Ioannis Ath. Patsikas

He was born in Namata (Kozani) in 1957 and grew up in the city of Ptolemaida. He graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School and since 1982 he runs a law office in Ptolemaida, which in the course of his career was staffed by excellent associates from the perspective both of ethics and knowledge, to manage the rapidly growing case list. He was elected as member of the Bar Association of Kozani for more than 15 years during the period (1989-2004) and particularly he was appointed from the Board as Secretary General during the period 1995-1998 when he set the fundaments of the library of the Association. Along the long way of his professional career, he acted as legal counsel and attorney of clients such as the insurance companies INTERSALONIKA, INTERAMERKAN, GENERAL UNION, GENERAL TRUST, IMPERIO, OLYMPIC, FIDELITY, VICTORIA, INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE, INSURANCE SA, with the Municipal Heating Company of Ptolemaida District (DETIP), construction companies such as MATHIOS SA , with the NHS legal persons such as Bodossakio General Hospital of Ptolemaida, and since 1997 he has been appointed as legal counsel/attorney of Piraeus Bank SA (back then Macedonia-Thrace bank) in Ptolemaida district and by TOTTIS Group of Companies (TOTTIS S.A.) since 1992. He is an Attorney–at-Law and a member of the Union of Lawyers of Northern Greece (ENOVE). He is married to Kallirroi Mich. Lekka and they have two children, Athanasios and Despina.