Roman Zvarych
[1] Zvarych was born in Yonkers, New York to Soviet émigré parents who came to the United States during World War II.Outside of the Verkhovna Rada he also moonlighted as a lawyer; Ukrainian courts had no requirement for practitioners of law to hold certifications or pass a bar examination.New York University spokesperson Josh Taylor told The Ukrainian Weekly that Zvarych had been "a part-time lecturer" in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies from 1989 to 1991, i.e., not for eight years but for two.Teaching evening continuing education classes is a very common way in New York for businessmen and other non-academic people to acquire an academic gloss.As his basis for aspiring to the position of Ukraine's Justice Minister, Zvarych said that he had served as a deputy in the country's legislative assembly for 6 years, and that gave him "considerable legal expertise."