Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, 1978 (Summa cum laude)

Doctor (PhD) in civil procedural law, with the thesis: “Guarantees of the right to defense in civil proceedings”, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, 2006 (Magna cum laude)

Lawyer in the Bucharest Bar (since 1978)

Arbitrator of the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (since 2011)

Arbitrator of the Arbitration Commission attached to the Constanta Chamber of Commerce and Navigation (since 2005)

Arbitrator of the Arbitration Commission attached to the National Union of Insurance Companies in Romania (since 2005)

Member of the Commission for the drafting of the New Code of Civil Procedure (2006 – 2011)

Member of the Commission for the drafting of the Law on the Implementation of the New Code of Civil Procedure (2011 – 2012)

Member of the Commission for the elaboration of the Amendment of the Civil Code (1997 – 2000)

Member of the Drafting Commission of the Law on the organization and exercise of the legal profession (1992 – 1995)

Member of the Commission for the drafting of the Statute of the lawyer’s legal profession (1995 – 1996)

Coordinator of the Commission for the elaboration of the Statute of the Lawyers’ Insurance House (2000)

Member of the Commission for the drafting of legal acts for the establishment and organization of the National Institute for Lawyers (2001 – 2004)

Rapporteur for Romania of the Project on improving the training of lawyers in the program developed under the auspices of the Council of Europe on strategic initiative in the Balkans (1999 – 2000)

Coordinator of the Commission for drafting the draft program of the Center for the Training of Lawyers in the Balkans, initiated by the Romanian Bar Union (1999 – 2000)

Lecturer at the National Institute for Lawyers (since 2004)

Lecturer at the National Institute for Lawyers, Civil Procedure (since 2004)

Publications are accessible in Romanian language

“The New Code of Civil Procedure. Commented and Annotated ”(co-author; coord. V.M. Ciobanu, M. Nicolae), Universul Juridic Publishing House, Bucharest, 2013

“The Exercise of the Right of Defense in Civil Proceedings. Procedural Guarantees ”, Universul Juridic Publishing House, Bucharest, 2006

The “TRAIAN IONASCU” award granted by the “Romanian Journal of Private Law” for the best book of the year 2016, for the work “The New Code of Civil Procedure Commented and Annotated, vol. I art. 1-526, vol. II art. 527-1134 ”(co-author; coord. V.M. Ciobanu, M. Nicolae), 2nd edition, Universul Juridic Publishing House, Bucharest, 2016

The “MIHAIL ELIESCU” award granted by the Romanian Jurists Union for the work “The new Code of Civil Procedure commented and annotated, vol. I art. 1-526, vol. II art. 527-1134 ”(co-author; coord. V.M. Ciobanu, M. Nicolae), 2nd edition, Universul Juridic Publishing House, Bucharest, 2016

The “ISTRATE MICESCU” award granted by the Romanian Jurists Union  for the work “The Exercise of the Right of Defense in Civil Proceedings. Procedural Guarantees ”, Universul Juridic Publishing House, Bucharest, 2006

“PAUL C. VLACHIDE” award granted by the Romanian Jurists Union for lawyer’s professional ethics, 2000

All articles are accessible on our page in Romanian language

“The Lawyer’s Profession in Romania, 150 Years After”, www.juridice.ro, 09.05.2015

“The Qualification of the Lawyer’s Profession as an Employee-Employer Relationship Is Against the Principle of Lawyer’s Independence and Has Serious Consequences on the Rule of Law”, www.juridice.ro, 08.05.2015

“Aspects Regarding the Topicality of the Principles and Values Regulated by the Law on the Organization and Exercise of the Lawyer’s Profession”, 25.04.2014

“The Impact of the Newly Enacted Provisions of the Civil Code on the Contract of Legal Assistance and Representation”, www.juridice.ro, 29.02.2012

“Formal Conditions of Legal Representation”, Bulletin of the National Institute for Lawyers, no. 2/2006

“The Defense of the Professional Title of Lawyer – An Issue of Public Order”, Revista Avocatul, no. 1/2006

“The Initial Professional Training and the Continuous Professional Development of Lawyers, in the Context of the Strategy for Reforming the Romanian Judicial System and Consolidating the Business Environment”, Revista Avocatul, no. 1/2005

“Romanian Lawyer – European Lawyer. The Harmonization of Standards for Professional Qualification”, Revista Avocatul, no. 1/2003

“The Perspectives of Development of the Lawyer’s Profession”, Revista Avocatul, no. 1/2001

“The Respect of the Professional Oath of the Lawyer and the Common House of Justice”, Revista Avocatul, no. 1/2000

All public lactures are accessible on our page in Romanian language

”The Active Role of the Judge. Motivation of Procedural Acts”, within the Conference ”Viorel Mihai Ciobanu” (ed. 8), organized by the Society of Legal Sciences and the Bucharest Bar, in collaboration with the University of Bucharest, 27.02.2020

”The Procedural Balance Between Appearance and Fairness, Between Theory and Practice”, during the ”Litigators” Conference, organized by the Society of Legal Sciences and the Bucharest Bar in collaboration with the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bucharest, 18-19.04 .2019

”The Right to a Fair Trial. Procedural Guarantees – Between Desideratum and Reality”, during the conference ”Viorel Mihai Ciobanu”, organized by the Society of Legal Sciences, the Bucharest Bar and the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest, 30.01.2019

“The Mechanisms by which Fundamental Rights are Disrupted”, at the General Congress of the Union of European Lawyers, Alba-Iulia, 24.06.2016

”The Perspectives of the Legislative Evolution at the Level of the European Union and at National Level Regarding the Professional Secrecy and the Confidentiality of the Communications between a Lawyer and a Client. Current Concerns Regarding the Professional Secrecy within the Legal Profession in Romania”, at the Conference ”The Legal Role of the Lawyer in a State Governed by the Rule of Law Regarding the Protection of Privacy and Professional Secrecy. The Situation in Romania”, organized by the Council of European Bars (CCBE) and the National Union of Romanian Bars (UNBR), Bucharest, 11.12.2014

“The Limits of the Lawyer’s Right to Exercise the Procedural Acts of Disposition in the Arbitration Procedure”, at the Conference “Arbitration and the New Codes”, organized by the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania, Bucharest, 16-17.12.2013

“The Role of the Lawyer in the Civil Process According to the New Code of Civil Procedure”, at the conference “Knowledge, Understanding and Application of the New Code of Civil Procedure”, organized by National Union of Romanian Bars, National Institute for Lawyers (INPPA) Timisoara, in collaboration with the Timis Bar, Universul Juridic Publishing House and the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences within the West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, 23-24.11.2012

“The Legal Regime of the Nullity of Procedural Acts According to the New Code of Civil Procedure”, at the National Conference “New Codes of Romania”, organized by the European Center for Legal Studies and Research in collaboration with the Faculty of Law, Western University from Timisoara, National Institute for Lawyers (INPPA) Bucharest and INPPA Timisoara, Timisoara, 27-28.05.2011

All interviews are accessible on our page in Romanian language

“A Lawyer Prefers a Trial Held in Front of a Judge, not in Front of a Screen”, interview with Alina Matei, www.juridice.ro, 26.04.2020

“It Has Become an Open Struggle, for Life and Death” [for the Control of Justice], interview with Alina Matei, www.juridice.ro, 13.01.2019

“Legal Services are no Longer Reserved Exclusively for Lawyers”, interview with Loredana Voiculescu, www.juridice.ro, 06/17/2018

“New Challenges on Old Topics: Professional Secrecy, Autonomy and Independence of Bars, Lawyers’ Insurance House”, interview with Alina Matei, www.juridice.ro, 18.03.2018

“Artificial Intelligence Could Turn Against Humanity”, interview with Alina Matei, www.juridice.ro, 16.11.2017

”The Law no. 51/1995 is in a Race Against Social and Legislative Realities ”, interview with Alina Matei, www.juridice.ro, 09.04.2017

“If We Destroy the Defense, Who Has a Word to Say?”, interview with Alina Matei, www.juridice.ro, 19.05.2016

“The Role of the Lawyer is to Defend the Fundamental Rights of Citizens”, interview “The Lawyer”, 11/25/2015

“In Recent Years, the Modernization of the Lawyers’ Insurance House Has Been Carried Out”, interview with Mircea Dragos Fica, www.juridice.ro, 11/13/2015

“The Status of the Lawyer’s Profession has Always Advanced in Many Respects”, interview with Alina Matei, www.juridice.ro, 10.12.2014

“About the State of the Lawyer’s Profession”, interview with av. dr. Doina Gherman, www.juridice.ro, 17.06.2014

“About Legality and Responsibility”, interview with Andrei Savescu, www.juridice.ro, 21.06.2012

All video recordings are accessible on our page in Romanian language

”Legal Point Marathon 3”, by Cornel Dărvășan, Nicolae Cîrstea, Universul Juridic, 09.05.2018

“Business Laws”, by Andrei Cristea, Profit TV, 08.10.2018

”Legal Point”, 28.09.2017, by Cornel Dărvășan, Nicolae Cîrstea, Universul Juridic, 28.09.2017

”Legal Point Marathon 2”, by Cornel Dărvășan, Nicolae Cîrstea, Universul Juridic, 30.03.2017

“Business Laws”, by Andrei Cristea, Hot News Romania, February 18, 2016

Counselor in the National Union of Romanian Bars (since 1994)

Member of the Council of Bucharest Bar (1990 – 2019)

President of the National Union of Romanian Bars (2007 – 2019)

President of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for Lawyers (2008 –  2019)

Member of the Council of the Doctoral School of the Law Faculty, University of Bucharest (since 2014)