social structure of highlanders. Pre-pared annual research reports. Wrote and published articles in the fields of anthro-pology, history and literary criticism.                 January 1986-July 1994

Georgian State Dept. of TV and Radio Political Observer Made weekly radio reports on political situation around the world. Led discussions concerning the constitutional law and the rule of law on Georgian TV.                October 1992-January 1994

Publications in the Field of Law:

1. Prevention of Torture, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Geor-gia and Compatibility of Georgian Law with International Human Rights Instru-ments, in: How to Avoid Torture (To be published). 2. The European Court of Human Rights Case Law and New Opportunities for the Protection of Georgian IDPs’ Rights, 24 Hours Daily, July 23, 2004.
Translations:
1. Constitution of the United States, 1993, published by USIA. 2. Reader in Political Philosophy, 1996, publication funded by OSGF. 3. The Lund, The Hague and the Oslo recommendations on minority rights. 4. Media and Elections, 2003, published by the Council of Europe.

Languages:
Georgian: mother tongue English: fluently Russian: fluently

Computer skills: Proficient in MS Office software.