Željko Pajalić, LLB

Justice at the Civil Law Department of the Supreme Court in the Republic of Croatia


  Personal Data:

Date of birth: 12 October 1959
Place of birth: Zagreb, Republic of Croatia

  Education and qualifications:

1987  Passed the bar exam 
1978 - 1984  Graduated from the Faculty of Law in Zagreb 
1965 - 1978 Grammar School in Zagreb
Primary education in Zagreb

  Judicial experience:

Sept 2014 - to present Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia
1996 - 2014 Judge of the County Court in Zagreb
1991 - 1996 President of the Municipal Court in Donja Stubica
1987 - 1991 Judge of the Municipal Court in Donja Stubica
1985 - 1987 Judicial apprentice at the Municipal Court in Zagreb

Membership in legal bodies and associations:

Founder and Member of the Association of Croatian Judges
President of the Branch of the Association of Croatian Judges at the County Court in Zagreb 
Head of the Development and Research Department of the Judical Academy 
Lecturer at the Judicial Academy

Other activities:

Member and President of the Judicial Council of the County Court in Zagreb
Member of the Working group for drafting the Code of Judicial Ethics
Judge and President of the Employment Tribunal in Zagreb
Associate Teacher at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb
Mentor to apprentices and advisers
External Member of the Committee on statutory, organizational and legal issues of the Croatian Medical Association

  Publications and other works:

Author of expert papers
Author of educational papers for the Judicial Academy
Co-author of the high school textbook
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