Tamta Zarnadze

About the lawyer

Since November 2021 Tamta Zarnadze has headed “GOAL - Georgian Lawyers' Office”, a law firm Zarnadze founded. A lawyer with a general specialisation, Zarnadze holds a Master of Laws (LLM) and, according to the register, is additionally specialised in juvenile justice and children's rights. The lawyer works in Tbilisi and speaks Russian and English.

The criminal practice has covered offences committed in public office, domestic violence, theft, robbery, fraud, bribery, damage to property by arson, sexual offences, the unlawful obtaining and disclosure of information about private life, and the manufacture and storage of explosives. Although the master's thesis was devoted to criminal law, Zarnadze has also built up corporate experience: from 2019 as a lawyer at a law firm whose clients are investors and businesspeople active in Georgia, and in 2020 as assistant to the director at Horizont Group LLC, a construction company.

The career began in the summer of 2013 with work as a lawyer's assistant. From 2013 to 2017 Zarnadze worked at an international organisation for justice and law on the rights of prisoners and oppressed people, as well as on social security matters. In 2017, under a state programme, came an appointment as an intern at the Criminal Chamber of Tbilisi City Court, and in the same year Zarnadze passed the bar qualification exam. In 2019 the lawyer joined the Committee for the Protection of Lawyers' Rights.

At the University of Georgia, Zarnadze completed a bachelor's degree in 2016 and a master's in 2018. The student years included founding the charity “CAMPUS LIONS CLUB TBILISI”, completing a cybersecurity certificate programme, taking part in the Central and Eastern European Moot Court Competition and writing a paper on international organised crime. Since 2018 Zarnadze has been an adviser to “ALPHA LEO CLUB GEORGIA”.

Typical cases

• Offences in public office
• Domestic violence
• Theft, robbery, fraud
• Bribery
• Sexual offences
• Invasion of privacy
• Explosives-related cases
• Protection of prisoners' rights
• Corporate law

Education and qualifications

Georgian Bar Association register: general practice (all fields)
Additional specialization: juvenile justice; children's rights (civil cases)

2016 - University of Georgia, School of Law, Bachelor
2018 - University of Georgia, Master of Laws (LLM)
2015 - Caucasus Academy of Security Experts, cybersecurity certificate programme
2016 - Summer school “Civil Law 2016”
2017 - Bar qualification exam