At their assembly, attorneys-at-law elected all four representatives of the law firm HAVEL & PARTNERS, nominees of the Moderní advokacie platform, to the supreme bodies of the Czech Bar Association. For the next four years, František Korbel, a partner in the law firm, will be a member of the Board of Directors of the Czech Bar Association. Partner Josef Hlavička has become a member of the Supervisory Council, while Dušan Sedláček and Jan Šturm, both partners in the law firm, will serve their terms in the Bar Disciplinary Commission.
Moderní advokacie is an informal platform associating cooperating Czech and international law firms. Eight of its representatives have won seats in the 11-member Board of Directors of the Czech Bar Association. According to the representatives of the platform, the Czech Bar Association is designed as an independent professional organisation providing a modern regulatory framework for the performance of the legal profession, it protects the independence of attorneys-at-law and promotes the right to legal assistance.
Under the leadership of the platform, the bar association should exercise, independently of the state, supervisory and disciplinary powers, ensure the professional training of junior lawyers, the education of attorneys-at-law and take an active part in the law-making process and modernisation of the performance of the legal profession, the judiciary and public administration.
“We are grateful to our colleagues for their support and trust in nominating us to the management bodies of the Czech Bar Association. We are looking forward to cooperating with all the members of the Board of Directors and to good work relations in the supreme bodies. We are ready to work hard throughout the coming four years to ensure the Czech legal profession is self-confident and independent, and forms an integral and irreplaceable part of the system of the provision of legal assistance,” commented František Korbel on the outcomes.
A total of 2,397 attorneys-at-law took part in the elections to the governing bodies of the Czech Bar Association at its 8th assembly. The Czech Bar Association is the largest organisation associating legal professionals in the Czech Republic, it performs public administration in the legal profession and is a guarantor of the quality of legal services provided by attorneys-at-law
