Dmitry Vladimirovich Shumkov () was a Russian lawyer, businessman, public figure and a billionaire. In 2012 Shumkov was named the Lawyer of the Year award winner, which is the highest honour for lawyers in the Russian Federation. The award was established by the Edict of the President of the Russian Federation on 8 October 2009. Shumkov was listed as having been among the Top 10 lawyers of the Russian Federation. Education and academic career 1999 – Ph.D. thesis on "The system of bodies of state power within the subjects of the Russian Federation" 2002 – Ph.D. thesis on "Social and legal foundations for the sovereignty of the Russian Federation". Academic adviser: Janghir Abbasovich Kerimov, an Associate Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Shumkov was a professor at the university in the department of Public Administration and Legal Coverage of Civil and Municipal Services (RANEPA), a scientific adviser at the Institute for Energy Law at Kutafin Moscow State Law University, a Presidium Member of the Association of Lawyers of Russia, the Chairman of the Energy Law Regulation Commission of the Association of the Russian Lawyers, a member of Research and Consulting Council at the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation. Shumkov is the author of more than 100 academic papers including such monographs as; "Basic Law and State Studies" (co-authored by Kerimov, D.A.), "Sovereignty of the Russian Federation: History and Modern Era", "The System of Federal Executive Bodies and Executive Local Government Bodies within the Subjects of the Russian Federation", "Restructuring of the Executive Local Government Bodies within the Subjects of the Russian Federation", "Political and Legal Mechanisms of Interaction between Federal and Local Executive Bodies and the Sovereignty of the Russian Federation". Life and professional career During the 1990s Shumkov worked for the prosecution authorities of the Russian Federation. After leaving the civil service he founded the legal firm Pravokom, which later merged with Yurakademia: Kutafin & Partners, and was restructured into Law Group with Shumkov as the Chairman of the Partnership Committee. It was the first Russian law firm to have been entitled to conduct international transactions on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation (giving legal advice on provisions concerning the following issues; government securities distribution at Russian and international capital markets; cooperation between the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and international rating agencies; the arrangement of export and financial credit loans for