- EDUCATION
- 2010 - University of Latvia, Master of Social Sciences in Law
- September 1985 – June 1992 (interruption 1985 –1987, compulsory military service) - University of Latvia, Faculty of Law, specialisation in law, qualified lawyer
- FURTHER EDUCATION
- 1999 - BARENTS Group, LLC, USAID Arbitrator Training Program in Rīga
- August 1996 – December 1996 - University of London, Academic Studies Programme, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Law firm Linklaters & Paines
- WORK EXPERIENCE
- November 2018 – present - Member of the Saeima, Member of the Rīga City Council
- July 2017 – November 2018 - Chairman of the New Conservative Party
- July 2012 – January 2014 - Minister for Justice
- December 1996 – present (suspended for the period of parliamentary term) - Sworn advocate in the law firm WALL (formerly - Bordāns and Beļajevs)
- November 2011 – July 2012 - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Justice
- June 2010 – November 2010 - Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
- December 1995-December 1996 – State Non-profit Limited Liability Company Latvijas Televīzija, Advisor for Legal Affairs to Director General
- May 1994 – November 1995 - Member of the Saeima, Member of the Legal Affairs Committee, Member of the Central Land Commission
- September 1993 – December 1996 - Assistant to Advocate at the Maija Sibilla Blauberga’s Office of Sworn Advocates
- September 1992 –September 1993 - Ministry of Foreign Trade, International Agreements Division, Chief Expert
- September 1990 – September 1992 - Prosecution Office of Vidzeme Judicial Region, Assistant to Prosecutor
- LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Latvian – native, English – good command, Russian – fluent
