Sergei Zhorin: biography
Sergei Zhorin is a famous “star” lawyer in Russia, representing the interests of media persons and public figures in courts. He has several dozen sensational lawsuits involving show business stars who, thanks to the talent and abilities of a lawyer, achieved record compensation in legal disputes of various types.
Zhorin Sergey Viktorovich was born on June 5, 1976 in the capital of Russia. Childhood and adolescence, like most famous personalities, are not particularly remarkable periods of biography. The future secular lawyer studied at an ordinary metropolitan school, and after graduation he entered the law faculty of the Moscow State Industrial University, from which he graduated in 2002.
Lawyer Sergei Zhorin
After this, Zhorin decided to get a second higher education and again became a student at the Russian Institute of State Registrars under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, which he successfully graduated in 2007.
Sergei Zhorin about the scandal with his wife Ekaterina Gordon: “I didn’t kick pregnant Katya in the stomach!”
Ekaterina stated that Sergei beat her in the parking lot near her house - he kicked her in the stomach, broke the mirrors in the car - and wrote a statement to the police.
The relationship between Gordon and Zhorin developed rapidly. Katya, known to the general public for her first marriage to TV presenter Alexander Gordon and a loud scandal on radio with Ksenia Sobchak, and lawyer Sergei Zhorin met last summer. After a short romance we went to the registry office. And a month later they had a big fight. Katya then announced for the first time that her husband had beaten her and filed for divorce. But, after quarreling, the couple had fun and made peace. For the sake of the unborn child...
"I want our child"
“This is the first and, I hope, the last interview that I give on the topic of our relationship with Katya,” says Sergei Zhorin. — After the quarrel that occurred on February 20, Katya warned that she would go to newspapers and television channels. I said that as long as she is carrying my child, I will not say a single bad word about her. Therefore, I will only talk about facts.
- What are these facts?
- Katya claims that that evening, February 20, she came to my house to get things. And I pounced on her and kicked her in the stomach. Because of which she was in danger of miscarriage. I didn’t kick Katya in the stomach (in the video that appeared on the Internet, you can see how the spouses jump on each other in a fit of quarrel, Katya spits in Sergei’s face. Katya herself claims that there is another, full version of the footage, where her husband hits her kick in the stomach - however, the general public has not yet seen this version of the video - Ed.). Believe me, I want our child no less than she does.
The TV presenter and lawyer got married almost on the third day after they met.
- Sergey, many thought that you and Katya had already divorced...
“For six months of our life together, we either quarreled or made up.” But the divorce never came. And on the eve of February 14, Katya found out that she was pregnant, and we decided to make peace. They lived together until February 21st. But on February 20 there was a quarrel. For a banal everyday reason. The next day we decided to leave. I came home from work when Katya was getting ready. Helped her take her things down to the car. Due to the fact that I somehow carelessly threw the bags, another conflict ensued.
“It was also good”
— Sergey, perhaps you and Katya were just in a hurry to put a stamp in your passport?
— We signed almost on the third day of the relationship. When we met, I saw in front of me an intelligent, self-possessed, talented and proud woman. But the relationship began to change... There were a lot of good things between us in six months. After the wedding, we flew to Croatia, where I have a house. Traveled a lot around Europe. We went on long trips together: the Maldives, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, the island of Borneo. I tried to do everything to make my wife feel like a princess. He said: “Katya, we have everything to be happy. Large apartment in “Scarlet Sails” (an elite complex in Moscow. - Ed.), real estate in Russia and abroad. I run a bar association, which means I have a stable business. We will have everything. Just not right away, give it time..."
— Is it true that you bought Katya a BMW for one hundred thousand dollars?
- Is it true. Any woman in her place, it seems to me, would be very happy. Oddly enough, even now, when I tell all this, I still treat her well and worry about her health. Katya is a good person. But sometimes she can be impulsive. Through your newspaper I want to ask: “Katya, let’s cool down a little. Let's calm down. After all, we still have to raise our child. I’m ready to do anything for him!”
Katya presented this photo with a bruise as confirmation that her husband was beating her.
Katya Gordon: “Life with Sergei was hell!”
Here is what Catherine herself thinks about this situation:
— Before Sergei, I already had a marriage and a long relationship, and never once did I allow myself public showdowns and scandals.
When the story of the beating first hit the tabloids (the doctors told the journalists), I even tried to shield Zhorin by lying that I had been in an accident. But the lie was exposed. And then Sergei tried to turn the story around as if it were my PR and slander. This surprised me, but he later publicly apologized. And I, deciding that he was ashamed, forgave him.
The fact that for six months Sergei, taking advantage of my love and weakness, pulled me by the hair, beat me, humiliated me, then apologized and promised to go to a psychotherapist - a fact that can be confirmed by both friends and parents from whom he asked for forgiveness. The facts, alas, are not on his side. I have no need to take revenge on the person from whom I left myself. I don’t ask him for money and I don’t regret being pregnant.
Life with Sergei was hell, and I am grateful to my friends for getting me out of it.
You can treat me however you like, but I am known for my straightforwardness. And beating yourself in the stomach, breaking an eye, just to harm your husband for some reason, would be strange. I will communicate with him only if he stops lying and goes to a psychiatrist. If I were him, I would stop telling who and what he bought, what kind of board he has and how wonderful he is. And she would admit that he has serious problems and uncontrollable outbursts of aggression, and then for a year, as atonement, she would counsel beaten and slandered women.
Elena LAPTEVA
Advocacy
While studying at RIGR, Sergei Viktorovich’s legal career was already fully realized, and due to his deep knowledge and experience accumulated over the years of practical activity, he was able to become one of the founders of the Moscow Bar Association “Zhorin and Partners” and took the position of chairman of the presidium. Zhorin's Bar Association includes highly professional lawyers, accountants and attorneys who have been providing individuals and legal entities with qualified legal assistance in resolving controversial issues in court for 10 years.
Sergei Zhorin in the courtroom
In addition, Sergey Zhorin provided full legal support for the activities of the Joint-Stock Commercial Bank "Kodeks". The lawyer specializes in issues of real estate registration, as well as registration of economic management rights for many problematic construction projects in Moscow.
Thanks to Zhorin, pressing issues during the registration of the international House of Music and other state enterprises and institutions were resolved. The lawyer’s specialization also includes tax planning, tax optimization, copyright, economic crimes and fraud, criminal, administrative and business cases, which Zhorin successfully wins both in courts of general jurisdiction and in arbitration and arbitration courts of the Russian Federation.
High-profile cases
The famous lawyer Sergei Zhorin has a huge number of successful cases representing the interests of Russians. In the prime of his career, the lawyer successfully represented the interests of the popular producer Bari Alibasov, who, thanks to Sergei Viktorovich, won the case and received moral compensation in the amount of 1 million 100 thousand rubles from the creators of the Internet portal, on which Alibasov was called a “Tatar-Kazakh guest worker.” At that time, the amount of the moral claim became a record for Russia and fully satisfied the plaintiff.
Sergei Zhorin and Bari Alibasov
In 2010, Zhorin represented the interests of 500 passengers who filed claims against an airline that delayed the departure of 25 thousand Russians from Sheremetyevo for several days due to weather conditions. However, Sergei Viktorovich managed to resolve the issue out of court, and people who turned to him for legal assistance received the desired financial compensation.
In the same year, the concert director of Sofia Rotaru, Olga Konyukhina, was sentenced to criminal liability by Zhorin’s forces. The court found the woman guilty of fraud in the amount of 7 million rubles, which Konyukhina secretly received from Rotaru in the form of an advance payment for the singer’s upcoming concerts.
Sergey Zhorin and Valeria
Also in 2010, thanks to the professionalism of a lawyer, a settlement agreement was reached between the director of the Golden Gramophone ceremony, Marina Yablokova, and Russian pop star Philip Kirkorov. Then Sergei Viktorovich, who sided with Yablokova, a victim of Kirkorov, obtained an apology and financial compensation for the client from the popular singer.
In 2012, Zhorin again broke the Russian record and in court obtained moral compensation for the singer Valeria and her husband Joseph Prigozhin in the amount of 1.7 million rubles for constant negative comments and insults to their activities online. This victory of the lawyer was followed by several more successful cases: the divorce proceedings of Ilya Reznik, the case of the artist Nikas Safronov, whom the Rostov singer Mary Voskanyan falsely accused of rape, the criminal case of beating the singer Yuri Antonov.
Sergei Zhorin and Marina Anisina
Zhorin’s high-profile cases were those that never took place
the divorce proceedings of Nikita Dzhigurda and Marina Anisina, in which the lawyer defended the interests of the figure skater, the lawsuit of Lolita Milyavskaya against the NTV channel, which showed a story in which the singer allegedly sang a song in an obscene manner and in a state of alcoholic intoxication at the entrance to the capital's metro. In addition, the star lawyer took on the case of photographer Dmitry Loshagin, accused of murdering his own wife, the beautiful model Yulia, for free. According to Zhorin, Loshagin is the girl’s killer, despite the fact that in this high-profile trial the court has already acquitted the suspect.
Status "Star Lawyer"
Alexander Dobrovinsky. Photo: RIA Novosti/Ramil Sitdikov
Alexander Dobrovinsky is one of the most famous lawyers in the capital. Specializes in corporate law and divorce proceedings, civil and criminal cases. He became famous for his participation in high-profile disputes among VIPs from the world of show business, politics, art and sports. Leonid Yakubovich, Nikas Safronov, Maya Plisetskaya, Philip Kirkorov, Vladimir Slutsker, Vyacheslav Fetisov and many others turned to his services. But Dobrovinsky gained particular popularity in the case of Mikhail Efremov, where he represents the interests of the family of the deceased Sergei Zakharov.
Dobrovinsky is quickly remembered due to his image; it is not for nothing that he is considered one of the most stylish Russian lawyers. He often appears before the public in his usual bow tie and glasses. Due to his chosen style, the lawyer is often compared to Sherlock Holmes.
The press often discusses not only the human rights activist’s expensive image, but also his luxurious car. Thus, Dobrovinsky arrived at one of the meetings in an eggplant-colored Aston Martin db 9 Volante - a convertible with the initials AAD (Alexander Andreevich Dobrovinsky - editor's note) on the roof and headrests.
Elman Pashayev. Photo: Moscow Agency/Andrey Nikerichev
Elman Pashayev is a charismatic and outrageous lawyer of actor Mikhail Efremov. The lawyer gained fame not only due to successful cases. He was disbarred three times and was even given a year of suspended imprisonment.
In many ways, they say in the media, Pashayev’s success is associated with his ability to sell himself and his services, demonstrate his success and, of course, the image of a “fixer.”
Pashayev is in demand among politicians, businessmen and various celebrities. The lawyer became widely known thanks to divorce proceedings, he represented the interests of the wives of wealthy people. For example, among his wards were the wife of assistant to State Duma deputy Alexander Uglich, Anna Lavrentieva, and Galina Vasilyeva, who shared property with the deputy general director of the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel, Mikhail Vasiliev. Both of these processes were scandalous, and Pashayev himself stated that he was beaten.
Sergey Zhorin. Photo: TASS/Vyacheslav Prokofiev
Sergei Zhorin is truly the most stellar lawyer in the country. Thanks to his talent, those media personalities whose interests were represented by the lawyer received record compensation in various lawsuits. Zhorin specializes in copyright disputes, economic crimes, fraud, administrative, civil and criminal cases.
The lawyer won the case of Anatoly Kashpirovsky for providing false information, the divorce case of Ilya Reznik, the case for compensation for moral damages of almost two million rubles to the singer Valeria and her husband, producer Joseph Prigozhin. Zhorin’s clients also included Lolita Milyavskaya, Yuri Antonov, Bari Alibasov, Oleg Gazmanov and others.
Ekaterina Gordon. Photo: RIA Novosti/Ramil Sitdikov
Ekaterina Gordon came to jurisprudence relatively recently, but has already managed to make a name for herself in high-profile cases involving public figures. She represented the interests of Marat Basharov’s ex-wife, who accused the actor of beating him, TV presenters Anfisa Chekhova and Roza Syabitova, singer Rita Dakota and many other stars of domestic show business.
However, Gordon became famous much earlier than she became a lawyer. Perhaps her success and recognition as a human rights activist is related to this. In 2020, she ran for president of Russia, was the wife of TV presenter and journalist Alexander Gordon, whose last name she decided to keep after the divorce, wrote numerous hits for our pop stars, and was also noticed in a loud scandal with Ksenia Sobchak on the air of one of the radio stations, after which Ekaterina was fired.
No less important is the fact that the human rights activist was married to lawyer Sergei Zhorin: he, according to many media outlets, instilled in Gordon a love of jurisprudence.
Personal life
Lawyer Zhorin copes not only with other people’s divorce proceedings. The lawyer had four wives, and today Sergei is married for the fifth time.
The personal life of Sergei Zhorin, as well as the legal scandals of the lawyer’s star clients, is replete with high-profile events, weddings and divorces, in which the main character remained unchanged for a long time.
Sergei Zhorin and Katya Gordon
In 2011, the secular lawyer married the famous journalist and singer Katya Gordon. Two months later the marriage broke up. The reason for the divorce of Zhorin and Gordon was the beating of the girl by the lawyer. Then Katya received serious injuries from her angry husband and even filed a police report against him. However, two days after the incident, the conflict between the spouses was resolved, and Zhorin made a public apology to his ex-wife.
In 2012, Gordon gave birth to her husband’s son, Daniel, whose birth never improved relations in the family. The spouses' conflicts constantly became public knowledge and were discussed in the media. Despite this, in 2014, Zhorin and Gordon again decided to try to start a family and even got married
. But this attempt did not bring happiness to the newlyweds - on Sergei’s initiative, the couple divorced two months later.
Julia Wang and Sergei Zhorin
Immediately after Zhorin’s divorce from his ex-wife, news began to appear in the media about Zhorin’s new romance with the winner of the 15th season of the show “Battle of Psychics.” Sergei Zhorin and Julia Wang denied such information, saying that general photos and meetings were exclusively friendly.
According to unofficial information, in 2020 Sergei Viktorovich started an affair with fellow lawyer Natalya, with whom he often appeared in public. And in 2020, Zhorin proposed to TV presenter Ekaterina Guseva, giving him an engagement ring at a gala event.
Sergei Zhorin and Natalya Ragozina
In 2020, the press started talking about the lawyer’s affair with “Miss Sledgehammer” Natalya Ragozina. The lawyer and the titled boxing champion appeared together at events and went on weekends to Zhorin’s house in Italy. In July 2020, the couple officially formalized their relationship. The newlyweds got married
in the registry office near Moscow and celebrated this event in the prestigious Barviha Luxury Village complex.
Worthy Opponents
Interest in this case is fueled by the fact that Ekaterina Gordon and Sergei Zhorin are former lovers, and they may have to meet in court.
According to Zhorin, he has not yet signed an agreement to appeal. And whether he will represent the interests of Oksana Ponomarenko in court further is still a question. But, nevertheless, Sergei Zhorin is ready to meet his ex-wife as a worthy opponent and does not say anything bad about her.
Catherine herself explained that more than five years have passed since her breakup with Sergei Zhorin. Now the couple’s common child is seven years old, the ex-spouses meet extremely rarely and practically do not maintain communication.
Therefore, in court, they will probably act exclusively as defenders on both sides.
Sergey Zhorin now
In July 2020, the name of Sergei Zhorin was associated with a scandal over the wedding of a judge’s daughter. In his own Instagram account, the lawyer said that a wedding took place in the Krasnodar Territory, the cost of which the lawyer estimated at $2 million.
Sergey Zhorin
The daughter of the current judge of the Krasnodar Regional Court, Elena Khakhaleva, got married. Zhorin’s statement on Instagram, where 191 thousand people subscribed to the star lawyer’s page, attracted the attention of subscribers. Internet users were interested in where the servant of the law got that kind of money.
Subsequently, Sergei Zhorin posted a screenshot of the Instagram post on the official website of his own law firm, attaching a survey in which he asked visitors to evaluate the actions of the judge.
After the uproar on the Internet, official comments from the participants in the celebration appeared. The celebrity guests announced that they performed at the celebration for free, being friends of the family, and Joseph Kobzon urged the press not to meddle in the personal affairs of the newlyweds and not to count other people's money. Judge Khakhaleva stated that the wedding cost no more than a couple of million rubles, which were given to the bride and groom by the judge’s ex-husband.
Lawyer Sergei Zhorin
Internet users did not believe the words of the guests and organizers. Revealing articles began to appear regularly on the Internet. Users working in the field of event organization calculated the cost of the holiday based on photographs on social networks and confirmed the words of the lawyer.
Some celebrity guests even deleted their accounts from Instagram so as not to give food to rumors. On July 24, the Council of Judges of the Krasnodar Territory stated that, based on the inspection carried out, the wedding cost Elena Khakhaleva 5 million rubles.
The matter took an unexpected turn. The Federal Chamber of Lawyers initiated an investigation against Zhorin. The lawyer was accused of disseminating false information and violating professional ethics. The lawyer's case will be considered by the Moscow Bar Chamber.
Sergey Zhorin
Rumors also appeared on the Internet that with such publicity, lawyer Zhorin was settling scores with the judge for a lost case. Activists found papers proving that Sergei Zhorin filed a complaint with the Krasnodar Regional Court in the case of Anna Ivanovna Danko and Kushchevsky Agrocomplex LLC. The lawyer denies such rumors and claims that he has no personal or professional claims against Elena Khakhaleva.
