Jóhannes Albert Sævarsson

2002 – Present – Partner, Reykjavik Law Firm (Lögfræðistofa Reykjavíkur)

1994 – 2002 – Partner, Law Firm Seltjarnarnes (Lögmenn Seltjarnarnesi)

1988 – 1994 – Attorney, Law Firm Mörkin (Lögmenn Mörkinni)

1999 – Licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of Iceland

2016 – Licensed to practice before the Court of Appeal (Landsréttur)

1989 – Licensed District Court Attorney

1988 – Cand. Jur. (Candidate of Law), University of Iceland

1982 – Matriculation Exam (Stúdentspróf), Menntaskólinn við Sund

Other:

• Member of the Board of the Icelandic Bar Association (Lögmannafélag Íslands), 2004–2006

• Member of the Board of Orator, the Law Students’ Association at the University of Iceland, 1983–1984

• Member of the Appeals Committee of the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ)

• Member of the Appeals Committee of the Icelandic Handball Association (HSÍ)

• Former member of the Executive Board of Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur (Víkingur Football Club)

• Board member and Chairman of the Football Division of Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, 1992–1995

Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, in 1988. Licensed District Court Attorney since 1989 and Supreme Court Attorney since 1999.

Worked as a legal officer at the District Magistrate’s Office in Vestmannaeyjar in 1988. From 1988 to 1992, he was an associate at the law firm of Gestur Jónsson, Supreme Court Attorney, and Hallgrímur B. Geirsson, Supreme Court Attorney. He continued at their joint law firm along with Gunnar Jónsson, Supreme Court Attorney, and Ragnar H. Hall, Supreme Court Attorney, until 1994.

From 1994 to 2002, he operated his own law practice in partnership with Ólafur Garðarsson, Supreme Court Attorney.