Founder and Director of the LEX NOSTRA Foundation

Lawyer. Politician.
Economist. Security Expert.

Where law meets the security of the state and the citizen.

About me

Profile and professional path

Year of birth
1977
Education
law · economics · national security · DBA · 2× EMBA · 8 postgraduate programmes
Military rank
Colonel (Reserve) D.S.
Religious office
Director of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Academic title
University Professor

Maciej Lisowski (born 1977) — lawyer, economist, national security expert, University Professor, Colonel (Reserve) D.S., clergyman, and Director of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Founder and director of the LEX NOSTRA Foundation — a public benefit organisation providing legal, psychological and social support to people harmed by the justice system, victims of crime, persons with disabilities and their carers. The Foundation has for years conducted interventions in public offices, the administration and courts as a social actor, alongside educational and media activity in the area of the rule of law and civic rights. More at fundacja.lexnostra.pl.

He holds degrees in law, economics, and national security studies. His academic credentials include a DBA, two Executive MBA diplomas — in management and in Energy Management — as well as eight postgraduate programmes spanning: business valuation and financial modelling, economic analysis and controlling, compliance in organisations, restructuring and corporate recovery management, mediation practice, forensic auditing, agriculture, and energy auditing, completed across seven institutions of higher education. He also studied social psychology at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej) in Warsaw under the supervision of Full Professor Zbigniew Pietrasiński, PhD habil. He also holds certificates of completion in digital forensics (certificate nos. 7/AW/CF/2025 and 8/AW/CF/2025) and OSINT (open-source intelligence, certificate no. 67/AW/2025) training programmes organised by the Akademia Wywiadu (Intelligence Academy), as well as a certificate of completion of the School of Business Law and Chinese Culture programme at the WSB — National Louis University (WSB-NLU) in Nowy Sącz (certificate no. 49/2025/2026). Certified internal auditor — holding a Polish Institute of Internal Control (PIKW) certification (certificate no. 13247/T) — and a certified energy auditor registered in the Central Register of Energy Performance of Buildings of the Ministry of Development and Technology (no. 44375), and a member of the Association of Energy Auditors (ZAE, membership card no. 4392).

Founder and Director of the LEX NOSTRA Foundation. President of LEX NOSTRA Sp. z o.o. law firm, the IT and media company “LN Media”, a public relations firm, and a number of other ventures. President of the Kornel Morawiecki Institute of Thought and a member of the Board of the international Three Seas Foundation.

Vice-President of the Christian-Democratic Labour Party ‘Stronnictwo Pracy’ (founded in 1937), Vice-President of Wolni i Solidarni (Free and Solidary, founded by Kornel Morawiecki), advisor to the Board of the National Federation Bezpartyjni i Samorządowcy on the reform of the judiciary, the special services, the observance of civil rights and oversight of state institutions. Advisor to the Chairman of the BiS Federation, Dr Marek Woch. Plenipotentiary of the National Federation Bezpartyjni i Samorządowcy for the Lower Silesia Region and parliamentary candidate in the 2027 elections from the Wrocław constituency.

In the years 2016–2019, he served as parliamentary assistant on a pro bono basis to the Senior Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Deputy Kornel Morawiecki, and as Director of his parliamentary office in Warsaw. In the years 2020–2023, he served as parliamentary assistant on a pro bono basis to Deputy Lech Kołakowski and as Director of his parliamentary office in Warsaw. As an international observer, he participated in a mission to the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1997) and in the independence referendum in Kurdistan (September 2017).

Journalist and commentator, author of the book “Prawo i Pięść” (“Law and Fist”) (2018) and numerous press publications. Since 2011, he has regularly appeared as an expert commentator on numerous television channels, radio stations, and in print and online media. He served as a regular columnist for the dailies Gazeta Obywatelska, Rurociągi, and Dziennik Trybuna. As a researcher also engaged in social psychology, he served as a columnist and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Psychologia w teatrze życia” (“Psychology in the Theatre of Life”), published by Prof. Zbigniew Pietrasiński.

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LEX NOSTRA Foundation
Legal, psychological and social support for people harmed by the justice system. Interventions, education, work for the rule of law.
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Public registers and certifications

State registers and professional listings

Entries verifiable in public databases maintained by ministries, professional institutes and certifying bodies.

Energy auditor

Central Register of Energy Performance of Buildings

Entry no. 44375 · date of entry 26 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Development and Technology of the Republic of Poland

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Internal auditor / AML-CFT

Polish Institute of Internal Control (PIKW)

PIKW Certified Auditor — AML/CFT level I · certificate no. 13247/T · awarded 31 Mar 2026

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Awards

Decorations and distinctions

For service to crime victims, to Polish independence, and to the Polish agri-food sector.

State and honorary decorations

Decorated with the "Pro Patria" State Medal, the Silver Legion Cross, the Cross of Service for Independence, the "Man of Freedom and Independence" badge, and the Honorary Certificate of the Man of Freedom and Independence awarded by the "Pamięć Jastrzębska" ("Jastrzębie Memory") Association (Jastrzębie-Zdrój, 2013).

Distinctions and statuettes

Laureate of the "Orzeł Wprost" Eagle of Wprost statuette — both individually and collectively, on behalf of the LEX NOSTRA Foundation, in recognition of contributions to the Polish agri-food sector. Also honoured with the "Entrepreneurship Leader 2021" and "Firma VIP-a 2025" statuettes, the Saint Brother Albert Medal "One must be as good as bread" — awarded by the Municipal Family Welfare Centre in Suwałki — and a decoration from the Suwałki Association of Anti-Communist Opposition (2025).

Medals and honorary positions

Holder of the "Kornel Morawiecki 1941–2019" medal, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland medal "In Remembrance — Senior Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Kornel Morawiecki", the "Anniversary of Granting Town Rights to Suwałki 2020" medal, and the EURO 2012 Poland–Ukraine medal. Honorary Member of the Association of Cadets of the Republic of Poland.

International badges

Honoured with badges from, among others, the U.S. Department of Defense (the Pentagon), a Sheriff's Office unit, and Lockheed Martin (F-35 Lightning II and F-16 programmes).

Where the law fails the citizen, the true test of the state begins.
Maciej Lisowski · “Prawo i Pięść” (Law and Fist), 2018

Publications

Book and media publications

My authorial body of work — a book published in 2018 and a steadily growing collection of articles in the Polish and international press.

Book

„Prawo i pięść” (Law and Fist)

Stories of ordinary people’s struggles with the Polish justice system. A book combining experience from work at the LEX NOSTRA Foundation with analysis of the gaps in the legal system and the mechanisms by which state institutions harm citizens. Interviews by Mirela Krzyżak. Published by Zysk i S‑ka, 2018.

Out of print. Individual copies remain available on the secondary market. No reprint is planned — several observations from 2018 would require substantial updating. New book-length publications coming soon.

Contact

Get in touch

Office
LEX NOSTRA Foundation
ul. Sienna 45 lok. 5
00-121 Warsaw, Poland
Web
maciejlisowski.pl

Maciej Lisowski

Founder and Director of the LEX NOSTRA Foundation. Lawyer, economist, national security expert.

“Lawyer. Politician. Economist. Security Expert.”

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