Mr. Trpenoski was born on 6th January 1980 in Ohrid, where he completed his primary and secondary education.
He graduated on the Iustinianus Primus Faculty of Law in Skopje in June 2003, majoring in Legal Studies, with an average grade of 9.54 (the maximum grade being 10).
In the course of his legal studies, he took part in two study visits organised in 2000 and in 2001 for the highest achieving students to the M. V. Lomonosov State University in Moscow. For the best achieved success in legal studies at the promotion of graduate students on April 15, 2004
he was awarded with a golden statuette “Iustinian”.
He carried out his legal profession pupillage starting October 2003.
Mr. Trpenoski passed the bar exam in October 2005 and has been a member of the Bar Association of the Republic of Macedonia since December 2005. He is currently working as attorney at law in the TRPENOSKI Law Firm in Skopje.
In January 2004 he passed the professional exam for representatives in protection of industrial property rights, thus obtaining the right to act as a representative in the area of industrial property, and is currently responsible for such representation in the TRPENOSKI Law Firm.
In 2012, following the structural changes in the Law Firm, he was elected member and Vice-president of the Executive Board of the Firm.
In 2009 he enrolled in postgraduate studies in Penal Law and Criminology at the Iustinianus Primus Faculty of Law at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius State University in Skopje, with an average grade achieved at the examinations 9.75 (10 being the maximum grade awarded). In June 2014 he publicly defended his dissertation entitled “Equality of parties in the criminal procedure” and was awarded with the Master of Science degree (M.Sc) in legal studies in the field of criminal law.
In the academic year 2018/2019, he enrolled in doctoral studies at the “Iustinianus Primus” Faculty of Law in Skopje. On March 18, 2024 publicly defended his doctoral thesis under the title “Illegal evidence in criminal procedure” and obtained the academic title of Doctor of Legal Sciences in Criminal Law (dr.sc, PhD).
He has published several scientific and professional articles in the Macedonian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, published by the Association of Criminal Law and Criminology of Macedonia, namely: a) Is there a balance through investigation, in the change of legal qualification and with anonymous witnesses, MJCLC year 22, no. 1, (2015), Skopje, p. 63-102, b) Does Special prosecutor can win the battle against court decision on exclusion of evidence as illegally, MJCLC year 23, no. 2, (2016), p. 1-27. The paper was published again in MJCLC year 24, no. 2, (2017), Skopje, p. 199-226, c) Legislative amendments about the penalties – step in the wrong direction, MJCLC year 24, no. 1, (2017), Skopje, p. 107-125, d) Some inner conflicts in new CPC concerning the evidences, MJCLC year 25, no. 1, (2018), p. 1-22, e) What the torture, the plea bargaining and the admissibility of illegal evidence have in common, MJCLC year 28, no. 1-2, (2021), Skopje, p. 1-24, f) Privileged witnesses and their uninterrupted right to reconsider, MJCLC year 30, no. 1-2, (2023), Skopje, p. 1-15 and g) Probative value of statements given to police officers, MJCLC year 31, no. 1-2, (2024), Skopje, p. 1-19.
Mr. Trpenoski participated in several scientific and professional debates, scientific conferences, discussions, trainings and workshops in the field of criminal law and procedure, the protection of human rights and freedoms, protection of intellectual property rights, as well as seminars dedicated to anti-discrimination, the fight against human trafficking, on data protection and privacy, on the standards of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, on justice for children, on the prevention of violence against women and gender-based violence, etc
His special interest lies in Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Civil Law, Industrial Property Law and Copyright Law.
At the Law Firm, he is responsible for the Department of Criminal Law, covering Criminal Substantive Law and Proceedings, Juvenile Justice, and Misdemeanour Law and Proceedings and for the Intellectual Property Department, which covers cases related to Industrial Property Rights, Copyrights and Related Rights, and their Protection. He is also Law Firm authorised person for prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism and employees representative on safety and health at work.
He represents a significant number of domestic and foreign natural persons and legal entities in front of courts and other authorities of the Republic of Macedonia, ensuring maximum protection of the rights and interests of the each individual client.
He is proficient in English.
e-mail: leonid.trpenoski@adt.mk