Eugenija Sutkienė, a Lithuanian lawyer, currently heads the list of Lithuanian candidates for the Libertas Party in the June 2009 European Parliament elections

European Parliament election, 2009

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Ms Sutkiene is a co-founder and managing partner of the law firm Sutkiene, Pilkauskas & Partners. She helped establish the first multinational law firm to practice in Lithuania

Lithuania

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 over a decade ago (McDermott, Will & Emery).

She is a graduate of Vilnius University

Vilnius University

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, faculty of law, and she underwent training at McDermott, Will & Emery (USA) and Paisner & Co (UK). She is a member of the Lithuanian Bar Association and the IBA.