Famous lawyers of the past. Great lawyers of Russia

Experts of the service exchange site bring to your attention the 10 most famous lawyers who took part in high-profile litigation and financial scandals. Below we will take a closer look at each of these cases, as well as a brief biography of the mentioned human rights defenders.

Murtazin Farid and Khrunova Irina

The Pussy Riot case. One of the most notorious cases of 2012. Members of the punk band Pussy Riot were charged under Part 2 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Hooliganism committed on the grounds of religious hatred or enmity" in connection with their participation in the action on February 21, 2012 in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Farid Murtazin and Irina Khrunova became lawyers for one of the members of the scandalous punk band Ekaterina Samutsevich.

According to the verdict of the court, Samutsevich was replaced with a suspended sentence. Two other participants were less fortunate with lawyers: the sentence of Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina was left unchanged. At the moment, their lawyers are seeking parole for the girls.

Irina Khrunova became famous for defending the interests of Mikhail Khodorkovsky during the first trial against Berezovsky.

Farid Murtazin currently represents the interests of Artem Savelov, one of the defendants in the high-profile Bolotnaya case.

Oreshnikov Vladimir Iosifovich

Hearings in the criminal case against lawyer Vladimir Oreshnikov were held in the Tverskoy Court in January 2012. This process did not receive loud publicity, since the accused and his defense knew perfectly well what an unprecedented scandal this case could cause in the legal world.

Vladimir Oreshnikov has been practicing law since the late 1990s and specialized in defending law enforcement officers accused of malfeasance, as well as defendants in criminal cases pending in the investigation of the FSB in Moscow and the region. At the same time, the lawyer was one of the hosts of the popular television show "The Court is Coming", which was broadcast on the Rossiya TV channel.

Oreshnikov was accused of fraud by one of his clients, businessman Sergei Slobodyanik. The latter was a suspect in a criminal case on illegal banking activities, which was being processed by FSB investigators. Meanwhile, during the preliminary investigation, it turned out that Oreshnikov had been illegally engaged in advocacy for 12 years. He received the status of a lawyer in the Moscow Regional Chamber of Advocates on the basis of a “fake” diploma issued, according to him, by the Belarusian State University. During the investigation, it turned out that the lawyer had never studied at this university. In the near future, Oreshnikov will be deprived of the status of a lawyer, which was also confirmed by the president of the Bar Association of the Moscow Region, Alexei Galaganov. Oreshnikov's lack of higher legal education may be the basis for revising many cases in which he participated.

Dobrovinsky Alexander Andreevich

Philip Kirkorov's lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky is already considering punishment options for the rebellious rapper Timati - up to two years in prison or placing him in a mental hospital. The scandal between Kirkorov and Timati erupted due to an insult addressed to Philip on Twitter and a video based on the song "Come on, goodbye."

A more sophisticated punishment for the rapper, according to the lawyer, is forced labor. For example, at the zoo.

Musaev Murad Alaudinovich

In early 2011, a local resident of Vladikavkaz, Albert Tsgoev, executed the guards of the President and Prime Minister of South Ossetia. Tsgoev was charged with the murder of two persons, committed on the basis of personal hostility, and he was to be sentenced to life imprisonment. Already during the trial, lawyer Musaev managed to prove that the accused committed the crime while in a state of passion caused by insults and threats from state security officers. In accordance with this, the charge was reclassified, and Tsgoev was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. Thus, for the murder of two persons, Albert, thanks to his lawyer, received a rather ridiculous sentence instead of a life sentence.

Valiullin Rustem Rafaelovich

Muslims of Russia pinned their hopes on this human rights activist. It can be said that he was the only lawyer in our country who was not afraid to loudly and publicly declare and write about the persecution of Muslims in Russia. For this, he was detained more than once within the walls of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and beaten.

Rustem himself lived permanently in the Udmurt Republic, but often traveled to various cities on the affairs of oppressed Muslims - Buguruslan, Orenburg, Almetyevsk, Ufa, Naberezhnye Chelny, Moscow, Kazan, Astrakhan ... Some cases investigated by the human rights activist are under consideration in the international Strasbourg court. Rustem died under strange circumstances. He alone went to rest in the Altai Mountains, left his things on the banks of the Katun River, went swimming himself and “disappeared”. There are eyewitnesses of the incident who tried to organize a search for the body on their own, but later turned to the police and the Ministry of Emergency Situations for help. The search for the body of the deceased is still ongoing.

Khasavov Dagir

The criminal case initiated against lawyer Dagir Khasavov, whose statements about the “necessary legalization of Sharia courts” caused a great public outcry, has been terminated. According to his lawyer, the investigation did not reveal corpus delicti in Khasavov's actions. Dagir left Russia after the investigating authorities opened a criminal case against him under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity." We are talking about a sensational April interview in which the lawyer said that our country needs a "Sharia court." Khasavov also promised "that the Muslim community will establish its own rules, and if they want to interfere with it, this will result in bloody consequences."

Reznik Henry Markovich

Henry Markovich Reznik is the President of the Moscow Chamber of Lawyers and has been practicing law since the late 1980s. He was a defender in criminal trials involving: the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Khudaiberdyev, journalists Vadim Poegli and Andrey Babitsky, publicist Valeria Novodvorskaya. Reznik also represented the interests of Russian President Boris Yeltsin, well-known politicians and businessmen: Anatoly Chubais, Yegor Gaidar, Vladimir Gusinsky and Boris Berezovsky, as well as musicians: Nikolai Petrov, Leonid Chizhik, Yuri Temirkanov and many others.
In 2010-2011, Henry Reznik represented the interests of Oleg Orlov, head of the Memorial human rights center. The latter was charged with defamation of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov in connection with the murder of human rights activist Natalya Estemirova. The murder caused a great resonance in society. The head of the Memorial Center spoke publicly about the personal or indirect guilt of President Kadyrov in the death of Estemirova. A criminal case was initiated against Orlov. In June 2011, Orlov was found not guilty by the court. According to many, this is a great merit of the lawyer Reznik.

Klyugvant Vadim Vladimirovich

One of the most high-profile cases in Russia over the past few years is the case of Yukos and its former owner, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The lawyer of the latter is Klyugvant Vadim Vladimirovich. The investigation against the former co-owners of the company, Khodorkovsky and Lebedev, began back in 2003. At the end of 2010, they were charged with embezzlement of 200 million tons of oil and money laundering. The Khamovniki Court of Moscow sentenced everyone to 14 years in prison. The decision was made in light of the 2005 verdict in the first case, which sentenced Khodorkovsky and Lebedev to eight years in prison. The term of imprisonment expires in 2016.

On the day of his sixtieth birthday, the President of Russia announced that Khodorkovsky might be released, but only if he wrote a petition for pardon. For such an offer, the former owner of Yukos should thank his lawyer, who was able to get through to the President of the Russian Federation. However, at the same time, the former owner of Yukos, by law, must fully admit his guilt, which, of course, he has not done yet.

Yartykh Igor Semyonovich

Lawyer Igor Yartykh in the late 1990s took part in a lawsuit over the building of the N.V. Sklifosovsky, in the past the house of Count N.P. Sheremetyeva. He represented the interests of the institute and successfully won this process.

Yartykh also defended those accused in the case of the murder of Dmitry Kholodov, a Moskovsky Komsomolets journalist. The defendants were acquitted by the Moscow District Military Court on June 26, 2002, thanks to a competent lawyer.

Lord Jonathan Sumption

The lawyer who represented the interests of Roman Abramovich in the course of a lawsuit with Boris Berezovsky received an unimaginable fee by the standards of British human rights activists. The case file records that Sumption received 5.81 million pounds for preparing documents and working directly in the courtroom and almost 2 million more to cover legal costs.

One of the most famous lawyers in Russia is the lawyer Fedor Nikiforovich Plevako, who was nicknamed "Moscow Chrysostom" for his armor. He was born on April 13, 1842. "Zlatoust" participated in the well-known affairs of that time, even in political ones. However, Plevako also defended "ordinary" people. Maybe this is due to the fact that he himself was an illegitimate son. An example of the protection of an ordinary person can be the case of a clergyman who was accused of theft and adultery. With one eloquent phrase, he decided the outcome of that case. In his speech, he addressed the jury with the words: “Before you is an elderly clergyman who admitted all his crimes. But I would like to draw your attention to the fact that for more than 30 years he has confessed your sins to you, and now he is waiting for you to forgive him for his offense? As a result, the priest was acquitted.
The next well-known contemporary lawyer is Nikolai Ivanovich Shepel. He was born on December 13, 1950. He graduated from the University in 1977 with a degree in jurisprudence. Immediately after graduation, he worked as an investigator in the district prosecutor's office. For his services, he soon became the prosecutor of the district, and a little later, the first deputy prosecutor of the city of Krasnodar.
During his life he worked in various parts of Russia, in various positions, but he never changed his profession. Since 2004, he has been investigating high-profile terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus, as Deputy Prosecutor General of the Southern Federal District. He was also involved in the case of the seizure of a school in Beslan.
Of great importance is the well-known activity of Igor Semenovich Yartykh, who was born on July 9, 1961 in the city of Bolgrad. In 1983 he graduated from the Higher Military-Political School. And from 1983 to 1992, his life was connected with military service. He retired with the rank of major. In 1995 he graduated from the law faculty of Odessa University. And he immediately began to engage in advocacy, and in 1999 he became vice-president of the Federal Union of Lawyers. He participated in some high-profile cases, defending the accused. In his work, he achieved great success.
No less significant is the activity of Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin. He was born on August 27, 1953 in Pskov. In 1975 he graduated from the law faculty of the Leningrad State University. According to the distribution, he got into the service in the Department of Internal Affairs, where he worked until 1979 as an inspector of the criminal investigation department, as well as an investigator.
Bastrykin achieved a lot in his life. He received the rank of state counselor of justice of the 1st class, is an honorary worker of justice, a member of the Academy of Security Problems, Law Enforcement and Defense, the Russian Academy of Social Sciences, etc. He is the author of scientific works on criminal topics, the general theory of state and law, etc.
Also famous lawyers are Amurkhan Yandiev - investigator; lawyer Anna Stavitskaya (born June 26, 1972); Alexander Nikolaevich Savenkov (born April 29, 1961) worked as a prosecutor; as well as many other lawyers.

The best of them take money from the rich to help the poor. Who defends Pugacheva, Chubais and Yaponchik "Questions:

1. How long have you been in the profession? What do you specialize in?
2. Who are your customers?
3. Who would you never defend in court?
4. The price of your services - from the minimum to the maximum?
5. What is your professional credo?

Pavel Astakhov.

1. Since 1991, lawyer since 1994. Criminal and international law, constitutional rights
2. Cases to protect the honor, dignity, business reputation of Landau, Stepashin, Luzhkov, Baturina, Shvydkov, the family of the heirs of the Romanovs, Obraztsova, Spivakov, Pugacheva, etc.
3. The only person a lawyer should not defend is himself.
4. I can enjoy a simple “thank you” and sometimes I won’t waste time even for millions
5. Serve the law and fight injustice

Mikhail Barshchevsky

1. I have been in the legal profession since 1980. Previously - civil and criminal law. Now - constitutional
2. Today I have one client: Russian Federation, population of Russia
3. I did not prosecute murderers and rapists - a moral imperative
4. Salary of a civil servant. If I were to practice - 1000 euros for the wealthy and 0 for the unsecured
5. Only one who loves people and knows how to empathize with them can be a lawyer.

Sergei Gorbachev

1. Legal experience since 1996, in the legal profession since 2001. Assistance to citizens and business support
2. Individuals and legal entities intending to resolve a dispute
3. Someone who doesn't need it
4. From 2000 rubles (cost of consultation) to reasonable infinity
5. Goal oriented

Andrey Knyazev

1. In the legal profession since 1997. Conducted criminal cases, now I perform administrative functions in a law firm
2. Our clients are successful, socially active people (middle class) and organizations (medium business)
3. There is no such person
4. If the business is socially significant, interesting, can bring dividends, or it is the business of a friend, then it is free. And the maximum is ahead
5. Professionalism, honesty, justification of credit of trust - the basis of advocacy

Yuri Kostanov

1. Since 1962. On defense in criminal cases
2. Different people. From the minimum social status to wealthy people. I do not get involved in matters of dubious nature
3. A lawyer must defend anyone. According to Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, the more serious the crime a person has committed, the more he needs protection.
4. Sometimes it's free. I'm not chasing fees, I'm getting a pension
5. Justice (“justice” in Latin) is the basis of the state

Anatoly Kucherena

1. In the legal profession since 1993. I specialize in criminal and civil cases
2. Sergei Mikhalkov, Iosif Kobzon, Tamara Rokhlina, Platon Obukhov, Sergei Lisovsky, Valentin Kovalev, Larisa Lazutina, Olga Danilova and many others
3. In Russia, according to the Constitution, every citizen has the right to protection
4. Minimum - free, maximum - according to circumstances
5. There are no hopeless cases. I'm not afraid to lose the case, I'm afraid to make a mistake

Alexey Lunev

1. Started working as a lawyer in 1992.
In 1996 he became a lawyer. Property, tax disputes, copyright protection
2. Our clients are leading companies in their fields of activity and honored people
3. Forced to defend in court everyone who needs my help
4. From 1500 rubles for a consultation up to 10% of the amount won
5. He who laughs in the last resort laughs well

Heinrich Padva

1. In the legal profession since 1953, quite universal in specialization, dealing with criminal cases
2. From the family of Sakharov, Vysotsky, Rostropovich to Vyacheslav Ivankov (Yaponchik) and Anatoly Bykov; from Citibank and Bank Societe Generale Vostok to Pepsi and Basic Element
3. Himself
4. From zero to infinity
5. In criminal cases, the lawyer does not work to free the defendant, but to prevent miscarriage of justice.

Henry Resnick

1. In the legal profession since 1985, in the profession since 1962. Criminal, civil cases
2. I conducted the criminal cases of Berezovsky, Gusinsky, Khudaiberdiev, Tolbovsky, Babitsky, Pasko, Novodvorskaya. My trustees are Yeltsins, Gaidar, Chubais, Sinyavsky, Temirkanov, Chizhik
3. In a criminal case, this cannot be. I will not accept cases to protect reputation, if there is none
4. The basis of my work is free agreement. Some of the cases were conducted free of charge or for a nominal fee
5. Make the prosecution witness an ally of the defense

Evgeny Andriyanov

1. More than ten years. Corporate finance, banking and investment deals, arbitrage
2. Corporate structures in the financial and banking sector
3. The identity of the client does not matter, but there are circumstances that may affect the decision whether to participate in the defense or not
4. Confidential information available only to customers
5. To do everything possible in the interests of the client, using the maximum of their knowledge and capabilities

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Introduction

The centuries-old history of jurisprudence has formulated general requirements for the legal profession, the personality of a lawyer and has put forward a number of personalities whose contribution to the development of law is an absolute value. Knowing the names, biographies and works of famous lawyers is a mandatory requirement for higher legal professional education.

Jurisprudence, as a type of professional activity, developed in Russia relatively late, and certain legal traditions appeared only in the last century. However, after 1917 they were destroyed. It took a long time for new, Soviet legal traditions to emerge. But they were largely changed in the early 1990s, along with the collapse of the Soviet state and Russia's transition to a market path of development. At present, the formation of modern legal traditions in Russia continues.

The construction of a rule of law state, the formation of a civil society require new approaches to the fundamental problems of legal theory, new moral and legal ideals that cannot be developed without taking into account the creative heritage of outstanding Russian lawyers of the past.

In domestic legal science, in the last decade, interest has been steadily growing and the number of studies and publications on the history of the formation of legal consciousness in pre-revolutionary Russia has increased. This trend is based, first of all, on the fact that at present legal science can develop only based on the spiritual experience of the people, which is reflected in the works of outstanding Russian lawyers of the late XIX - early XX centuries.

The current stage of the legal development of society is unthinkable without knowledge of the main provisions expressed by prominent researchers in legal science of the pre-October period. Today we again turn to their creativity and invaluable experience, the relevance of which is undeniable.

In Russia, where before the judicial reform there was neither a school nor the practice of advocacy, with the introduction of judicial statutes, wonderful speakers, legal scholars, such as V.D. Spasovich, F.I. Plevako, V.A. Alexandrov, A.I. Urusov, A.F. Koni, K.P. Pobedonostsev, B.N. Chicherin and many others.

1. YuChristians in the history of Russian culture

The beginning of the 12th century was marked in Russian history by a series of catastrophic events that received the generalized name of the Time of Troubles. Of course, this led to a series of changes in legal views. In particular, such a phenomenon of lawmaking began to be understood in a new way, as the creation of legal institutions uniform for all of Russia. If earlier the sovereign and those close to him were exclusively engaged in law-making activities, now the law-making function is beginning to be assigned not only to the tsar and the boyars, but also to the Zemsky Sobors. This is evidenced by the Council Code of 1649, which was signed by 315 members of the Zemsky Sobor, belonging to various estates and representing 116 cities of Russia. The Cathedral Code of 1649 was the first legal collection in Russia to be published in printed form. This fact alone indicates that a new era has been opened in the development of Russian jurisprudence.

The Cathedral Code absorbed the norms of Russian law that have passed the test of time, embodied in its content the centuries-old experience of Russian jurisprudence. Norms borrowed by its compilers from foreign sources that began to express legal views that are characteristic of Russian society. Both in terms of content and methods of legal technique, the Cathedral Code became the most significant monument of Russian legal culture of the medieval era. F.L. Moroshkin called the Cathedral Code "the historical prototype of the Russian legislative mind, Russian civil life and the legal word."

Due to the fact that at the beginning of the century there was a troubled time in Russia, a separate chapter in the Cathedral Code provided for punishment for state crimes. The great participation of foreigners - among them, mainly Poles - in the disasters that befell Russia during the Time of Troubles did not prevent people from seeing that the main enemy of the Russian state, who crushed it, were the Russians themselves. Foreigners only took advantage of the situation of Troubles. In addition, there are also features of the jurisprudence of that time: punishments for high treason were appointed exclusively by the court, and not arbitrarily, but according to the results of the investigative process, during which there was a competition of the parties.

During the second half of the 17th century, the Russian tsars issued about one and a half thousand normative legal acts, which were called "new decree articles". The “New Decree Article” appeared in the system of laws only when there were no exemplary solutions to this judicial issue: therefore, the Code not only did not stop the development of judicial jurisprudence, but informed it of a new movement, a new vast activity. Unlike the Council Code, the "New Decree Articles" were not published and were kept in lists, so their content could only be known to a narrow circle of people.

During the reign of Fyodor Alekseevich, an attempt was made to start teaching jurisprudence at the theological academy, which was supposed to be established at the Zakonospassky monastery. The draft of the founding charter said: “We want the seed of wisdom, that is, civil and spiritual sciences, on top of grammar, piitics, rhetoric, dialectics, reasonable, natural and moral philosophy. , is composed of being". But Fyodor Alekseevich did not have to create such an Academy, he died.

The dominance of practical statutory jurisprudence hindered the development of a system of real legal education in the Russian Empire. At the same time, the absence in Russia of educational institutions specifically designed to teach law had a negative effect on the development of Russian jurisprudence.

Thus, by the beginning of the 18th century, practical, applied jurisprudence ceased to meet the interests of the further development of Russian law. On the basis of it, it was not possible to overcome the fragmentation of Russian legislation, to carry out its systematization. The new conditions of social life required a wide range of legally educated persons, although there were schools in which clerks, clerks and other clerks were trained, but they were too narrow a group, in addition, with rather confusing legislation, they could apply their legal knowledge in selfish purposes.

The growing role of legislation in Russia in the 18th century, which began with the reforms of Peter I, is manifested mainly in the fact that the law began to be recognized as "the only source of law." The custom, which played an important role in the field of law in the specific veche period and the Muscovite state, has completely lost, "if not always defacto, then dejure." If in the legislation of the Moscow state, the main source was customary law, then the legislation of the imperial period had a completely conservative character, breaking all connection with custom.

A huge number of new laws were passed. On average, during the first quarter of the eighteenth century, 160 royal decrees were issued a year. Such intensive legislative activity contributed to the intensification of chaos in the legal system of Russia. In addition, many of the newly adopted laws contradicted those adopted earlier. Under these conditions, it was very difficult to maintain the rule of law. One of the ways to solve this problem, Peter I considered the creation of a code of laws, in which they were combined and coordinated with the articles of the Cathedral Code. Three times Peter I created commissions in Russia to systematize legislation, but they all ceased to exist, but the activities of these commissions revealed the quality of Russian jurisprudence and the state of Russian legal culture.

The formation of scientific jurisprudence in Russia became more and more necessary, not only for the systematization of legislation, but also for another reason: the need for persons who know the laws and have the skills of judicial cases. At first, Peter I tried to solve this problem with the help of foreigners. So on August 20, 1715, he issued a decree containing an order to General Adam Adamovich Veida in Livonia and abroad "to get scientists and skilled people in the right to get things done in colleges." Also, simultaneously with the attraction of foreign legal scholars, Peter sent Russian youths to study law abroad. And after the creation of the colleges, Peter ordered to study jurisprudence with them. According to the Table of Ranks of January 24, 1722, the possession of certain legal knowledge was a necessary condition for lower officials to be promoted to a higher rank. In addition to teaching jurisprudence at the collegiums, "short schools" were also created under the Senate, in which it was necessary "to teach economy and citizenship from all noble and middle noble families." In practice, the training of young people at the collegiums and the Senate turned out to be ineffective. This was due to the reluctance of young nobles to study.

The outstanding German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz had a significant influence on the fate of legal education in Russia in the 18th century. He corresponded with Peter I and also personally met with the tsar. Leibniz was accepted into the Russian service as a secret lawyer - adviser.

Formed on the basis of natural law doctrines, Russian theoretical jurisprudence inevitably had to acquire an abstract character, abstracted from practical life. In this state, it certainly could not in any way replace practical, applied jurisprudence.

Moreover, as the content becomes more complex and the scope of the current legislation increases, the importance of practical skills in formulating legal norms, their interpretation, classification, etc. increased even more. Applied, clerical jurisprudence thus received further development. However, the general trend towards theorization of legal knowledge, which manifested itself in Russia in the first quarter of the 18th century, still had its influence on this kind of jurisprudence, called law art.

Peter I failed to organize a system of legal education in Russia, and Russian theoretical jurisprudence did not arise during his reign. Nevertheless, the great reformer tsar did a lot for Russian legal culture: with his reforms, he created the conditions and prerequisites for such a system and such jurisprudence to appear in Russia in the near future.

Another big name for the jurisprudence of that time is Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev, who made a great contribution to the study of Russian law, and consequently to the development of Russian scientific jurisprudence. He was the first scientist to discover "Russian Truth" and "Sudebnik 1550". Jurisprudence V.N. Tatishchev put it in second place in the hierarchy of sciences - he called theology the first and highest science. Tatishchev believed that when issuing laws, it is necessary to follow certain principles, and suggested that the following rules be observed:

1. in order for the law to be understood, it should be written in a language that most of the people speak;

2. In order for a law to work, it must correspond to natural law, so that what is presented to them as evil, would not be revered in civil laws as good;

3. so that the laws do not contradict one another in anything, so that, as litigants, they do not have the opportunity to interpret the laws according to their whims and, by that deceit, covertly violate the laws;

4. so that every law is immediately announced to everyone and becomes known, "for whoever transgresses without knowing the law, he cannot be condemned by this law." These statements of Tatishchev can characterize the entire legislative process of the 18th century. On the whole, the 18th century was marked by the century of scientific jurisprudence, the century of reforms and discoveries in the field of jurisprudence, the century of great names of legal scholars.

2. Outstanding lawyers of the pre-revolutionaryera: A.F. Koni, F.N. Plevako

Plevako Fedor Nikiforovich (1842-1909) - one of the largest pre-revolutionary Russian lawyers, lawyer, judicial orator, real state councilor. He knew how to convince and protect. In 1870 he graduated from the law faculty of Moscow University. Member of the 3rd State Duma from the Octobrist Party. A supporter of democratic principles of judiciary. For representatives of the legal professions, all Russians, the name Plevako has been and remains the embodiment of the excellent qualities of a lawyer, a defender of goodness and justice, who cares about the welfare and prosperity of the Fatherland.

In memory of Fyodor Nikiforovich Plevako, on the initiative of the Guild of Russian Lawyers, the Gold Medal was established in 1996, which is awarded only to the most worthy and meritorious members of the Russian lawyer community. And already on December 4, 2003, at the initiative of the same GRA, the Silver Medal named after F.N. Plevako - to reward lawyers who successfully carry out their professional activities, other persons for their contribution to human rights activities, the development of the Russian legal profession.

Plevako's eloquence, Plevako's rhetoric

Among the pre-revolutionary lawyers, it was Plevako who was distinguished by his amazing eloquence and impeccable mastery of rhetoric.

It was his speeches that are famous for the huge number of references to biblical texts, the constant study of which endowed Plevako with a sharp sense of the word and a very well-aimed and calm speech. Plevako's oratorical talent is still an interesting and insufficiently studied phenomenon. Plevako's judicial speeches were characterized by validity, calmness of tone, and a deep analysis of facts and events. It was not for nothing that Plevako received the following definitions: “great speaker”, “genius of words”, “senior hero”, “metropolitan of the bar”, etc. He enjoyed unlimited respect from both the intelligentsia and the common people.

Plevako was one of those pre-revolutionary lawyers who developed the foundations of Russian judicial rhetoric.

And finally, an interesting case with the participation of Fedor Plevako:

In one case, Plevako took up the defense of a man who was accused of rape. The victim tried to recover a decent amount of money from the unlucky don Juan as compensation for damage. The woman claimed that the defendant dragged her into a hotel room and raped her. The man responded by retorting that their love exercise had taken place by mutual agreement. And now, the brilliant Fyodor Nikiforovich Plevako is speaking to the jury: “Gentlemen of the jury,” he declares. “If you impose a fine on my client, then I ask you to deduct from this amount the cost of washing the sheets that the plaintiff soiled with her shoes. The woman immediately jumps up and shouts: - It's not true! I took off my shoes! Laughter in the hall. The defendant is acquitted.

Anatoly Fedorovich Koni (January 29 (February 9), 1844, St. Petersburg - September 17, 1927, Leningrad) - Russian lawyer, judge, statesman and public figure, writer, court speaker, real privy councilor, member of the State Council of the Russian empire (1907-1917). Honorary Academician of the Imperial St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences in the category of fine literature (1900), Doctor of Criminal Law of Kharkov University (1890), Professor of Petrograd University (1918-1922).

In 1878, a court chaired by A.F. Koni delivered a verdict of not guilty in the case of Vera Zasulich. He led the investigation of many criminal cases, for example, the case of the collapse of the imperial train, the death of the steamer "Vladimir" in the summer of 1894 and others.

On September 30, 1865, Anatoly Fedorovich entered the temporary service as an accountant in state control. On the same day (according to the track record), on the recommendation of the university, at the request of the Minister of War D. A. Milyutin, he went to work on the legal side of the War Ministry, at the disposal of the general on duty, the future chief of staff, Count F. L. Heiden.

After the judicial reform, Anatoly Fedorovich of his own free will (since “I was irresistibly drawn to them”) moved on April 18, 1866 to the St. Petersburg Court of Justice to the position of Assistant Secretary for the Criminal Department with a salary almost half that in the General Staff. On December 23, 1866, A.F. Koni was promoted to Moscow as a secretary under the prosecutor of the Moscow Court of Justice D.A. Rovinsky.

In August 1867, Anatoly Fedorovich was appointed a comrade (assistant) of the prosecutor of the Sumy District Court; but, before leaving for a new duty station, on November 7, 1867, a new appointment followed - a deputy prosecutor of the Kharkov district court.

In the spring of 1869, Anatoly Fedorovich fell seriously ill and, at the insistence of doctors, went abroad for treatment. In Karlsbad, A.F. Koni talked with the Minister of Justice, K.I. In Karlsbad, there were frequent conversations between Anatoly Fedorovich and Konstantin Ivanovich Palen, during which K. I. Palen had a favorable impression of A. F. Koni, and he promised him a transfer to St. Petersburg.

K. I. Palen kept his promise, and on January 18, 1870, Anatoly Fedorovich Koni was appointed assistant prosecutor of the St. Petersburg District Court. Subsequently, on June 26, 1870, A.F. Koni was appointed the Samara Provincial Prosecutor, and on July 16, 1870, the prosecutor of the Kazan District Court, with the aim of creating new judicial institutions provided for by judicial reform. Anatoly Fedorovich returned to St. Petersburg after being appointed on May 20, 1871 as the prosecutor of the St. Petersburg District Court.

Anatoly Fedorovich worked as a prosecutor of the St. Petersburg District Court for more than four years, during which he led the investigation of complex, intricate cases, and acted as a prosecutor in the largest cases. At this time, he becomes known to the general public, his accusatory speeches are published in newspapers.

On July 17, 1875, Anatoly Fedorovich Koni was appointed vice director of the department of the Ministry of Justice - since K. I. Palen needed a “judicial conscience”. During a long vacation or illness of V. S. Adamov, Konstantin Ivanovich Palen appointed A. F. Koni as the acting director of the department, and everyone was sure that he would soon take this position. However, Palen made it clear to him "that he, despite his undoubted right, will not be appointed director ...".

On December 24, 1877, Anatoly Fedorovich Koni was appointed chairman of the St. Petersburg District Court, and on January 24, 1878, after completing the affairs of the ministry, Anatoly Fedorovich assumed a new position.

In parallel with his main work, Anatoly Fedorovich in the period from 1876 to 1883 was a member of the Highly Established Commission chaired by Count E.T. Baranov to study the railway business in Russia, in which he participated in the drafting of the general charter of the Russian railways. In 1875, A.F. Koni was appointed a member of the management council of institutions of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, and in 1876 he became one of the founders of the St. Petersburg Law Society at the University, in which he repeatedly acted as a member of the editorial committee of the criminal department and council. In 1877, Anatoly Fedorovich was elected to the capital's honorary magistrates, and in 1878 to honorary judges of St. Petersburg and Peterhof districts.

On January 24, 1878, V. I. Zasulich tried to kill the St. Petersburg mayor F. F. Trepov with shots from a pistol. This crime received wide publicity, society reacted with sympathy to the act of Vera Ivanovna. The investigation into the case proceeded at a fast pace, with the exclusion of any political motive, and by the end of February it was over. Soon A.F. Koni received an order from the Minister of Justice K.I. Palen to appoint the case for consideration on March 31. Count Palen and Alexander II demanded guarantees from Koni that Zasulich would be found guilty by the jury, Anatoly Fedorovich did not give such guarantees. Then the Minister of Justice suggested that Koni commit any violation of the law during the process, so that it would be possible to cancel the decision in cassation

Koni, with the consent of the parties, put the following questions before the jurors: the first question was whether Zasulich was guilty of having decided to take revenge on the mayor Trepov for the punishment of Bogolyubov and having acquired a revolver for this purpose, on January 24, with a deliberate intention, inflicted on Adjutant General Trepov a wound in the pelvic cavity with a large caliber bullet; the second question is that if Zasulich committed this act, then did she have a premeditated intention to take the life of the mayor Trepov; and the third question is that if Zasulich had the goal of taking the life of the mayor Trepov, then did she do everything that depended on her to achieve this goal, and death did not follow from circumstances beyond Zasulich's control. The jury's verdict to Vera Ivanovna Zasulich was: "No, not guilty." Anatoly Fedorovich was offered to admit his mistakes and resign voluntarily. A.F. Koni refused, stating that the question of the irremovability of judges should be decided on it.

“If the judges of Russia find out,” he said, “... that the chairman of the first court in Russia, a person who has a judicial name, who occupies a department, who is waiting for undoubted and quick success in the legal profession and for whom service is far from an exclusive and inevitable means existence, - it was enough to frighten him with the unjust displeasure of the higher spheres, so that he immediately, voluntarily, with readiness and obsequious haste, renounced his best right, acquired over years of labor and cares, - renounced irremovability, then what can be done with us.

Anatoly Fedorovich Koni fell into disgrace, they began to persecute him, the question of his transfer to another position was constantly raised, his subordinates were deprived of bonuses and awards, he himself was removed from participation in responsible commissions. Even after many years, in 1894, when the question of the possible appointment of Koni to the Department of Criminal Procedure of the Military Law Academy was being decided, the Zasulich case was remembered.

In 1881, during a vacation abroad, Anatoly Fedorovich received a telegram from D.N. Nabokov with a proposal for the post of chairman of the department of the St. Petersburg Court of Justice. But only upon his return to St. Petersburg, A.F. Koni found out that the minister was "cunning" - he offered the post of chairman of the department for civil cases, and not for criminal ones (Koni was a specialist in the field of criminal law), since in the field of civil law Anatoly Fedorovich was less dangerous for the authorities. D. N. Nabokov had to work hard to convince A. F. Koni to agree to a new post, and on October 21, 1881 he was appointed chairman of the civil department of the St. Petersburg Court of Justice.

In connection with the abolition of the State Council of the Russian Empire, by the decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR, Anatoly Fedorovich Koni was dismissed from the post of a member of the State Council on December 25, 1917.

The court decree liquidated the existing judicial system, and with it the Senate, the judicial system, to which Anatoly Fedorovich devoted his whole life, ceased to exist. In order to survive in the first years of the revolution, Anatoly Fedorovich exchanged for bread the books of his extensive library, collected over 52 years of service.

With the advent of Soviet power in November 1917, Anatoly Fedorovich asked for a meeting with A. V. Lunacharsky, the then People's Commissar of Education of the RSFSR, in order to find out his attitude to the new government and offer his services: “... how will the government react if I recover in some places I will speak, especially with my memories.

On January 10, 1918, Anatoly Fedorovich Koni was elected professor at the department of criminal justice at Petrograd University, and at the end of 1918 he was invited to lecture at Petrograd University. On April 19, 1919, A.F. Koni was enrolled in an enhanced food ration: bread, given out once a week.

The number of lectures that Anatoly Fedorovich read was great: in addition to criminal proceedings at Petrograd University, he also lectured on applied ethics at the Institute of the Living Word, on the ethics of a hostel at the Railway University, a series of lectures in the city museum on literary issues, as well as charitable lectures ( for example, about F. M. Dostoevsky).

On October 23, 1919, they came to the apartment of Anatoly Fedorovich with a search warrant, part of the property was confiscated, and A.F. Koni was detained and taken to the bodies of the Cheka. However, the next day Koni was released, they apologized to him, but the seized property could not be returned, despite lengthy correspondence between the institutions.

In 1924, the 80th anniversary of Anatoly Fedorovich was solemnly celebrated, the State Courses of Speech Technology organized a concert in his honor, where he was honored by students and workers, poems by Schepkin-Kupernik and students of the Fifth School (the former Oldenburg Gymnasium) were dedicated to him, at the concert it was said, "that in 1918 Koni did not sit at home, but came to build the Institute of the Living Word - this is a" child of the revolution "". On July 1, 1926, Anatoly Fedorovich's pension was increased from one hundred to two hundred rubles.

3. Outstanding lawyers of the Soviet era: D.I. Kursky, P.I. Stuchka and others.

Among the Soviet professional lawyers of the first wave, the following stand out.

Dmitry Ivanovich Kursky (1874-1932). At the very beginning of the century, he graduated from Moscow University. After the establishment of Soviet power, he held various positions in the government, and from 1918 to 1928. was People's Commissar of Justice of the RSFSR. Under his leadership, a lot of work was done to organize new (Soviet) judicial bodies. In addition, D.I. Kursky took a direct and active part in the development of many bills. He was also the author of a number of scientific works in which he theoretically substantiated and developed the Marxist-Leninist theory of law. This theory in the future for several decades (until the early 90s) will be in our country "the only true" in essence and the only one (without any quotes), which was studied in depth in all law schools without exception. DI. Kursky, as People's Commissar of Justice, was addressed to several letters and notes from V.I. Lenin, which determined some aspects of the activities of the legal department and, in general, the legal policy of the Soviet state.

Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko (1885-1938) was also an associate of V.I. Lenin. N.V. Krylenko since 1918 successively served as Chairman of the Supreme Tribunal, Prosecutor of the RSFSR, People's Commissar of Justice of the RSFSR, People's Commissar of Justice of the USSR. His position on the independence of prosecutors from local authorities played a big role in the subsequent position of the prosecutor's office as a supervisory body. He argued that prosecutors must certainly be appointed from the center. This thesis was subsequently included in the legislative acts regulating the activities of the prosecutor's office. It operates in our country to this day.

N.V. Krylenko is also known for his scientific works. He paid much attention, in particular, to the problems of "revolutionary legality." She, in his opinion, was to be one of the most important methods of building socialism and communism. He argued that “Soviet law from the very beginning was socialist in its orientation, in its content and its goals, it is an absolutely new law in comparison with bourgeois law” (we noted earlier that this thesis is very flawed, since the essence of law as a social phenomenon is the same in all states, regardless of the socio-economic system, and in this sense, the provisions do not change the external attributes of law).

Petr Ivanovich Stuchka (1865-1932). He invested a lot of effort in the creation of Soviet law enforcement agencies in the first years of Soviet power. From 1919 he was Deputy People's Commissar of Justice of the RSFSR. For a long time he worked as the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the RSFSR. He has many scientific works on the general theory of law, as well as on civil law.

In addition to these prominent Soviet lawyers, a significant contribution to the formation of Soviet law and the development of jurisprudence in the first half of the 20th century was made by E.G. Shirvindt, B.S. Utevsky, S.V. Poznyshev, A.A. Piontkovsky, M.D. Shargorodsky, A.N. Trainin, I.E. Farber, A.A. Gertsenzon, Ya.M. Brynin, MM. Isaev, V.R. Yakubson, N.D. Durmanov, A.Ya. Estrich and others. All of them, of course, were dominated by the class-party doctrine, which determined the main directions of legal activity, and in this sense, Soviet lawyers, especially in the early years of the Soviet state, were limited in their work. Nevertheless, it must be admitted that many legal problems were developed by them at a very high organizational and scientific level. This applies, in particular, to the codification of law, the development of criminal and corrective labor law, etc.

4. Outstanding lawyersmodernity

The jurisprudence of our country was personified and represented by such lawyers as R.A. Rudenko, V.P. Kudryavtsev, S.S. Alekseev, B.C. Nersesyants, P.A. Struchkov, E.F. Pobegailo, N.F. Kuznetsova, L.S. Mamut, A.V. Naumov, I.S. Pop, EM. Kuritsyn, M.V. Baglai, O.I. Chistyakov, A.I. Gurov, V.A. Tumanov, A.M. Yakovlev, V.A. Kartashkin, Yu.K. Tolstoy and others. They act, first of all, in the role of legal scholars. However, many of them were and are also engaged in practical legal activities. For example, R.A. Rudenko headed the USSR prosecutor's office and in this capacity was the representative of the prosecution from the USSR at the Nuremberg trials. S.S. Alekseev was the chairman of the Committee for Constitutional Supervision of the USSR, the first such body in the history of our country. In addition, he took an active and direct part in the development of new Russian civil legislation. M.V. Baglai was the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia, V.N. Kudryavtsev - vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and A.I. Gurov headed the Security Committee in the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

At present, in our country there are no longer just a few or dozens, as it used to be, but hundreds and thousands of highly qualified lawyers who prove themselves in various areas of legal activity, and not only in our two capitals, as once again, and in all regions of the country.

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lawyer state law science

Russian lawyers are undoubtedly the brightest representatives of the intelligentsia. They worked in different areas. Some of them, for example, M. Speransky and K. Pobedonostsev, devoted their lives to improving the state-legal structure, others to the protection of human rights, and others laid the foundations of the modern theory of the state, civil and criminal law.

Russian lawyers saw the inherent contradictions of arbitrariness and legality, immorality and morality, bureaucracy and public principles, violence and individual rights, cruelty, clerical secrecy and public need for publicity. Attempts to resolve such contradictions in accordance with their humanistic ideals is a civic feat of each of them.

The current stage of Russia's development has much in common with that period, so now, as then, there is a change in legal culture. One of the main problems is that education during the period of denial of spiritual values, in the so-called "stagnant time", entailed a complete denial of legal principles. The result of this is the legal nihilism that many leaders, officials and ordinary people profess.

Overcoming legal nihilism can be largely facilitated by studying the heritage of the great Russian lawyers. Even the study of the facts of their biography allows us to understand the height of their moral ideals. The works of outstanding lawyers of the past still serve the cause of strengthening the rule of law, developing a legal culture, and protecting individual rights.

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2.Z.M. Chernilovsky. General History of State and Law. -M.: Jurist, 1995.

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Heinrich Padva

Genrikh Pavlovich is an Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, a graduate of his legal practice, he began back in 1953. Now, at 86, it seems that he has not lost a bit of his former prowess and continues his human rights work with great enthusiasm. G. P. Pavda is considered not only one of the most famous lawyers in Russia, but also one of the highest paid. In exceptional cases, it works for free.

Awarded with a gold medal. Plevako for his contribution to the development of the Russian legal profession, as well as the badge of honor "Public recognition".

The list of his clients includes: Kommersant Publishing House, Ogonyok magazine, Izvestia, the family of academician A. Sakharov, singer and composer V. V. Vysotsky, Menatep and Citibank banks. Padva acted in court as a defender of L. Weinberg, P. Borodin, M. Khodorkovsky, actor V. Galkin, former Russian Defense Minister A. Serdyukov, businessman A. Usmanov.

“Heinrich is a lawyer of the highest standard, an outstanding lawyer. It has a quality that is now, unfortunately, a rarity - it is the highest legal culture. He is selflessly devoted to his profession, and also has self-irony, which, in my opinion, is simply necessary for a person ... ”, says Henry Reznik about his colleague. And we will tell about it further.

Henry Resnick

Henry Markovich Reznik is a well-known lawyer in Russia, an honored lawyer of the Russian Federation and a former president of the Moscow Bar Association. He received professional education first at the Central Asian State University in Tashkent, and then at the Kazakh State University (1962). He is a candidate of science and a former professor at the Department of Advocacy at the Moscow State Law Academy, the author of about 200 publications in the field of problems of criminal law and process, general theory of law, and criminology. He was awarded the Badge of Honor "Public Recognition" and the Gold Medal. Plevako (orator and well-known lawyer of Tsarist Russia).

Reznik began his professional career as an investigator. In 1985 he went to the bar. According to the recollections of the lawyer himself, his transition was associated with a high-profile criminal case against the Moscow Bar Association. They were accused of incitement, fraud, and Heinrich, who already has a name in legal circles, was invited as an independent expert to the side of the defense.

Thanks to his high professionalism and demand, Reznik has become one of the most famous Russian lawyers of the 21st century. His clients were: President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin, politician V.I. Novodvorskaya, oligarch B.A. Berezovsky, E.T. Gaidar, A. B. Chubais, R. I. Rozhdestvensky, L. A. Chizhik and others.

Often criticized for double standards and pressure on journalists.

Yuri Kostanov

Yuri Artemyevich Kostanov is a graduate of the Rostov University (1963), a candidate of legal sciences. He began his work in the prosecutor's office, supported the prosecution in the case of the Rostov phantoms, unique for the USSR. In the legal profession since 1993, he acted as the organizer and founder of the Moscow Bar Association "Attorney's Chamber". He specializes mainly in criminal cases. He is a candidate associate professor, a member of expert councils, and is preparing a book for publication. Among his customers: Tatiana Frolova, Lyubov Kondratieva, businessman Alexei Kozlov.

“In my work, I have always been guided by the ancient Roman slogan: Long live justice, even if the world fails! (Fiat justitia, pereat mundus!),” says Yuri Artemyevich.

Mikhail Barshchevsky

In the highest judicial instances of the Government of the Russian Federation, until 2001, he was a well-known modern lawyer in Russia. Voluntarily resigned in connection with the transition to the civil service.

He was educated at the All-Union Correspondence Institute of Law (1978), is a Doctor of Law, Acting First Class State Counselor of the Russian Federation, an expert on the television club “What? Where? When? ”, the author of books and reference books. He was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (4th class), the Order of Honor, the Gold Medal. Plevako.

In the Writers' Case, he acted as a lawyer for A. B. Chubais, worked as a lawyer for Obshchaya Gazeta, created and headed the first private law firm in Russia in 1990.

Alexander Dobrovinsky

The next on the list is Alexander Andreevich Dobrovinsky. Has a very interesting biography. He studied at VGIK, but did not graduate, then moved to France to his mother, where he owned his own restaurant. He received his legal education in the USA. He returned to Russia in the early 1990s, received a diploma externally, then opened his first own law office. He specialized in divorce proceedings and corporate law.

Known as a collector, he has the world's largest collection of Soviet porcelain, is the 2002 Russian golf champion and president of the Moscow Golf Club. Author of more than 10 scientific papers on jurisprudence, candidate of legal sciences. Since 2012, he has been broadcasting Yoga for the Brains at the Silver Rain radio station. Dobrovinsky is considered one of the most stylish and sophisticated lawyers, many associate his appearance with Sherlock Holmes.

His "star" clients were: F. Kirkorov, businessman R. Baisarov, V. Slutsker, B. Berezovsky.

Anatoly Kucherena

Of course, the list of the most famous Russian lawyers of the 21st century would be incomplete without the chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Anatoly Grigoryevich Kucherena. Lawyer and doctor of legal sciences, professor, he was educated at the All-Union Correspondence Law Institute. He began his career at the Moscow police department, in the legal profession since 1993. Kucherena created his own law office, specializing in criminal and civil cases.

He is an Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, an Honorary Lawyer of Moscow, was awarded the Order of Honor, the Order of the Russian Orthodox Church, the silver medal named after. Plevako.

Famous clients: diplomat and writer P. A. Obukhov (“spy case”), publisher and editor-in-chief S. T. Ismailova, wife of General L. Rokhlin, accused of his murder, Russian skiers L. Lazutina and O. Danilova, businessman S. Lisovsky, I. Kobzon, actor Y. Yakovlev, N. Mikhalkov, Y. Lyubimov, G. Leps, S. Kerimov.

Mikhail Fedotov

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From 1976 to 1990 He taught at the All-Union Law Correspondence Institute. He is the organizer and permanent leader of the research student laboratory. For the first time in the USSR, she took up sociological research of public opinion on issues of democracy and openness. Many well-known Russian lawyers came from among his students. Since 1990, he moved to the civil service. He is a prominent political and honored lawyer in Russia, the author of more than 100 books and articles (mainly on human rights), was awarded the Order of Friendship, medals from UNESCO and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Andrey Knyazev

The well-known Russian lawyer Andrey Gennadievich Knyazev owes his recognition to his participation in television projects. Graduate of Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov (1997) began his career in the prosecutor's office, and then moved to the bar. In 2003, he founded Knyazev & Partners, the Moscow Bar Association, of which he is currently the chairman. It is one of the largest law firms in Russia, ranking 35th in terms of revenue.

The most widely covered in the press was the case of the rescue of three Russian soldiers from Chechen captivity. The lawyer petitioned the President to exchange a convicted citizen of Chechnya for three servicemen, one of whom was seriously wounded.

A. G. Knyazev was awarded the silver medal. Plevako. The lawyer participated in the filming on Channel One in the TV show "Federal Judge".

Gasan Mirzoev

Gasan Borisovich Mirzoev is a well-known lawyer in Russia, president of the Guild of Domestic Lawyers, president of the International Association of Russian-speaking Lawyers, rector of the Russian Academy of Notaries and Advocacy, professor, member of the Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation. Mirzoev is a graduate of the AzGos University named after. S. M. Kirov (1976).

He began his career in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the legal profession since 1977. Mirzoev has many awards, including the gold medal to them. Plevako, Order of "Peter the Great" (1 class), Order of St. A. Nevsky. Specializes in criminal cases.