Osik Paweł

Paweł Osik

Advocate, Partner

Extensive experience in representing clients in criminal and other repressive proceedings, initially gained through work on precedent-setting cases at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, and subsequently through collaboration with the firm, handling numerous criminal, lustration, and European Court of Human Rights proceedings. Represents clients from the earliest stages of investigation through enforcement proceedings. Actively involved in the work of the bar, particularly within the disciplinary system.

Education

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

Key Practice Areas

  • Criminal law
  • Criminal procedure
  • Lustration
  • Human rights, including representation before the European Court of Human Rights
  • Constitutional law

Professional and Bar Activities

  • Judge, Disciplinary Court of the Warsaw Bar Association (since 2016)
  • Chair, Disciplinary Commission of the Polish Volleyball League (since 2017)
  • Lecturer on human rights, legal ethics, professional standards, and criminal procedure at the Warsaw Bar Association’s training program for trainee advocates
  • Member, Audit Committee of the Professor Zbigniew Hołda Association (since 2015)
  • Member, Human Rights Committee of the Polish Bar Council (2013–2021)
  • Honorary Chair, Human Rights Section of the Warsaw Bar Association (since 2018), previously Chair (2016–2018)
  • Deputy Disciplinary Officer of the Warsaw Bar Association (2013–2016)
  • Lecturer, Collegium Civitas (2010–2013)
  • Long-term collaborator of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, involved primarily in the programs “Human Rights and Dealing with the Past” and “Strategic Litigation Program”
  • Author of numerous articles and media commentaries, including: Amendment to Criminal Procedure and Its Practical Implications from the Defense Counsel’s Perspective, in: J. Godyń, M. Hudzik, L.K. Paprzycki (eds.), The Great Amendment of Criminal Procedure, 2014; Defense Against Class Action Lawsuits, Home & Market, 2010; A. Bodnar, B. Grabowska, P. Osik, Amicus Curiae Submissions before the Constitutional Tribunal in the Practice of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, in: 25th Anniversary Book of the Constitutional Tribunal – The Evolution of the Tribunal’s Functions and Tasks: Assumptions and Practical Implementation, 2010
  • Participant in educational projects organized by the Warsaw Bar Association and NGOs, including Constitutional Week and Fairy-Tale Lawyers

Awards and Distinctions

  • Adwokatura Zasłużonym (“For Merit to the Bar”) distinction (2024)
  • Winner, Rising Stars competition organized by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (2014)

Languages

  • English

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