Doktor der Rechte
Born in Jilava to a Transylvanian family, he grew up in Văcărești in the outskirts of Bucharest. He studied at the Matei Basarab High School and then he studied law at the University of Bucharest, after which he moved to France, where he became a Doctor of law after defending his thesis "L'évolution de L'Idée de Droit" in 1894. After returning to Romania, he worked as a judge at the Iași Tribunal and then a prosecutor in Ilfov County Dobrescu then joined the Bucharest bar and, after World War I, became its dean and later, the president of Lawyers' Union.