Nerijus Meilutis

His Excellency Nerijus Meilutis
Meilutis in 2021.
President of the Appeal Court of Lithuania
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2021
Appointed by	President of Lithuania with the consent of Seimas
President	Gitanas Nausėda
Prime Minister	Ingrida Šimonytė Gintautas Paluckas
Chancellor	Jelena Vasilionokienė
Preceded by	Egidijus Žironas
Judge of Kaunas City District Court
In office July 2004 – July 2010
President	Valdas Adamkus Dalia Grybauskaitė
President of Kaunas County Court
In office 22 August 2011 – 22 June 2021
President	Dalia Grybauskaitė Gitanas Nausėda
Preceded by	Vytautas Zelianka
Succeeded by	Arūnas Purvainis
Personal details
Born	(1974-08-06) 6 August 1974 Kaunas, Lithuania
Alma mater	Mykolas Romeris University

Nerijus Meilutis (Lithuanian: [/ˈnɛrɪjus ˈmɛɪlʊtɪs/]; born 6 August 1974) is a Lithuanian judge and legal professional who is currently serving as the President of the Appeal Court of Lithuania since 22 June 2021. He has been a Judge at Kaunas City District Court and later Judge of Kaišiadorys district court.

Education

In 1996, he graduated from the Lithuanian Police Academy with the bachelor of law, in 1998 – from the Mykolas Romeris University with the master of law qualification.

Career

1998–2004 – Pre-trial investigation officer of the Kaunas branch of the STT. From July 2004 to July 2010, he was a judge at Kaunas City District Court. From July 2010 to August 2011, he was a judge of the Kaišiadorys District Court, the president of this court. From 22 August 2011 to 23 August 2016 and from 1 September 2016 to 2021, he was the President of Kaunas Regional Court, from August 2011 to 2021 he was a judge of that court.

President of the Appeal Court of Lithuania since 22 June 2021.

Social activities

From 2012 to 2020 (2 terms), he was a member of the Judicial Council.

From November 2016 to January 2019, he was the coordinator of the Administrative Committee and, from May 2018 to June 2020, a representative of the Judicial Council in the Executive Board of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary. From March 2017 until now he is a lecturer at the Department of Public Law of the Faculty of Law of Vytautas Magnus University, since 1 February 2021 he has been an associate professor.

He is fluent in English and Russian.