Background
Afanasiev, Dimitry was born on September 29, 1969 in Leningrad, Russia.
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Dimitry Afanasiev
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University of Leningrad (Bachelor of Laws, 1989). University of Pittsburgh (Semester At Sea, 1989). University of Pennsylvania School of Law.
St. Petersburg Higher School of Law (Master of Laws, 1995). Spoken languages: Russian, English.
Career
Worked at Egorov, Pughinsky, Afanasiev & Juring (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in United States. Corporate Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Immigration. International Business Transactions.
Russian Legal Services: Business, Securities, Real Estate, Tax, Banking, Patents and Trademark, White-Collar Criminal Law, Commercial Litigation in Russian Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1990, United States.S.R. 1995, Russian Federation.
(Not Admitted in the United States). Contributor, Pravovedenie Law Review of Russia, East-West Executive Guide. President, USSR Law Students and Young Lawyers Association, 1988-1989.
Chairman, The Russian Professionals' Association of America, 1995. Foreign Legal Consultant, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1990-1991. Corporate Law Associate, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991-1992.
Legal counsel to: Mayor of St. Petersburg, City of Moscow, Supreme Soviet of Russia (1990-1992). Government of the Russian Federation (1995-1996), International Foundation for Advancement of Human Rights, Moscow (1996). Member: Iniurcolleguia Bar Association.
Russian-American law firm with international corporate and commercial litigation practice and offices in major Russian cities and in the United States. The firm specializes in representing American companies doing business in Russia and Russian companies doing business in the United States. It also serves as local Russian counsel to various American law firms.
Firm attorneys are qualified to render advice under Russian and United States. law and have distinguished background in Russian Government and Judiciary.
Membership
Member: Iniurcolleguia Bar Association.
