Lech Gardocki

Lech Gardocki (born 13 April 1944) is a Polish lawyer, judge and former First President of the Supreme Court of Poland, a position he held from 1998 to 2010.

In 1971 he obtained a doctoral degree in legal sciences, he defended a thesis entitled Service crimes in the legislation of socialist countries.

In 1979 he became a habilitated doctor in the field of criminal law based on the work entitled Issues of internationalization of criminal liability for offenses committed abroad.

A year later he was awarded the title of professor of legal sciences by President Lech Wałęsa.

After his first term, he was appointed again then was replaced by Stanisław Dąbrowski in October 2010.