Branko Hrvatin, LLB Justice at the Civil Department of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia Personal data: Date of birth: 16 June 1959 Place of birth: Vinež, Labin Municipality, Republic of Croatia Education and qualifications: 1984 Passed the Bar exam 1982 Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University in Zagreb Secondary school – VII gymnasium in Zagreb Primary school in Labin Judicial experience: 20.7.2017 Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia 19.7.2005 - 19.7.2017 President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia -reappointed 19.7.2009 -reappointed 17.7.2013 2004 - present Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia 1993 - 2004 Judge of the County Court in Zagreb 1994-1997 - assigned to the Office for Monitoring and Studying Court Practice, adjudicating at the same time cases in second instance until 1995 1998 - appointed as the Head of the Office for Monitoring and Studying Court Practice 2002 – presided over the second instance Civil Law Department, as well as performing duties connected with the Office for Monitoring and Studying Court Practice 1986 - 1993 Judge of the Municipal Court in Zagreb Chairman of the Group for Restitution of Damages In 1992 appointed to the position of the President of the Extra-Litigation Department, keeping his civil litigation docket at the same time 1982 - 1984 Judicial apprentice at the Municipal Court in Zagreb Activities connected with the judicial office: 1990 President of the Municipal Election Commission Zagreb – Center 1992 - 1994 Adviser to the (then) Republic Electoral Commission for election of representatives to the Chamber of Representatives and Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Sabor, as well as for the presidential elections 1995 Deputy member of the State Electoral Commission of the Republic of Croatia participating in preparation and conduct of all elections during the subsequent period 2001 - 2004 Vice-President of the State Judicial Council Member of the State Judicial Council 2004 Member of the State Election Commission 2005 President of the State Election Commission International activities: 2014 Vice-President of the Network of Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union Activities in judicial education and training programs: Lecturer at five two-day seminars organized by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia on the topic of land registry legislation Lecturer and moderator of five two-day workshops organized by ABA/CEELI and Judicial Training Center (in Zagreb, Split, Opatija, Osijek and Varaždin) on the topic of organization and concentration of the main hearing in civil proceedings Lecturer and moderator of seminars organized by the Judicial Training Center on various topics on civil procedure – ten two-day seminars in Valbandon during 2002/2003 Lecturer at the symposias organized by the Croatian Law Center and Judicial Training Center in Varaždin (two events) and Pula Lecturer at the symposia organized by the Association of Croatian Judges for the judges from the area of jurisdiction of the County Court in Slavonski Brod Participated as a lecturer at several seminars organized by the Association of Croatian Judges and the "Inženjerski biro" consultancy, as well as those organized by "Narodne Novine" and "Organizator" Author of 15 published articles in the area of civil procedure, execution, and property law Other activities: Since 1994 has been conducting practical courses for students at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, within the Chair for Civil Law under the auspices of prof. dr. Nikola Gavela, as well as those within the Chair for Civil Procedure Law These practical programmes have eventually been combined together, and as of year 2000 are conducted for all 4th year students of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, thus combining civil procedure law, civil substantive law and family law Expert papers (HR)...