Judge of the Civil Chamber of the RA Court of Cassation

Arsen Samvel Mkrtchyan

Was born in 1973 in Yerevan.

EDUCATION

1996

Graduated from the Faculty of International Law of Yerevan "Gladzor" Management University.

 

2005

Participated in the "Judicial Administration" training program at the "New York State Judicial Institute" in the USA.

 

2006-2007

Participated in "Administrative justice. "Judge skills" training program (Germany-Armenia).

 

2019

Participated in the IV multi-faceted training program for English-speaking Civil and Commercial Judges in Germany.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

2000 - 2001

Served as an Assistant to the Chairman of the Economic Court of Appeal of the Republic of Armenia.

 

Since April 2001

Served in the same court as the Head of the Office.

 

2001 - 2005

Served as the Head of the Office at the RA Economic Court, simultaneously performing the duties of the 

Head of the Court's Staff.

 

February 2002

Was appointed as the Head of the Court's Staff by order of transfer.

 

2005

Was appointed to the position of the Head of Staff of the Court of Cassation.

 

September 2005 - January 2006

Served as a Deputy Head of Staff of the same court and the Secretary of the Council of Presidents of the RA Courts.

 

January 4, 2006

Was appointed to the position of Deputy Head of Staff of the RA Court of Cassation, Secretary of the Council of Presidents of the RA Courts and the Council of Justice.

 

September 2006

Served as an Adviser to the President of the Court of Cassation.

 

2007 – 2008

Served as the Head of the RA Judicial Department.

 

August 6, 2008

Upon the Decree of the RA President was appointed as a Judge of the Civil Court of Appeal of the Republic of Armenia.

 

May 8, 2014

Upon the decision of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.

 

June 26, 2014

Upon the decision of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia was appointed the First Deputy of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.

 

September 22, 2016

Upon the Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia was appointed to the position of Judge of the Civil Court of Appeal of the Republic of Armenia.

 

May 17, 2018

Upon the Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia was appointed the President of the Civil Court of Appeal of the Republic of Armenia.

 

March 24, 2021

Was elected a Judge of the Civil and Administrative Chamber of the Court of Cassation of the Republic of Armenia by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.

PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC/PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURES

1999 - 2000

Lecturer at the College of Jurisprudence (Civil Law, Family Law, Labor Law).

 

2005 to 2014

Trainer at the RA Judicial School (Role of the Judicial Service, Legal Writing, Legal Interpretation).

 

2014, 2017-2018 

Expert of the Council of Europe (Civil Procedure of the Republic of Armenia, Judicial Code of the Republic of Armenia, Law of the Republic of Armenia "On Service in the Judicial Department", Law of the Republic of Armenia "On Conciliation").

 

2014-2016 

Representative of the RA Government in the working group of the International Trade Commission of the United Nations Organization (working groups: Bankruptcy law, Arbitration and alternative means of dispute resolution).

 

2014-2018

Lecturer at the Legal Institute of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia (training courses for notaries - sale and purchase related to buildings under construction, current issues regarding amendments to the RA Law "On Notary", specifics related to the notary in bankruptcy and enforcement proceedings).

 

Since 2014

Lecturer at the Academy of Justice of the Republic of Armenia (Current Issues of the Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia, Legal interpretation).

 

Since 2014

Lecturer at the School of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia (Review (Appeal) in Civil Procedure).

 

Since 2014

Lecturer at the French University in RA (Bankruptcy Law).

 

Since 2017

Member of the State Exam Committee of the Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University.

Since 2018

Lecturer at the Civil Procedure Chair of Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law.

OTHER INFORMATION

Served in the RA Armed Forces from June 1993 to December 1994.

 

2001-2002

Author of the electronic management system of cases of RA Economic Court..

 

2005-2008 

Author of the electronic management system of judicial cases. 

 

2010-2011

Co-author of the “ArmLaw” case law search system.

 

2019

Co-author of the manual "The Language of Legal Writing".

 

December 26, 2007

According to the Decree No. NH-312-A of the RA President was awarded the First Rank Legal Adviser of the Judicial Service of the Republic of Armenia,

 

December 28, 2015

Was awarded the "Mkhitar Gosh" medal by the Decree of the RA President.

 

He is married, has one son and two daughters.

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