Koba Baramia

About the lawyer

After working on the prosecution side, Koba Baramia now runs a private criminal law practice and, since 2022, has also held a specialisation in juvenile justice. Since 2019 Baramia has worked as a criminal defence lawyer and senior legal consultant at two companies: GP Outsourcing LLC and Legal Consulting Company Gabodze and Partners LLC.

The bar examination, with a criminal law specialisation, was passed in December 2016, followed the next year by the qualification examination for prosecution service employees and the corresponding preparatory course. In 2018-2019 Baramia was a trainee prosecutor at the Old Tbilisi and Gldani-Nadzaladevi district prosecutor's offices and completed several retraining courses there. In 2023 came the judicial qualification examination, again in criminal law.

From 2019 to 2021 Baramia worked as a researcher-lawyer and project manager at the Legal System Development Research Centre. Student placements through the TSU clinical programme took place at the Public Defender's Office and the LEPL Legal Aid Service. In 2016 the lawyer acted as a consultant and assistant lawyer at the Legal Aid Centre of the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association. While studying at the University of Georgia, Baramia ran additional seminars for students in two subjects - the general part of criminal law and legal theory - under the supervision of a curator professor. In 2013, together with friends, Baramia founded the charity Campus Lions Club Tbilisi.

A bachelor's degree in law from the University of Georgia was followed by a master's from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), both with honours. Since 2023 Baramia has been enrolled in the TSU doctoral programme in law and, in addition to Georgian, speaks Russian and English.

Typical cases

• Criminal cases
• Juvenile justice
• Legal consulting

Education and qualifications

Georgian Bar Association register: criminal law
Additional specialization: juvenile justice

2012-2016 - University of Georgia, School of Law, Bachelor (with honours)
2020 - TSU, Faculty of Law, Master (with honours)
2023 - TSU, doctoral programme in law
2016 - Bar qualification examination, criminal law
2017 - Qualification examination for prosecution service employees and preparatory course
2022 - Juvenile justice specialisation
2023 - Judicial qualification examination, criminal law
2015 - Practical skills course (“Lawyer for Tbilisi Residents”, University of Georgia School of Law)