Maksim Tikhvinskiy

2018 - Current

TIKHVINSKIY LAW LLC

Attorney

Represented clients charged with different felony and misdemeanor offenses, including aggravated robberies, DUIs, possession and distribution of controlled substances, theft and related offenses. Represented clients in order of protection hearings. Represented individuals in dissolution of marriage, child support and child custody proceedings.

2017 - 2018

Scott W. Sheen and Associates

Associate Attorney

Represented individuals charged with a wide variety of felony and misdemeanor offenses including domestic batteries, DUIs and other traffic offenses, possession and distribution of controlled substances, theft and related offenses, sex crimes. Represented clients in post-conviction proceedings. Represented clients in order of protection hearings. Represented individuals in dissolution of marriage, child support and child custody proceedings. Practiced in Cook, Kane, DuPage, Will, McHenry, DeKalb, Boone, Winnebago, Ogle, Stephenson, and Whiteside counties.

2016 - 2017

The Winnebago County Public Defender’s Office

Assistant Public Defender

Represented clients in DUIs and other serious traffic offenses, including aggravated felony DUIs, aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude, and driving on suspended or revoked license. Represented clients in juvenile delinquency, child abuse, and neglect cases.

2008 - 2012

Legal Office of Maksim Tikhvinskiy, Moscow, Russia

Name Partner

Defended a client from subsidiary liability in the total amount of about $400,000,000. Represented a logistic company in debt collection cases in the total amount of about $10,000,000. Represented the largest Russian electric lamp holding company, a logistic company in Moscow Region, and oil pumping and distribution companies in the Komi Republic of Russia in bankruptcy cases. Specialized in white-collar crime defense of CEOs and government officials.

2006 - 2008

“Klishin & Partners” Attorneys at Law, Moscow, Russia

Attorney

Provided legal support of the “Blue Stream” gas pipeline construction project, the reforming of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency, purchases of large-scale chemical enterprises and pharmaceutical industry factories. Represented gas distribution companies in Chelyabinsk Region of Russia and the Republic North Ossetia-Alania in bankruptcy cases.

2015

University of Minnesota Law School

J.D. (2015) | Law

Honors: University of Minnesota Law School - Book Award for the Outstanding Scholastic Achievement; University of Minnesota Law School Public Service Program Recognition Award; University of Minnesota Law School Best Brief Finalist in Maynard Pirsig Moot Court.