Vitalii Urkevych was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court in November 2017 and elected to its Grand Chamber in December of that year. He served as Secretary of the Grand Chamber from January 2023 to January 2026. Vitalii holds a Doctor of Laws, specializing in land, agrarian, environmental, and natural resources law. He is a professor at the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University and Corresponding
Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine. He has authored or co-authored over 300 legal scholarly works.