John Economopoulos is a lawyer based in Athens, Greece, who was admitted to the Athens bar in 1966 and became a partner in the law firm Scandamis, Mourgelas, Damaskinos & Wallace. His documented career centers on legal practice in Athens, where he also earned a Master of Laws degree from the University of Athens in 1964.
Background
John Economopoulos's documented life is centered in Athens, the capital of Greece, where he completed his legal studies and built his professional career. Athens had been the capital of the modern Greek state since 1834, when the seat of government moved there from Nafplio.
The city's university, founded in 1837, was the first university of the modern Greek state and is now known as the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Its law faculty provided the academic setting in which he later pursued advanced legal study.
Education
John Economopoulos earned a Master of Laws degree from the University of Athens in 1964. Founded in 1837, the University of Athens was the first university of the modern Greek state and is now known as the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Its law school has been a central institution for training lawyers in Greece.
His legal education at Athens was followed by admission to the Athens bar in 1966, which marked his entry into legal practice in the city. Admission to a bar association qualifies a lawyer to practise within that bar's jurisdiction.
Career
John Economopoulos was admitted to the bar in Athens in 1966, beginning his professional life as a lawyer in the Greek capital. Admission to the bar marked the transition from legal education to practice before the courts and clients in Athens.
He later worked as a partner of the Athens law firm Scandamis, Mourgelas, Damaskinos & Wallace. In a partnership of this kind, the partners share responsibility for the firm's practice and client work, and his role there represents the principal stage of his documented career.
