Education

• Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw

Key Practice Areas

• Criminal law and criminal procedure, including white-collar crime
• Protection of human rights, including proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights
• International criminal law
• Constitutional law

Selected Experience

• Defense counsel for a Member of Parliament charged with corruption in a groundbreaking case based on a police sting operation involving an undercover agent
• Representation of a Guantanamo detainee in criminal proceedings concerning torture and abuse of power at a CIA black site in Poland; counsel for the victim in a successful case before the European Court of Human Rights
• Defense of pro-constitutional judges facing reprisals during the rule of law crisis between 2017 and 2023
• Defense of the CEO of a medical company accused of corruption and fraud against the healthcare system in a politically sensitive case linked to members of the opposition
• Defense of a former minister in a case concerning abuse of power and corruption

Professional and Bar Activities

• Dean of the Warsaw Bar Association (2016–2024)
• Social Advisor to the Prosecutor General (since 2024)
• Member, New York Bar Association (since 2023)
• Member, Editorial Committee for the Supplement to the Istanbul Protocol Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2018–2020)
• Advocate before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (since 2017)
• Member, Board of Directors of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (2016–2020), including Chair of the Board (2018–2019)
• Member, Expert Committee of the National Preventive Mechanism (2016–2021)
• Member, Social Council to the Polish Ombudsman (2015–2021)
• Member, Doughty Street Chambers, London (since 2014)
• Member, Perren Buildings Chambers, London (until 2014)
• Member, Program Committee of Amnesty International (2014–2018)
• Counsel admitted before the International Criminal Court in The Hague (since 2014)
• Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (since 2012)
• Chair, Human Rights Committee of the Polish Bar Council (2010–2016)
• Member of the Professor Zbigniew Hołda Association, including service on its Board (since 2012)
• Member, Legal Experts Advisory Panel of Fair Trials International (since 2010)
• Member, European Criminal Bar Association (since 2010)
• Member, European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers (since 2010)
• Participant and panelist at numerous conferences, including: Autumn European Criminal Bar Association Conference (2024), IBA Annual Conference Miami (2022), Better Applying European Criminal Law – Pan-European Legal Conference for Court Staff (2022), World City Bar Leaders (2018), Roundtable: “A State Without Torture?” (2018), Beyond the Liberal Constitution: European Voices of Dissent and the Constitutional Consequences (2016), Future Challenges in Cross-Border Investigations: Prosecution and Defense (2016), The Judge’s Decision as a Dead End? Human Rights Violations in Government Actions and Their Consequences (2015), Training on the New EU Directives on Procedural Safeguards in Criminal Proceedings (2014)
• Author of numerous publications and commentaries, including for national media (Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Wyborcza, TVN), e.g. co-author of Meritum Adwokata i Adwokatki (2024); co-author of Constitutional Limits on Changes to the Judicial System and the Legal Status of Judges – (Mis)use of Article 180(5) of the Polish Constitution (2021); United Around the Values We Jointly Serve (Iustitia. Quarterly of the Polish Judges’ Association, 2019/2(36)); co-author of Protection of Legal Professional Privilege and Government Actions (2018); The Constitutional Court of Poland: The Battle for Judicial Independence (Policy Brief, The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, Oxford 2017); Application of the European Convention on Human Rights by Domestic Courts – Remarks from a Practitioner’s Perspective (VI Warsaw Seminar on the Application of the ECHR in Domestic Law, Warsaw 2013)

Awards and Distinctions

• Rzeczpospolita Law Firm Ranking – individual distinction in the “Business Criminal Law” category (2018–2024)
• Forbes Best Law Firms – individual recognition in the “Business Criminal Law” category (2023, 2024)
• Scott Crosby Human Rights Award, presented by the European Criminal Bar Association, for efforts to restore judicial independence and the rule of law in Poland
• Human Rights Award, Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (2018)
• Listed among the 50 Most Influential Lawyers by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (2015, 2016)
• Golden Paragraph Award, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (2014)
• Edward Wende Award laureate for commitment to the fundamental values of the rule of law, including fidelity to constitutional ideals and adherence to principles of legality (2013)

Languages

• English
• French