The Board of the Chamber of Advocates (hereinafter-board) is an executive body which also implements disciplinary proceedings. The number of the board members is defined by the Charter of the Chamber of Advocates and  should not be less than 12 members excluding the Chairman. Members of the Board (excluding the head of the Board) are elected via rating by the general meeting  for a term of 4 years.

Meantime, according to the regulation of the Charter of the Chamber of Advocates in case of early suspension of a Board member the vacant position is occupied by the advocate, who gained the next major “PRO” votes within the last election of the members of the Board, nonetheless, who was not assigned. The period of the new member’s assignment must correspond to the remaining period of the activity of the previous member of the Board of the Chamber of Advocates.

The board shall appoint the head of the Office of Public defender, form the qualification commission , approve the annual budget presented by the Chairman, make a decision about granting the candidates the license of advocacy prescribed by law, make a decision about validating and invalidating the license, solve the issues connected with suspecting the advocate to liability and the  issues of  signifying  disciplinary  penalty,  implement  other policies prescribed by law and by the charter of the Chamber of Advocates.

The hearings of the Board are convened by the Chairman according to the necessity, but not less than 4 times a year. The hearings of the Board can also be convened by the initiative of 1/3 of the members of the Board or the thirty members of the Chamber of Advocates. The decisions are made with the absolute majority of votes from the members present in the session.

Below are the current members of the Board, who have been elected on 14 March, 2017. 

                       MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE CHAMBER OF ADVOCATES

                                1.    Simon Albert Babayan
                                2.    Melania Sargis Arustamyan
                                3.    Karen Surik  Mezhlumyan
                                4.    Arayik Ghazaryan
                                5.    Tigran Khurshudyan
                                6.     Harutyun Harutyunyan
                                7.    Karen Sardaryan
                                8.    Nelli Ghukas Harutyunyan
                                9.    Karapet Aghajanyan
                              10.  Sedrak Asatryan
                              11.   Hrant Ananyan
                              12.   Gayane Demirchyan