Egidijus Žironas

Egidijus Žironas
President of the Court of Appeal of Lithuania
In office
30 June 2010 – 30 June 2015
PresidentDalia Grybauskaitė
Gitanas Nausėda
Prime MinisterAlgirdas Butkevičius
Saulius Skvernelis
Ingrida Šimonytė
Succeeded byNerijus Meilutis
Judge of the Court of Appeal
In office
April 2009 – 30 June 2015
Personal details
Born (1954-04-23) 23 April 1954
Šiauliai, Lithuania
SpouseJūratė
ChildrenAgnė, Gintarė
Alma materVilnius University
OccupationJudge

Egidijus Žironas (Lithuanian: [ɛˈɡʲɪ.dʲɪ.jʊs ʒɪˈrɔ.nɐs]; born 23 April 1954) is a Lithuanian judge and jurist who served as the President of the Court of Appeal from 30 June 2010 until 30 June 2015. He also was a jurist in different kinds of law firms in Lithuania.[1]

Education

In 1972, he graduated from Šiauliai J. Janonis Secondary School, and in 1981, from the Faculty of Law at Vilnius University with a degree in law, obtaining the qualification of a lawyer.

Career

Since November 1981, he worked at the Forensic Science Institute's Traseological-Ballistic Examination Laboratory as a trainee expert, research associate, senior expert, and deputy head. Since December 1986, he served as a judge at the 4th Vilnius City Court.

From June 1992 to January 1994, he was a lawyer at UAB "Litbaum", and from March to December 1994, he was the chief legal adviser at UAB "Litbaum Export-Import". From January 1995, he practiced law at attorney E. Žironas’s law office. In January 1999, he became a judge at the Vilnius Regional Court. Since April 2009, he has served as a judge at the Lithuanian Court of Appeal, and from June 30, 2010, he has held the position of the court's president.[2]

References

  1. ^ "LAT nekeitė sprendimo: E.Žironas pripažintas pažeidęs etiką". kauno.diena.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  2. ^ "E.Žironas pradėjo eiti Apeliacinio teismo pirmininko pareigas". Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2025-04-14.