Gobzems began representing victims of the Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse in November 2013 , the largest single loss of life in Latvia since its restoration of independence in 1991 . By December , the Latvian Collegium of Sworn Advocates had filed an ethic complaint against Gobzems regarding his work in representing the victims . Despite this , Gobzems continued serving and the courts ordered Maxima Latvija to begin paying compensation to victims in December 2015 . On November 28 , 2018 , the collegium revoked Gobzems ' law license over comments made about the murder of insolvence administrator Mārtiņš Bunkus that were deemed inappropriate . Gobzems criticized the action taken as politically motivated , and aimed at preventing him from obtaining the position of Prime Minister of Latvia that he had been nominated to two days prior by President Raimonds Vējonis . As of April 2019 , he was still fighting the decision in court
Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse
Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse
Aldis Gobzems