Doctor of economic sciences (Warsaw School of Economics in Warsaw, 2001) and doctor of legal sciences (UAM Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, 2005). Involved in scientific research in the area of social insurances and the insurance law. Author of many publications and commentaries in these fields, including monographs concerning the capital segment of pension insurance (“Oczekiwanie prawne na emeryturę dożywotnią. Ekspektatywa”) (Legal expectation of lifetime pension) and, i.a. an article published in Praca i Zabezpieczenie Społeczne monthly magazine No. 2/2011 Wypłaty emerytur dożywotnich - stan obecny i perspektywy (Payments of lifetime pensions – present condition and prospects). Related with the Chair of Law at the University of Economics in Katowice where he delivers lectures. Solicitor; runs a firm specialized in economic, self-government and insurance law. Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration at the Commission of Financial Supervision.