1) Irina, could you please share your professional
journey and what led you to specialize in dispute
resolution?
I set a goal of becoming a lawyer when I was still at school. My
main inspiration was the success of my mother, an attorney who
later became my mentor and role model. Ironically, she was also my
first opponent in my choice of this profession. To reassure my
parents, I completed my studies at the Tashkent Pharmaceutical
Institute, handed them my diploma along with a work record proving
some experience in pharmacology, and then set off to turn my real
dream into reality. I enrolled at the Tashkent State University of
Law and took a job as an assistant judge in a civil court. This
period ultimately shaped my career path in the legal field.
