Education
1990-1995 - Department of International law and International Relalitions, Tbilisi State University, Graduated.
1992-1995 - Journalism, Department of Humanitarian Studies, Tbilisi State University, Graduated.
Professional Experience
2006-to present - Partner, Law Office "Getsadze&Pateishvili LP";
2005-2006 - Partner, Law Office "Partner";
2004-2005 - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia;
2004 - Governor of Imereti Region;
2004 - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia;
2004 - Secretary of the High Council of Justice of Georgia;
2003 - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Justice of Georgia;
2002 - Chief of Party, IRIS Georgia;
2001-2002 - Senior Legal Advisor, IRIS Georgia;
2000 - Senior Legal Advisor, AMEX International Co;
1997-1999 - Legal Advisor, National Security Council of Georgia;
1996-1997 - Senior Assistant to the Chairman, Constitutional Court of Georgia;
1995-1996 - Assistant to the Professor, Greifswald University, Germany;
1994-1995 - Intern, Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
Volunteer Experience
Board Member ot the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association, 1994-1996
President of The Georgian Young Lawyers' Association, 1997-1998
Advisory Board Member of ISAR/Horizonti Foundation, 1997-1999
Invited Member of the Board of Eurasia Foundation, 1998-1999
Member of the Board of Georgian Young Lawyers' Association, 1998-1999
Member of the Board of ALPE
Other Activities
Participation in different international seminars and workshops:
Two-week workshop on constitutional drafting in the Chicago Law School (organized by the COLPI in 1993);
Two-week seminar on Constitutional Control problems in post-soviet countries (Budapest, CEU, 1996);
Workshop on the drafting of the law on Constitutional Court of Georgia (Warsaw ODIHR (OSCE), 1995);
Two-week study tour on Constitutional Control (Hannover, Germany, organized by GTZ, 1996);
Two-week study tour on Constitutional Review (Washington DC, Chicago USA, organized by USAID, 1997);
Invited Expert in three-day workshop on Cooperation of NGOs in South Caucasian countries (Likani, Georgia, Eurasia Foundation, 1998)
Two-week study tour on Execution of Civil Judgments in Germany and USA (Bremen, Germany, Cherry Hill, NJ USA, World Bank 1998)
Languages
Georgian - Native
Russian - Fluent
English - Fluent
German - Fluent
Gia Getsadze Publications
1. "Constitutional guaranties of defence of human rights", Magazine - Discussions about Georgian Constitution, 1997
2. "Rising of the Institute of Constitutional Control and its Development", Magazine - Man and Constitution 1997 #1
3. CSRDG Bulletin #4 - Concept of State Territorial Arrangement of Georgia - Zurab Adeishvili/Konstantin Kublashvili/ Gia Getsadze/ Giorgi Gogiashvili and David Ramishvili, 1997
4. Constitutional justice and politics,
The Georgian Law Review, First and Second Quarters, 1999 5.Guide on freedom of information (co-author of the publication), 2002
6. Building Democracy in Georgia, Constitutional System in Georgia (Discussion paper #2), /Gia Getsadze/Gia Nodia/ International IDEA, 2003