In 1977, Zenonas Juknevičius graduated from the Faculty of Law of
Vilnius University and obtained a lawyer's qualification. Since then he has held many jobs like the People's Judge of the Šilutė District People's Court (1977–1981), Senior Notary of the Kupiškis State Notary Office (1981–1982), Investigator of the Kupiškis District Prosecutor's Office (1982–1987), First Deputy
Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania (1987–1990), and Non-staff Legal Consultant of the Secretariat of the
Reform Movement of Lithuania (1989–1990). He temporarily held the position of Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania from 21 July 1992 to 26 November 1992. A lawyer since 1995, he established his own law firm. Founder and full member of TŪB “
Abišala and partners”. Together with Aleksandrs Abišala, he actually carried out joint work and legal consulting activities until 1999, later becoming a formal member of TŪB (since it was required to have at least 2 full members) until May 2004. == Private life ==