Kharkiv Law Institute named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky (now — Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University) Law Faculty, graduated 1970
Certificate for the right to practice law: Kyiv Regional KDKA, No. 453/10 dated 28.07.1994
Professional experience in law — 50 years.
His judicial career spanned decades: from the early years as a people’s judge — to the position of head of the people’s district court in Kyiv region. He reviewed cases that others avoided. In his courtroom there was no noise — only law. Principled, precise, unbreakable — he formed verdicts behind which stood not only legal responsibility, but human responsibility.
He worked as long as he breathed — without age discounts, without self-indulgence. There was no fatigue in his arguments. In his court positions — not a single crack. This was an old-school professional who held the line when others remained silent.
In Soviet times, a judge had power. And if this power did not turn into cruelty — this was rare. My father was exactly like that: firm, but fair. Principled, but humane. His courtroom was a place where words were not raised in voice — there they spoke formulations. He made verdicts in cases where others feared to take responsibility. And always — balanced, without demonstration. His toughness was calm. His decisions withstood any pressure — and remained decisions.
After completing his judicial career, he continued to work in the executive power system, headed legal departments of agricultural sector enterprises, and later — in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
His analytical precision, logic, depth of thinking, ability to see not the surface but the essence — were valuable to the entire system and influenced legislative processes. He was respected even by those who disagreed with him.
In 1994 he received his lawyer’s certificate and practiced continuously until the last day of his life.
Not living six months to his 80th birthday, he conducted cases with the same precision and cold clarity as decades earlier. His final lawyer case a few days before death — a particularly serious criminal crime in which his client was accused, ended with an acquittal verdict for the client. A decision made thanks to his arguments, his logic, his legal unwavering stance.
This was not just the last trial. This was the final professional act of a Master who worked to the end — without errors, without pauses, without the right to weakness.
He was more than a father. He was the foundation. My principles — from him. My toughness, my unbreakability, my ability to take a hit and go to the end — this is all from his school. He passed to me not just a profession, but a backbone. That on which not companies stand — on which generations stand.
He did not just give direction to the company — he worked together with me, was beside me at the start, formed me as a lawyer without pathos, but with extreme demandingness.
Family tradition — this is not sentiment. This is when you enter the office every day, stand before a complex case — and know how to act, because a spine is laid in you that does not break. And I will not break. Because he — was exactly like that.
His name — is more than a profile on a website. This is my blood, my line, my strength. And the company stands on this just as I do.
He laid the foundation. I — raised the supports that hold the fortress. A fortress capable of withstanding any pressure. There are no random people here — only those who maintain the level.