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In a democratic society the lawyer has to play a significant role, which is related with the correct application of law for the defense of citizens.
Especially today in front of the complexity of legislation, the internationalization of business and the technological evolution, the role of a lawyer that follows the evolution of jurisprudence is irreplaceable. The lawyer today except for continuous preparation and mental alertness needs to have respect for humans, faith and devotion to his work in order to be able to meet the expectations of modern society.
My personal goal is to meet the expectations of those who trust me to solve their problems. For each one individually I get informed and co-operate with him in order to find the most suitable and effective solution for him.
Dr. Maria Maniadaki is a Lawyer admitted to the Supreme Court of Greece, registered with the Chania Bar Association under registration number 334. She has been practicing litigation as a private practitioner since 2004. She holds a law degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, a postgraduate specialization diploma from the University of Hanover Law School in Germany, and a PhD from the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Crete.
Since 2020, she has also been working as a lawyer in the Legal Department of the Technical University of Crete. She has served as a teaching associate at the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, teaching environmental law courses (2003–2011); as a special associate- coordinator for the Chania Bar Association in the LIFE14/GIE/GR/000026 project titled “Promoting awareness of wildlife crime prosecution and liability for biodiversity damage in NATURA 2000 areas in Crete” (2016–2021); and as a researcher in the EU-funded project “Legal issues derived from the use of monitoring and earth observation technologies to ensure environmental compliance in the Hellenic legal order- HELLASNOMOSAT” (2020–2021). She attended the Summer Academy on European Law and Human Rights at the European University Institute in Florence, the Environmental Law Academy of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the 29th and 31st INTERPOL Wildlife Crime Working Group meetings. Additionally, she has served as a speaker at numerous conferences in Greece and abroad on environmental law, as well as in various environmental workshops and initiatives. Notably, she presented before the Special Permanent Committee on Environmental Protection of the Hellenic Parliament in 2018.
Furthermore, she has lectured in the postgraduate program of the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Crete (2019–2021); the Summer School of Environmental Journalism at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2017–2025); the Department of Journalism and Mass Media at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2021–2023); the lecture series of the Institute of Mediterranean Studies-Foundation for Research and Technology (2019); the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires (2022); and the National School of Judges (2024–2025). She contributes articles to the daily press on environmental issues, and her interviews and publications have been reproduced across various online media outlets.
She is fluent in English and German and has a good command of Russian.