Leonard Drożdżewicz

He graduated from law studies in 1984 at the University of Warsaw,^[1][2] where he was a disciple of Lech Falandysz [pl].^[3]

In June 1986, he started his notary's office in his hometown Sokółka, in Podlaskie Voivodeship in northeastern Poland.^{[1][2][4][5][6]} Between 1997 and 2000 he was the secretary of the National Council of Notaries [pl] in Warsaw (Polish: Krajowa Rada Notarialna).^[1][2][7] Between 1999 and 2004, he was the secretary of the Council of the Notary Science Center Foundation (Polish: Fundacja Centrum Naukowe Notariatu), established by the National Council of Notaries in order to support and conduct scientific and research works in the field of law, also in Warsaw.^[1][2][8] Until mid-2012, he was a member of the foundation's Council.^[1][2]

He has published several dozen articles in the field of civil, economic, notary and foundation law in legal journals, including the monthly Rejent [pl] and Nowy Przegląd Notarialny.^[1][2][9] Since 2013, he has been a regular collaborator of the literary and cultural quarterly Znad Wilii [pl], published in Vilnius.^[10][11][12] Together with his wife, Helena Drożdżewicz, he published two booklets in Polish: Sokólski Brueghel – Witalis Sarosiek (1945–2012; 2013)^[13] and Antologia Doliny Łosośny: jak pieśń żurawia nad wiekowymi wiązami (2019).^[14] He also published a chapter in the book Historia, tradycja, pamięć: prace ofiarowane Profesorowi Józefowi Maroszkowi w siedemdziesiątą rocznicę urodzin (2020).^[15]

Since 2016, together with his cousin Wiktoria Tołłoczko-Tur, he has been organizing an annual international open-air painting workshop In the Valley of Lasosna in Puciłki on the Lasosna^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]} (Polish: W dolinie Łosośny; the first pilot plein-air took place in 2014),^[23] which takes place in the summer house of Leonard and Helena Drożdżewicz. Leonard Drożdżewicz inherited this house with farm buildings, land and a pond nearby from his parents, and then renovated it as a pre-war summer resort.^[17]

• Honorary badge “For Merits for the Notary Self-Government of the Republic of Poland” awarded by the National Council of Notaries [pl] (9 October 1999);^[1][2]
• Silver Cross of Merit “for activities for the Polish community in Lithuania, cultivating the common historical and cultural heritage” (2017).^[1][2]