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Practice Areas

  • Workers’ Compensation

Current Employment Position

  • Associate Attorney

Bar Admissions

  • New York, 2024

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association

Education

  • Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 2021 (LL.M.)
  • University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2020 (Master of Law)
  • University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2019 (Bachelor of Law)

Verdicts/Settlements/Cases of Note/Favorite Win

  • Winning a lawsuit that challenged a constitutionality of prohibition of same-sex marriage and same-sex joint adoption in the Republic of Slovenia, consequently legalizing same-sex marriage and same-sex joint adoptions.

Pro-Bono Activities

  • N/A

Honors

  • Highest Recognition issued by Northwestern Pritzker School of Law for volunteering in pro bono and public service program, assisting individuals in need.

Published Works

  • Weighing between economic and human rights in the administrative dispute; Faculty of Law; Ljubljana; 2019; Electronic Issue;
  • Protection of trade secrets in civil proceedings; Pravna Praksa, 2019, year 38, issue 34/35, page 23 – 25;
  • Justification of the administrative decision when deciding in free discretion; Pravna Praksa, 2019, year 38, issue 40/41, page 16 – 17;
  • Liability of members of management and supervisory bodies under Companies act and through case law; Pravna Praksa, 2019, year 38, issue 45, page 18 – 20;
  • The EU Court of Justice has no jurisdiction to rule on the dispute between Slovenia and Croatia – Pravna Praksa, 2020, year 39, issue 5, page 10 – 11;
  • Illegal payments to shareholders – Pravna Praksa, 2020, year 39, issue 11, page 11 – 12;
  • Possession of easements in public benefit – Pravna Praksa, 2020, year 39, issue 11, page 11 – 12;
  • The right to dividend as the subject of the contractual transfer – Pravna Praksa, 2020, year 39, issue 26/27, page 25 – 26;
  • The fall of the EU-US privacy shield – Pravna Praksa, 2020, year 39, issue 31/32, page 40 42.

Pets and Hobbies

  • Shih-Tzu named Leo and 4 fish tanks with Betta Fishes
  • In my free time, I am a gamer and a geek. I love playing video games, Magic the Gathering trade card game and dungeon and dragons. I have a massive collection of Pokemon cards and figurines. I love solving math problems. I also train people with basics of MMORPG game called Final Fantasy XIV (to which I devoted around 3000 hours playing it).
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