Born on 13 April 1973 in Batumi, Georgia

• MA in Law, Faculty of Law at the Tbilisi State University, 1990-1996
• Assistant to Judge at the Constitutional Court, 1996-1999
• Attorney, Tbilisi, 1999-2000
• Teacher of Law, Tbilisi State University, 1999-2004
• Legal Advisor, then Head of the Rule of Law Project, 2000-2004
• Deputy Prosecutor General at the Prosecutor’s Office, 2004-2007
• MA in Public Administration, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2006-2007
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 1 February 2008 to 7 January 2018.