Who is Padva Mr. Lawyer Padva Genrikh Pavlovich: biography, achievements and interesting facts

Born on February 20, 1931 in Moscow. Father - Padva Pavel Yulievich. Mother - Rappoport Eva Iosifovna. The first wife is Albina Mikhailovna Noskova (died in 1974). Wife - Mamontova Oksana Sergeevna. Daughter - Padva Irina Genrikhovna, photographer. Granddaughter - Albina.

Heinrich Padva was born into an intelligent Moscow family. His father, a major planning engineer, held responsible positions in organizations of such scale and significance as the Northern Sea Route. He worked under the leadership of the legendary Schmidt and Papanin. He went through the entire Great Patriotic War and was shell-shocked. In 1945, he was appointed commandant of one of the German cities, resolving reparation issues; celebrated victory with the rank of captain. The mother was a ballerina who, by all accounts, had a figure of amazing beauty. After the birth of her son, she decides to leave the stage, but Terpsichore does not change - she gives dance lessons.

Before the war, Heinrich studied at the prestigious metropolitan school No. 110, where among his classmates there were many children high-ranking officials, prominent scientists, popular artists. Largely thanks to the high level of teaching at the school, many of its graduates subsequently achieved outstanding success in various fields professional activities.

With the outbreak of the war, Henry, along with his mother, grandfather and other family members, was evacuated to Kuibyshev (Samara). Shelter was found with distant relatives, where ten of them had to live in one room, sleep on chests and just on the floor. During the evacuation, despite all its hardships, pleasant events also happened, interesting meetings took place: for example, the wonderful playwright and writer Nikolai Erdman, who was returning to Moscow after serving time in a Stalinist camp, stayed in their apartment for several days. He left a mark in memory as a man of remarkable personal qualities, extremely interesting in communication. The boy’s imagination, among other things, was struck by Erdman’s ability to perform amazing charades.

When the German troops were driven far from Moscow, Heinrich and his mother returned home and renovated their room in communal apartment, heated by a homemade brick stove. He continued his studies at the same school No. 110, which he successfully graduated in 1948. I decided to enter the Moscow Law Institute, but did not get enough points on the first try. (It should be noted that when entering a university in those years, the presence of a Komsomol card was taken into account, which Heinrich was in no hurry to acquire, as well as an entry in the “nationality” column.)

A year later - a new, this time more successful attempt at admission: a “semi-passing” score was scored. Unfortunately, after confidently passing the Russian language and literature and history in the geography exam, Henry received a “satisfactory”: the rivers of Great Britain became the “test” question. From the exam room, the young man brought out a feeling of injustice: almost everyone to whom he subsequently asked this question - even professional geographers - could not remember anything except the Thames...

At the end of the entrance exams, Heinrich Padva receives an invitation from representatives of the Minsk Law Institute to study at this university and accepts it. Having moved to Minsk, he begins his studies, and very successfully: freshman Padva passes both sessions with excellent marks. Here he found the opportunity not only to gain knowledge from highly professional teachers, but also to actively engage in sports and became interested in student activities.

After studying for 2 semesters, Heinrich transferred to the capital's law school, which he successfully graduated from in 1953. According to distribution, he ends up in Kalinin (now Tver), and comes to the disposal of the Kalinin Department of Justice. The career of a young lawyer began with a six-month internship in the ancient city of Rzhev. After completing an internship, Padva goes to work in the small regional center of Pogoreloe Gorodishche to become the only lawyer here.

A native Muscovite, Padva plunged into the exoticism of village life: his home was a corner of a wooden house, behind the wall was a barnyard, under the windows were lilacs, and from the edge of the forest could be heard the singing of nightingales. I remember many vivid impressions from this period of my life: participation in wolf hunting and real fishing, the pleasure of a full basket of mushrooms and a simple walk in the forest... But perhaps the greatest experience and the most valuable experience was a close acquaintance with ordinary people, their difficult life, appalling poverty and lack of rights.

The defendants in the first cases in which Padva acted as a lawyer were just such ordinary villagers: front-line soldiers who were tried for speaking out against the authorities, young workers who were threatened with prison for being a few minutes late for work. Of course, such processes under the then justice system, when a person was given 10-15 years for the slightest violation, rarely ended successfully for the lawyer and his client. But over time, G. Padva’s authority grew - not only in the courtroom, but also in the eyes of his fellow villagers. His opinion and arguments gained everyone more weight, the district prosecutor, an honest and decent man, but who did not have a higher education, began to listen to the arguments more often.

A year and a half later, Padva continues his legal career in Torzhok. Here he improves his skills, reads a lot - fortunately, provincial life, not rich in entertainment, left enough free time. This is where he meets his future wife. Soon he moves to Kalinin, where his chosen one is studying at a medical institute. Some time later they got married. In parallel with his legal practice, G. Padva graduated in absentia from the history department of the Kalinin Pedagogical Institute - one of the reasons for this decision (to get a second higher education) there was a reluctance to “voluntarily-compulsorily” study at a party school.

Genrikh Pavlovich's professional authority is constantly growing, but only in 1971 did he return to Moscow. At first, his hometown, the city of his childhood, did not greet him kindly: a conspicuous acute lack of humanity prevented him from adapting - but, on the contrary, there was an abundance of bureaucracy. At first, my colleagues helped me cope with difficulties; the support of the deputy chairman of the presidium of the Moscow City Bar, I.I., played a big role. Sklyarsky. The efforts and talent of Padva himself did not go unnoticed: he began to be highly valued, first in professional circles, and then among the public.

Wide famous name G.P. Padva became involved after a case initiated by an American businessman against the newspaper Izvestia: the businessman accused the publication of slander against him. The plaintiff won a court case in his home country, which ordered the newspaper to recover thousands of dollars in compensation for moral damages. Soviet official structures for a long time ignored the events that took place within the framework of this case, nodding to the fact that the American side is limited in its ability to enforce the decisions of its court. Then the Americans took active action: the property of the Izvestia office in the United States was seized, and the process began to threaten complications at the diplomatic level. We had to mobilize all legal resources. As a result of actions taken by domestic lawyers led by G. Padva, they managed to get the decision of the American court overturned. (We would like to add that a few years later G. Padva met with the same injured businessman, who by that time had already retired from business; all these years he did not hold a grudge against his “offender”, who demonstrated high professionalism in his field.) After this story, the mention of the name of G. Padva in the press was often accompanied by the epithets “famous,” “eminent,” “venerable,” etc.

Over the course of his many years of legal practice, G.P. Padva successfully participates in trials, a significant part of which was the focus of media attention and had a great social and political resonance.

The 1990s were special years in the career of lawyer Heinrich Padva. His dossier contains high-profile successes that strengthened the authority of the master of human rights.

During the days of the August 1991 coup, G.P. Padva, being the vice-president of the Union of Lawyers of the USSR, was in the USA and made an appeal to the international legal community, in which he spoke about the illegality of the actions of the State Emergency Committee. He returned to Moscow when the putsch had not yet been defeated, with understandable fears of being arrested. Soon, as we know, everything ended, and a few days after the arrest of the putschists, Genrikh Pavlovich received a call from A.I.’s daughter. Lukyanova with a request to protect her father. After personal communication with Anatoly Ivanovich G.P. Padva agreed, emphasizing that he would not change his assessment of the recent dramatic events and would only undertake to defend Lukyanov personally, but not in any way support the political phenomenon as a whole.

The lawyer began by making a statement on television about the inadmissibility of accusations against Lukyanov as an ideologist of the putsch: every person can have his own Political Views, and persecuting him for dissent alone is unacceptable. These arguments were accepted, and the flow of similar accusations faded away. The inadmissibility of the charges of treason brought against members of the State Emergency Committee was also justified. As for A. Lukyanov himself, it is generally difficult to talk about his direct participation in the putsch - therefore, in 1994, he and G. Padva faced a fundamental question: should they accept the amnesty announced by the State Duma in the State Emergency Committee case? Unfortunately, the unrest he experienced worsened Lukyanov’s health, and it was decided to agree with this decision, since continuing the fight could be too expensive and the victory could become Pyrrhic.

In 1996, the case of the deputy general director Federal Office for Enterprise Insolvency of P. Karpov, several years later accused of receiving a bribe while working at one of the Saratov enterprises. Karpov was arrested twice - in Saratov and Moscow, and yet, after a long trial that lasted for 2 years, through the efforts of G.P. Padvy was eventually rehabilitated.

In the mid-1990s, Genrikh Pavlovich defended large businessman L. Weinberg, accused of giving a bribe (the businessman gave a customs committee employee gold chain). The case was investigated by the Prosecutor General's Office and proceeded with violations of the rights of the accused. The lawyer managed to get his client released from custody, and some time later the case was dropped altogether.

Significant and successful was the participation of G. Padva and his colleague at the Padva and Partners law office E. Sergeeva in the high-profile epic with the detention in the United States at Kennedy Airport of the former head of the Presidential Administration P. Borodin, accused by the Swiss prosecutor of money laundering and participation in in a criminal organization. Lawyers had to work in different directions: assistance to Russian political government agencies, appeals to legal authorities in the USA, interaction with investigative authorities in Switzerland. As a result, in April 2001, the charge of participation in a criminal organization against Borodin was dropped, and in March 2002, the prosecutor of the canton of Geneva B. Bertossa dropped the criminal case against the former manager.

In 2003, G. Padva, together with his colleague A. Gofshtein, defended an Azerbaijani politician and businessman with the sonorous surname Elkaponi, who was accused of storing and transporting drugs. The head of the People's Patriotic Union "Azerbaijan-XXI" and businessman F. Elkaponi were detained in Moscow with a kilogram of pure heroin in June 2001. Employees of the Department for Combating Illegal Drug Trafficking of the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate extracted part of the potion directly from under the detainee’s jacket, the other was found in his apartment. Lawyers managed to prove that Elkaponi’s drugs were planted, and in March 2003, the Golovinsky Intermunicipal Court of Moscow acquitted the Azerbaijani businessman, releasing him from custody after many months in prison.

G. Padva’s client has been former chairman The Board of Directors of the Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Smelter A. Bykov, whose name has few competitors in terms of frequency of appearance in modern court chronicles. In 1999, the first attempt was made to attract Bykov to criminal liability for involvement in committing murder and money laundering - he was detained in Hungary and transported to a pre-trial detention center in the city of Krasnoyarsk. In the fall of 2000, the businessman was released by court decision Central region Krasnoyarsk, but after some time he was again detained on charges of organizing the attempted murder of Krasnoyarsk businessman V. Struganov. G. Padva's weighty arguments spoke in favor of Bykov's innocence, but the Meshchansky Court of Moscow made a half-hearted decision: he found Anatoly Bykov guilty, giving him a suspended sentence of 6.5 years. The Moscow City Court upheld this decision. Since Heinrich Padva, on the one hand, is confident in the innocence of his client, and on the other hand, he claims numerous violations of human rights during the trial, he continues to make efforts to appeal the verdict, including in the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights.

Since March 2003, Padva participated in the consideration in the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court of a new criminal case on charges of Anatoly Bykov - this time of involvement in the murder of local businessman O. Gubin. On July 1, 2003, the court found Bykov and his accomplices not involved in this murder. Bykov was found guilty under another article - 316 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (concealment of a murder committed without aggravating circumstances), sentenced to a year in prison and immediately amnestied.

G. Padva is not one of the lawyers who openly speak only about successfully completed trials with their participation. In his profession, Genrikh Pavlovich finds a lot in common with medicine: a doctor cannot always help, and a lawyer is not omnipotent. With great regret he recalls his failure civil case about the return of part of B. Pasternak’s legacy to his muse and beloved Olga Ivinskaya, who was arrested after his death on charges of smuggling and later rehabilitated. In his defense of the truth, G. Padva reached the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, but it was not possible to return the archives of the great poet (which had to be done both according to legal and universal norms). It reached the point of absurdity and mockery of the memory of a genius: officials demanded documents about the donation of a manuscript of a poem dedicated to herself to O. Ivinskaya!

Nowadays G.P. Padva heads the Padva and Partners law office, under whose auspices about 20 lawyers work. Genrikh Pavlovich - Honored Lawyer Russian Federation, elected member of the Council of the Moscow City Chamber of Lawyers, vice-president of the International Union of Lawyers. Awarded the gold medal named after F.N. Plevako (1998). Recipient of the Badge of Honor of the Russian National Foundation "Public Recognition".

For many years he has been interested in painting, his favorite artists: El Greco, Utrillo. Among contemporary masters, he prefers the work of Natalia Nesterova. Collects antique porcelain. Appreciates beautiful football and tennis.

This distinguished lawyer has handled countless cases during his 60-plus years in the legal profession. Thanks to his efforts, legislation and judicial practice have changed for the better. It is to him that we owe the creation of the first professional community lawyers throughout the country - the Union of Lawyers of the USSR. The GARANT.RU portal spoke with the managing partner of the Padva and Partners law firm, an Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation Heinrich Padva.

The Man Who Couldn't Change the Bar

Genrikh Pavlovich, you studied at the capital’s school No. 110 and successfully graduated from it in 1948. It would seem that the doors to all professions were “open” for you. Why did you decide to choose jurisprudence, which was quite outlandish in those days?

I dreamed of law since school years, when I first read the works of the great pre-revolutionary lawyers N.P. Karabchevsky, S.A. Andreevsky, and others. Their talent inspired me. Then I decided for myself that I would study, become a lawyer and defend unfortunate and oppressed people.

Is it true that you failed to enter the Moscow Law Institute twice, and the second time you “failed” on the question of the rivers of Great Britain?

Indeed, that’s exactly what happened. At that time, geography, history, Russian language and literature were taken as entrance exams to a law school. And so in geography I was asked to list the rivers of Great Britain. I only named the Thames, which did not suit the examiner. I don’t know whether this question was an accident or whether I was asked it deliberately in order to “fail”, but when I later asked different people, including the professor who taught geography, no one could name other rivers besides the Thames.

After two unsuccessful attempts pass entrance exams to the Moscow Law Institute, I went to Belarus to enter the Minsk Law Institute. This university gladly accepted me, but I studied there for only a year - after completing the first year, I nevertheless returned to the capital and transferred to the Moscow Law Institute. Four years later, immediately after the graduation of my class, this university ceased its independent existence and was merged with the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University named after M.Yu. Lomonosov.

After graduating from the Moscow Law Institute in 1953, you undergo a six-month internship in Rzhev, and then go to work as a lawyer in the small regional center of Pogoreloe Gorodishche. Do you remember your first case as a lawyer?

Of course I remember. In all my practice, this was the only case in which a person actually turned himself in. In reality, the vast majority of confessions are “far-fetched”: the suspect is arrested and only then persuaded to confess to his crime in exchange for a lighter sentence. This was a completely different case. A respected worker who could boast of his name on the honor board, an order bearer, the father of two daughters, came to the police in Stalingrad [now Volgograd. – Ed.] and admitted that he raped an underage girl eight years ago. He was arrested, transported to Pogoreloye Gorodishche, where the crime took place, they lifted the case from the archives, began to look for the victim, witnesses... I represented his interests.

As a result, the court sentenced my client to three years in prison - taking into account all the mitigating circumstances, he was given a punishment below the lower limit, which according to those laws was about eight years. I was dissatisfied with the verdict and believed that the case should be dismissed altogether, but since by the time the court decision was made my client had served most of the sentence, we decided not to file a complaint against the verdict.

After working in Pogoreloye Gorodishche, you move to the city of Kalinin [now Tver. – Ed.], where, in parallel with legal practice, you study at the history department of the Kalinin Pedagogical Institute [now Tver state university. – Ed.]. Have you decided to change your profession?

Under no circumstances – I would never change the legal profession! The fact is that in those days the authorities tortured everyone with party training. Nobody liked it, but to get rid of it without good reason it was impossible. Then one friend advised me to enter a university for a second higher education - students were treated leniently and were not given additional party workload. I did just that.

And I chose the history department because I always loved history and studied it in depth at the Moscow Law Institute. In addition, upon admission, many exams that I had already passed before were counted towards me. Of course, this study was a formality - by that time I was already well known in Kalinin, I was on friendly terms with many teachers. Now I don’t even remember where my diploma from the Kalinin Pedagogical Institute is.

Why did you return to Moscow only in 1971?

If I could, I would have done it much sooner. Kalinin is a wonderful city, but Moscow – my home where all my relatives and friends live. I dreamed of returning to Moscow from the very moment I left! But bureaucratic obstacles prevented me from doing this. Previously, citizens did not have the right to choose their place of residence, so before moving they had to first obtain registration at their future place of residence, which was not easy to do.

Heinrich Padva: famous, popular, venerable

You were lucky enough to represent the interests of many public people, but about the “Izhevsk case” - the case of theft of state cash on an especially large scale when organizing concerts of Vladimir Vysotsky - legends still circulate. Tell us more about it.

This trial is not notable for anything other than the fact that popular artists were questioned as witnesses. The prosecutor opened a case of misappropriation of money against a group of concert organizers Vladimir Vysotsky, Valentina Tolkunova and Gennady Khazanov. The artists themselves had nothing to do with this. But since the authorities did not favor Vysotsky, they, it seems to me, wanted to involve him in the flaring up scandal - they say, Vladimir Semenovich knew about the fraud with tickets at his performances, and maybe even contributed to it. Fortunately, I was able to defend his good name. On July 5, 1980, I flew from Izhevsk to Moscow with good news that Vysotsky’s name is not tarnished by the verdict. From the airport I stopped by the Taganka Theater and told Vladimir Semenovich about our victory, and 20 days later the artist was gone.

For example, it has long been believed that only the father can challenge paternity. I was contacted by a woman who wanted to challenge the paternity record for her son. I immediately doubted the possibility of doing this, since there was no corresponding practice at that time, but I got down to business. We filed an application with the court, but it was not even accepted. Then I began to appeal this refusal and reached the Presidium of the Moscow City Court, which recognized the mother’s right to challenge the paternity of her child. Now this is considered the norm.

Every lawyer dreams of achievements like yours. Share your “recipe for success”.

My “recipe for success” is very boring: work, work, work... Unfortunately, few people have the happiness of working in the profession for which they were created by God. I am sure that I was so lucky.

Your work experience in the legal profession has exceeded 60 years. Have you become bored with your profession over the years?

No, I’m not bored – I’m just very tired. But ending my career as a lawyer is tantamount to physical death for me. My work is my life. That's why I'm still at the helm.

If you had to choose a profession again, what would you become?

Only a lawyer. I love the legal profession for its freedom - no one can tell a lawyer who and how to defend. If I am confident in the innocence of my client, I have the right to insist on an acquittal, and they cannot prohibit me from doing so. I don't depend on anyone.

Each lawyer’s case is special and unique. By protecting a person, you understand that his fate is partly in your hands. This is an incredible responsibility, but also an indescribable happiness - to hear from the judge: “I decide to find the defendant innocent and release him in the courtroom.” Moments like these are worth living and working for!

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In 2012, according to the results of a joint study by VTsIOM and the Russian Reporter magazine, 81-year-old lawyer Genrikh Padva was recognized as one of the authoritative figures of the Russian legal community. Today it’s hard to believe that after graduating from school he twice failed to enter the Moscow Law Institute. Last year, Padva celebrated his 60th anniversary in the profession, but when asked if he has any desire to retire, the elder of the legal profession admits that he is tired, but retiring for him means physical death and he continues to work. Pravo.Ru talks about Padva’s career, his attitude to the legal profession, money, and relationships with clients in his own words.

About the beginning of a career

I went to the Kalinin region on assignment. First, my friend Yura Yurbursky received a ticket there, and he persuaded me to apply with him. Yes, I am characterized by nostalgia, attachment to my native ashes, my father’s coffins. I consider the Tver province to be my second homeland.

At first they wanted to send me to Vologda, but I did not agree, and as a result, something absurd happened. The commission began to wonder why I refuse to go to Vologda. I said: “I can’t, my sick elderly father is alone in Moscow, I can’t leave him alone and go far.” And the director [of the institute] Butov objected to me very unsuccessfully: “Just think, you have one father, I also have one old father, so what?” I plucked up the impudence and replied: “Well, you’re not going anywhere from Moscow.” This made a huge impression on the commission, and one of the important bosses in the commission burst out laughing and said: “Okay, the man needs to find something closer.” And they offered me the current Tver region.

I don’t regret that during the difficult years I got to work in Pogoreloye Gorodishche, and in Rzhev, and in Torzhok. It was good school, and for me it was very useful. In my youth, of course, I experienced all this.

In Pogoreloye Gorodishche, I was on friendly terms with the judge and, as they say, hand in hand. We drank together and walked together, and the prosecutor and the investigator were with us. We were one company.

In the first decade of my legal practice, I received terrible slaps in the face from various court decisions, and even wrote letters of resignation from the legal profession. Nowadays, too, sometimes I give up, my mood deteriorates for a long time, but I no longer fall into terrible despair from failures. The next case is heard - and you go, put all your passion, all your professional experience, all your understanding of life and people into it.

About the main achievements and failures

If we talk about my “career”, then you need to understand that lawyers do not have any career in the generally accepted sense. I started working as a lawyer and have been working to this day. He did not earn any positions or ranks. A lawyer can only become more and more famous. In this sense, I had a serious breakthrough, which was associated with the Izvestia case during the Soviet era. An American businessman sued the newspaper for libel in an American court and won the case. At first Soviet authorities They didn’t pay attention, but then the arrests of Izvestia’s property abroad began. I had to resort to the help of professional lawyers. They invited me, although I was known only in professional circles. The case was reviewed and the decision was overturned. Naturally, the newspaper covered the trial and wrote that its interests were represented by lawyer Padva. Apparently they didn’t want to write simply “Padva”, so they added epithets: first “famous”, then “venerable” and, finally, “famous”.

Professionally, I have achieved a lot, including changing the practice of all Russian courts on various fundamental issues. But the most important thing is that I petitioned the Constitutional Court to declare the death penalty unconstitutional. Since then we have not used it.

There were cases after which I wanted to shoot myself, or at least leave the profession. In the book ["From the Bag and from Prison... Notes of a Lawyer"] I describe a case almost fifty years ago when the prosecutor asked my client for ten years. According to the chairman of the court, I gave a brilliant performance, caused a storm of applause - and after that my client was sentenced to death. In my practice there were two or three such shocks. But these negative feelings are compensated when you hear the words: “Release from custody in the courtroom.” This is also too much of an emotion, and here you need, if not validol, then Valery-Yanka.

About choosing cases

Most of all [when choosing a business] I am driven by professional passion. Imagine you are a surgeon. Aren't you interested in trying a heart transplant someday, instead of spending your whole life delving into panaritiums?

I don't take on things that aren't interesting to me. I also don’t take on small, simple matters. When people now come to me with cases of petty theft or drugs, I refuse. I even forgot what articles provide punishment for these crimes. My assistants can conduct them.

Sometimes I was absolutely sure that I would win the case - and lost miserably. And it also happened the other way around: the case is hopeless, but the client begs: “Take it!” Okay, you take it reluctantly - and suddenly the result is brilliant.

Sometimes they tell me: you don’t have to take up the case, but at least give us a legally correct position - they say, there is no such corpus delicti here, but there is such and such. When I feel that something is unclean in a matter, I try not to participate in it.

A lawyer must, on the one hand, be biased and act only in favor of his client, and on the other, be able to see and soberly evaluate all the evidence, which is very difficult if there is excessive interest and excitement. Many surgeons do not undertake to operate on their loved ones. That's how I'm close, loved one I won't defend. And even more so yourself.

About preparing for the process

For the first twenty years of my legal practice, I wrote my speeches inside and out. I thought about everything in them, carefully checked them. Right down to punctuation marks: I spent a long time weighing what to put at the end - a period, an ellipsis, an exclamation point or question mark. I could, for example, end like this: “After everything that you have heard here, dear comrades of the judge, what other verdict can be passed other than acquittal?”

A pre-written speech is a dangerous thing. Lawyers who write well, but do not know how to use the writing correctly, dry up their speeches. They read, but it is poorly received. You must be able to write, then make what is written seem like someone else’s, and then appropriate this alien thing again and tell it. Sometimes it seems that you are ready to perform, that your head is completely clear. And when you try to put your thought on paper, there are not enough words. This means that there is actually a fog in the head. And to dispel it, you need to compose a speech.

About judges, prosecutors, investigators

The authorities have never interfered so actively in the work of the judicial system as they do today. Please note: even Stalin dealt with people not with the help of courts, but with the help of “troikas”, where there were no lawyers. The courts were not involved in extralegal reprisals. Now we have a democracy, many issues are resolved in the courts, but they often either obediently carry out what is ordered, or give in to selfish aspirations. This discredits the judicial system.

Oddly enough, earlier even in the most hard times justice was more democratic. Thus, in the Supreme Court and in the Prosecutor General's Office the highest officials systematically accepted citizens and their lawyers on complaints against decisions of lower courts. I could come to an appointment with the deputy chairman or chairman of the Supreme Court, explain my position and convince them of the need to reconsider the case. Now this is impossible: you send a complaint, but you don’t know who it will get to, and it’s generally impossible to get an appointment. In these conditions, achieving justice is much more difficult.

Previously in judicial practice there were more fig leaves, which created the appearance of legality, and thanks to this, in some cases it was sometimes possible to achieve a fair verdict. Whereas now they openly spit on observing at least minimal formalities. Previously, it happened that a judge would be caught neglecting some procedure - and immediately the lawyer would file an appeal, the prosecutor would protest: it’s impossible, rights have been violated! And although the Constitution said the least about human rights, obvious outrages were still not allowed. There were almost no acquittals, but the termination of the case, the overturning of verdicts by higher courts - all this was possible. There was a Supreme Court of the USSR, and if you got there, you could get justice. The decisions of the Supreme Court of the USSR and its plenums were very good and gave the right direction.

In Russia, many shortcomings of the judicial system are not obvious at first glance. Most of our laws are not so bad, but their practical application sometimes turns them into the opposite. For example, there is a law that a higher court does not have the right to increase the punishment determined by a lower court, but can only reduce it. But there is a consideration of marriage in the work of judges and, in accordance with it, any reversal of a sentence is a marriage for which one is punished. How does a judge think? Let's take an article for which you can give from three to five years. Of course, the judge “just in case” will give the maximum so that the higher authority can only reduce the punishment, which does not require the sentence to be overturned. What happens? The law is good, but the accounting system encourages judges to pursue repressive policies. I don't think this is an accident.

In our judicial system, calculating something is a thankless task. Because sometimes everything is decided not according to the law, but under the influence of some incidental circumstances that I may not know about.

In Soviet times, the work of a lawyer was not easy: much was predetermined, but money in justice did not play such a role as it does now. Today, everything is bought, from condemnation to justification.

I have never paid [investigators, prosecutors and judges] in my life. But I must say that such questions began to arise only in recent years. I give my word, I worked for decades and did not even imagine that investigators could take bribes.

In the Kalinin region, for example, with one of the investigators and an assistant prosecutor, we were close friends, what is called the same company. During the trial, Kim Golovakho, the assistant prosecutor, and I squabbled to the death. But I couldn’t even imagine that before a case, somewhere in a company, Kim could be told: “Listen, tomorrow there will be a case. So ask for less.” Yes, I’m sure, if I allowed myself to do that, he would probably punch me in the face.

I'm in nightmare I couldn’t imagine that I was handing over a bribe from my client to the prosecutor or judge. In those days [Padva talks about the beginning of his career. - " Pravo.Ru"] and no one had any money, so what kind of bribes were there. Later in Torzhok I defended the investigator who took it. But what did he take? A dozen eggs, a jar of mushrooms. There was no systemic corruption at all then.

About fees

My very first fee is not money. I received a briefcase as a gift for helping my uncle write a complaint, which helped his complete rehabilitation.

I remember that cassation appeal- the result of many days of work - cost [in the USSR] up to seven and a half. Conducting a case in court cost twenty rubles. The least time that can be spent on conducting a case is three working days, more likely even four days for each case. Only twenty working days. That means five cases for twenty rubles each. It turns out to be a stolnik per month. This is only what the client deposits into the cash register. Of these hundred rubles, the lawyer received seventy in his hands - minus income tax. It was impossible to live on this money. Therefore, an additional agreement between lawyer and client flourished. The client paid extra. This, of course, was not encouraged. Perhaps some lawyers were abusive.

For some reason, we believe that the most expensive is the best. But this is not always the case. I am a man of the old school. I worked at a time when lawyers' fees were like alms for a beggar. Of course, I won’t work at this rate now, but I can’t get used to the fact that you can easily charge hundreds of thousands, millions from a client... I’m not the most expensive lawyer. Besides, I have my own theory about this. It consists in not taking as much as possible from the client. Because if you take too much, he will either overly hope or even think that you are taking not only for yourself, but will share with someone. In the end you will end up in psychological dependence from him. He may demand from you something that you do not consider possible to do. It’s better to take a little less from him, let him think that he owes you, let him tell his relatives and friends: “I thought Padva would take a million, but he took it like a god.” Then I have a different relationship with him, and I’m more comfortable with it than an extra thousand or ten thousand.

When it comes to choosing a client, money has never played a decisive role for me. For me to get down to business, it must first of all be interesting. Much less often if the case causes a public outcry. In this case, I generally take symbolic amounts. Acquaintances often come to me, and I cannot refuse. I don’t want to present myself as unmercenary. I get a lot. This provides me with a decent life.

I am fascinated by the legal plot. Sometimes I get so carried away that I can take on the task for free. And sometimes poor people turn to me, from whom there is nothing to take, but they want to help. This happened several times. Journalists talked about this, and now pensioners are bothering me: “I heard that you do business for free...” Yes, it happens. But I cannot practice law on a charitable basis. I work for free in exceptional cases. When things are very interesting. Or when I see that blatant injustice is happening.

About the role of a lawyer

We do not defend murderers, thieves, rapists, but citizens who are accused of this. And someone has to protect them. What if the investigation was wrong? The defense attorney has no right to raise the question: whether this person is really guilty or not. He does not judge his client. He is obliged to do only one thing - to present to the court all the arguments in favor of this person. Society is interested in this, and without this there is no justice.

It is important to say that in relationships with clients, we - lawyers - are not their judges. Neither formally, from the point of view of the question of their guilt and responsibility, nor humanly, from the point of view of a good or bad person, has handed over to us their fate. Whatever our client is, we are obliged to protect him, we are obliged to defend his position and be critical of the accusations. Therefore, I consciously always limit myself in assessing my client from the point of view of universal human criteria of morality and ethics. As for intellectual abilities - intelligence, education, then, of course, I take this into account in my relationship with the client.

When I accept an assignment on a new criminal case, I should not wonder whether the person is guilty or not. A citizen needs legal assistance and protection. And it is my human, professional and constitutional duty to provide this assistance. In addition, at this stage I cannot get an answer to the question of whether the person is guilty or not. To do this, I must enter into the case, get to know him, but after that I no longer have the right to refuse defense.

When a person himself says that he is guilty, I should question this too and believe him only when I am convinced of this myself. If it turns out that the accused is nevertheless guilty, I am obliged to express my opinion on how his actions should be legally assessed and what punishment should be determined. The lawyer is obliged to present to the court all considerations mitigating the guilt of the client.

Many lawyers calmly admit: they say, of course, we are scammers. We undertake to protect people for money, even when we know that we cannot do anything. And they tell the client that they will do everything possible and impossible... I try to be as frank as possible with the client. For example, especially difficult cases I explain that very little will depend on me during this process. And even if he invites the best lawyers in the world, it is unlikely that anything will change. It’s very cruel to say this, but it’s honest. As a rule, after such words a person still does not give up his defense, otherwise he would feel doomed. But he still has hope.

To be a good corporate lawyer, you don't need to have an artistic temperament. And to be a trial lawyer in civil and criminal cases, you must, of course, have knowledge oratory, which is especially required in jury trials. In turn, in order to speak successfully, you need to be a highly educated person, know music, literature, and painting. You need to visit port taverns, mingle among the station public, observe the life of the inhabitants of the social bottom, know the types of street and apartment hooliganism. Maybe sometimes you need to fight.

About clients

There are different clients. There are clients who disappear after their issue is resolved. And then, when they see you on the street, they cross to the other side. Others are grateful to the grave. They express it somehow. Not necessarily in money. Attention, care, congratulations for the holidays. For example, when I was robbed, two or three clients came and tried to compensate for something from the stolen goods. One bought a VCR. Suddenly he called and said if he could come. I say yes. He brings a tape recorder. And this happened. The case was carried out successfully, the man was released from prison. After that, he didn’t even show up, didn’t say a kind word, let alone thank him. And a few years later, suddenly an acquaintance brings me to him: I really need it on business. I didn't even know who. And he turned out to be a prosperous businessman and gave me half of his business. Another thing is that in the future this did not bring me any dividends - just trouble.

I maintain good, friendly relations with some clients, but there are not very many of them. Some people do not like to remember difficult moments in their lives, and a lawyer is a living reminder of such moments. They do not like to communicate with those to whom they owe something.

In my practice, I had to come into conflict with my own client. I once defended a guy who pleaded guilty to a crime. I didn’t believe him and sought to return the case for additional investigation. The accused tried to refuse me, but it was too late. The court sent the case back to the prosecutor, and it turned out that the guy took the father’s blame upon himself so that the punishment would be more lenient.

I had a case when one person was acutely, literally physiologically, unpleasant to me. One day we worked with him for a long time, and I had to feed him. He ate so much that I felt disgusted, I even had the feeling that there was some kind of animal in front of me. But I could not refuse his defense, only if he himself wanted to change his lawyer.

About me

[Being a lawyer] was a school dream. I basically imagined that a lawyer is a speaker. As a child, he was engaged in literary reading and participated in reading competitions.

I don't identify myself with anyone. I value myself.

I think I'm a kind person, I think I'm a trusting person, oddly enough. I think I'm an honest person. I think that I am a courageous person, in terms of my virtues. And if we talk about shortcomings, there are no less striking ones: I am terribly uncollected, I am terribly disorganized, I am terribly absent-minded, lazy.

I don’t have an all-consuming hobby. I have several hobbies that have been with me all my life - once in to a greater extent, once to a lesser extent. This is a passion for certain sports. I adored and adore football and tennis. Once upon a time I played both. He even had a referee category in football and refereed some matches. I still love football. A Spartak fan, a little bit of a fan, but not to the point of going and sorting things out with CSKA fans. But, in general, I really love Spartak, and now I’m worried: they’re playing poorly.

Genrikh Pavlovich Padva is a highly paid lawyer leading high-profile cases involving famous people. But in special situations, he provides his legal assistance absolutely free of charge. According to Padva’s colleague and friend, Genrikh Pavlovich has a rare quality, which is called high legal culture.

Childhood years

Genrikh Padva was born on February 20, 1931 in Moscow into an intelligent family. The parents sought to give their son a good education, so the boy studied at the prestigious 110th school in the capital. Henry's classmates were the children of famous metropolitan officials, public figures, scientists.

As soon as Henry turned 10 years old, the war began. The family was evacuated to Kuibyshev, where mother, son and grandfather took shelter with distant relatives. They lived in close quarters, but amicably and, as far as wartime allowed, fun. Here Heinrich met the playwright Nikolai Erdman, who was on his way to Moscow after being imprisoned in Stalin’s camps.

Parents

My father was known in the Union as a famous planning engineer, he worked with such famous Soviet figures, like Schmidt and Papanin. In 1941 he went to the front, went through the entire Great Patriotic War, and was shell-shocked. In 1945, he received the rank of captain and was appointed chief commandant of the occupied German city.

Mother, Eva Iosifovna Rappoport, was a ballerina. After the birth of Henry, he decides to quit big ballet, but still does not forget the art of choreography and constantly keeps himself in shape.

Education

After the success of the Soviet troops and the elimination of the threat of taking Moscow, Henry and his mother returned to the capital. The boy resumed his studies at the capital’s school, and in 1948 decided to enroll in law school. But he could not score the required number of points, and the lack of a Komsomol card and Jewish nationality also became weaknesses applicant.

The attempt to enter a university was more successful: Heinrich received good grades in history and Russian, but failed in geography. The examiners' question about the rivers of Great Britain drove the young man into a dead end: apart from the legendary Thames, he could not remember anything.

By the way, many eminent geographers also could not answer such a simple, but so tricky question.

But Heinrich was noticed and invited to study at the Minsk Law Institute. The young man accepts the invitation and begins his studies in the capital of Belarus. After studying for a year and passing all the sessions with excellent marks, Heinrich manages to transfer to the capital’s law school. In 1953, he completed his studies at the Moscow Law Institute.

Start of legal practice

In 1953, Heinrich Padva received assignment to the Kalinin region, namely to the ancient town of Rzhev. Next, the young lawyer was assigned to Pogoreloye Gorodishche, where he became the only lawyer in the entire district.

In the outback, Padva is faced not only with rural life that is unusual for him, but also with the lack of rights of the common people. Stealing a bicycle from a neighbor here could easily land you in jail for 10-15 years. Padva’s attempts to commute such sentences rarely ended in success, because it was beyond the power of one person to fight the then justice system.

But Henry honed his oratorical skills, his ability to select and correctly present facts, and to convince judges. Padwa enjoyed authority among villagers and local officials due to his honesty and analytical mind.

Return to Moscow

In 1971, Heinrich Padva moved to Moscow; the capital unpleasantly surprised him. There was an acute shortage of humanity, to which Padva was so accustomed in the villages, but bureaucracy simply flourished. The acquired legal practice in the Russian outback greatly helped Padva to receive a high assessment of his professional activities in the eyes of I. I. Sklyarsky, who held the position of chairman of the Moscow City Bar Association.

First resounding victory

Padva's name became associated with an experienced and venerable lawyer after winning a complex case in a lawsuit American businessman to the editors of the newspaper Izvestia. The American was outraged by the article in Russian newspaper and he filed a lawsuit in his homeland. The case was won, but collecting compensation turned out to be very difficult, since the Soviet side remained silent on principle and did not want to admit defeat.

The Americans did not let up and secured the seizure of the property of the Izvestia editorial office in the United States. The matter reached the interstate government level and threatened with a diplomatic scandal. Experienced Soviet lawyers were brought in to resolve the issue, among whom was Padva. Thanks to the professionalism of Padva and his team of lawyers, it was possible to have the decision of the American court annulled and the high-profile case to be closed.

High-profile cases

Padva's career flourished in the 90s. In 1991-1994, he defended Anatoly Lukyanov and managed to achieve the release of his client as part of the proceedings on the State Emergency Committee.

Padva's clients were the following businessmen and celebrities: Lev Vaiberg, Pavel Borodin, Anatoly Bykov, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladislav Galkin, Vyacheslav Ivankov, Pyotr Karpov, the Vysotsky and Sakharov families.

Personal life

Padva met his first wife Albina in Kalinin, she studied at medical college. They did not live long; Albina died in 1974. From this marriage, Henry had a daughter, Irina.

Padva's second wife is Oksana Mamontova. She is 40 years younger than the eminent lawyer, and has a son, Gleb, from a previous marriage. Imprisoned with her marriage contract, according to which in the event of a divorce she will not receive anything except her personal belongings. Heinrich Padva, as noted by the press, regularly gives his young wife such expensive gifts as cars, antiques jewelry etc.

Character

Despite his “star” status and all-Russian fame, Heinrich Padva remains a simple and pleasant person to talk to. He is self-critical, ironic towards himself and his actions. Henry Resnik, a well-known lawyer, said that he had a lot to learn from Padva. Reznik greatly values his friendship with Heinrich Padva.

Interests and hobbies

In addition to jurisprudence and eloquence, Heinrich Padva is interested in fine arts. Collects a collection of antique porcelain, watches football and tennis.

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For Genrikh Pavlovich, such cases are those in which fundamentally important legal issues are raised and errors that occurred in previous judicial practice are eliminated. After all, the results of these cases can subsequently save thousands of human destinies. As an example, Genrikh Pavlovich likes to cite the case of Vladimir Grizak, who was accused of murdering his own wife and young son, committed with particular cruelty. Vladimir’s innocence was defended by Genrikh Pavlovich and his colleague A.E. Bochko. Their efforts resulted in the complete acquittal and rehabilitation of Grizak, who spent 4 years in prison. many years. However, human rights activists did not stop there. During the trial, they were able to give impetus to the search for an answer to the question of the fate of the death penalty as a legal institution. The fact is that Grisak faced the death penalty for the crime charged to him. According to Art.

Lawyer Padva Genrikh Pavlovich: biography, achievements and interesting facts

Senior partner of the law firm Padva and Partners.

Head of the Russian-American law firm Chadbourne and Park and the Union of Lawyers.

Member of the Presidium of the Moscow City Bar Association.

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Vice-President of the International Union of Lawyers. Genrikh Pavlovich was born in Moscow in 1931.

After 22 years, he received a diploma from the Moscow Law Institute and became a member of the bar.

Recipient of the “Public Recognition” badge. Winner of the Gold Medal.

F. N. Plevako. Honored Lawyer of Russia. He is interested in collecting antique porcelain and painting.

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Most of all he likes to contemplate the paintings of El Greco, Utrillo and Natalia Nesterova.

Every lawyer has cases that are valuable not only positive influence on the reputation of a lawyer, but also the moral satisfaction received after resolving particularly difficult situations.

Padva Heinrich Pavlovich

The Constitutional Court agreed with the point of view of the lawyers about the unconstitutionality of the current practice and ruled: until the advent of a law that would ensure the trial by jury of cases involving defendants under threat of the death penalty, the death penalty throughout Russia will not be imposed by any court in the country.

Thus, the lawyers were able to achieve not only a fair decision regarding their client, but also a moratorium on the use of capital punishment.

No less indicative is the case of G.
D., addressed to P. and the Ministry of Culture in connection with belittling the honor and dignity of the plaintiff.
Genrikh Pavlovich represented the interests of G.D. The lawyer, in support of the claim, sent a petition to the court to seize the defendant’s property.

His favorite artists include Utrillo and El Greco.

He is also interested in the work of contemporary artists. In particular, he gives preference to the works of N. Nesterova.

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Genrikh Pavlovich Padva

Criminal lawyer Vyacheslav Korolev About 300,000 rubles Law Firm “Sterligov and Partners” 200,000 rubles MKA “Kalashnikov and Partners” 150,000 rubles Bar Association “Partner” Up to 150,000 rubles (advance payment 50,000 rubles) Lawyer Yuri Nikonorov 100,000 – 15 0 000 rubles Law office "Krivitsky and Partners" 100,000 rubles per month Moscow Bar Association "Kurganov and Partners" from 100,000 rubles Moscow Bar Association "Komaev and Partners" from 100,000 rubles Law Office "Demin and Partners" 100,000 rubles Legal Center "Man and the Law" from 50,000 rubles (defense in court from 100,000 rubles) Moscow Legal Center "Vector" from 100,000 rubles MCA "Zheleznikov and Partners" from 100,000 rubles "Moscow Legal Bureau" 80,000 rubles (court of the first instance – 80,000 rubles) Lawyer Magomed Evloev By agreement.

Heinrich Padva spoke about his earnings.

He, recalling this process, says that some moments were often absurd. Sometimes the memory of a brilliant writer was simply mocked.

For example, officials put forward demands to provide documents confirming the fact that Ivinskaya had donated handwritten poems dedicated to her. The side of the writer’s daughter-in-law was defended by lawyer Lyubarskaya. When defending the ex-head of YUKOS M.

Khodorkovsky's lawyer also did not achieve an acquittal.

Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev received eight years in prison. Andrei Krainov (the head of the Volna company), who is involved in the same case, was sentenced to four and a half years probation.

High-ranking clients Padva Heinrich defended the interests of the ex-head Russian government Mikhail Kasyanov, who was involved as a witness in the case concerning the Sosnovka property complex (former state dachas), sold to him and M.

Legal.report for the first time found out the real prices of Moscow lawyers

From 1953 to 1971, his place of work was the Kalinin Regional Bar Association.

He interned for six months in Rzhev, and later spent more than a year in singular legal practice in the regional center, which is called Pogoreloye Gorodishche.

Later he worked as a lawyer in the cities of Torzhok and Kalinin.

Since 1971, the biography of Genrikh Pavlovich Padva has been connected with the capital; he joined the Moscow City College of Lawyers.

In 1985, he became a member of its presidium and at the same time director of the Research Institute of Advocacy, created by the Moscow Bar Association. In 1989, Padva Genrikh was elected vice-president of the USSR Bar Union, and subsequently in 1990 to a similar post in the International Bar Association (union).

Padva Heinrich Pavlovich cost of services

Oral or written consultation – up to 5000 rubles, preparation legal documents– from 10,000 rubles, representation in court – from 50,000 rubles Legal company “Legal Support Center” By agreement, from 25,000 rubles Lawyer Sergey Romanovsky First oral consultation – 3,000 rubles. Further by agreement Law office "Reznik, Gagarin and partners" Refusal to take up the case with the wording "due to busyness" Law office "Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasyev and partners" Do not handle criminal cases related to drugs Law office "Barshchevsky and partners" They disclose information about the cost of services only during a face-to-face consultation with the client. Where do the numbers come from? Most lawyers agreed to justify their prices only during a face-to-face conversation. However, some also gave extensive written explanations.
In particular, MCA Kalashnikov and Partners, having initially requested 150,000 rubles for work during the preliminary investigation, said: “When the parents arrive, you can discuss the price with us.

But for this we need to know the detailed circumstances of the case.”

It is interesting that most lawyers, contrary to popular belief, did not try to “nightmare” the client in order to get the client at any cost. At most, we were talking about relatively harmless marketing ploys.

Thus, the legal company “Legal Support Center” stated that their services cost only 25,000 rubles.

However, after short negotiations, clarifications, and clarifications, the lawyers admitted that we're talking about only about primary assistance to the accused. And then we need to negotiate. Another advertising tactic is used by lawyer Sergei Romanovsky, who immediately introduced himself as a former FSB officer who served in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Ultimately, the case against Borodin was dropped. The head of the KrAZ board of directors, Anatoly Bykov, was a lawyer’s client in 2000 and 2003.

He was given a suspended sentence. Entrepreneur Frank Elkaponi (Mamedov), who was accused of storing and transporting narcotic substances, was acquitted through Pavda’s efforts.

Pavda's clients also included Yukos organizer M. Khodorkovsky, actor Vladislav Galkin, ex-minister Anatoly Serdyukov, and criminal authority Vyacheslav Ivankov. Failures in business The biography of Heinrich Padva also includes some not entirely successful moments.

In the period from 1994 to 2001, the lawyer had to represent the side of Olga Ivinskaya, who was B’s friend.

Pasternak, in a lengthy trial related to the fate of Pasternak’s archives.

This civil case ended unsuccessfully for Pavda’s client.

Lawyer Padva Genrikh Pavlovich cost of services

For example, the following response came from the “Partner” Bar Association: “Hashish (hemp) is used as a smoking mixture and is common at student events. Preliminary investigation – up to 150 thousand rubles. We don’t know how he was detained, if as part of the operational investigation, then we need to look at how they were carried out and look for flaws and violations, if any. We have extensive practice in this regard. You can make a preliminary payment, say, in the region of 50 thousand rubles for a meeting with the prisoner and the investigator. Then you can understand what, how and how it is possible to help, and then talk about the final amount of the fee and additional payment... You need to decide on working with a lawyer who will be interested in the work, and you need to “not serve the number” as assigned from the investigation as quickly as possible so as not to lose precious time in this situation.”

By the way, you can bargain with almost all lawyers.