Alex Chernov was born in Lithuania and, with his Russian parents, immigrated to Australia as a young boy. He was educated at Melbourne High School and then at the University of Melbourne where he gained the degrees of B.Com. and LLB (Hons). After graduating, he tutored in law on a part-time basis at Ormond and Newman Colleges and at Monash University. In 1968, Alex Chernov signed the Roll of Counsel at the Victorian Bar and in 1980, was appointed Queens Counsel in Victoria and, later, in the majority of the States in Australia. He practised almost exclusively in commercial and company law and equity, appearing in the Supreme Courts of nearly all the States at trial and appellate level, as well as the Supreme Court of Fiji and the High Court of Australia and the Privy Council. More...