He studied law at the University of Athens and graduated in 1950. In 1956 he was appointed Magistrate in Drama. He was then a Judge at the Athens Court of First Instance. First Judge in Alexandroupolis in 1959 and in Piraeus in 1961. He was promoted to President of the Trikala Court of First Instance in 1971. First Judge in Athens in 1973 and Appellant in Thessaloniki in 1974. He continued his ascending career serving in the Athens and Piraeus District Courts. In 1983 he became Deputy Prosecutor of the Supreme Court and from 1985 to 1987 he became Head of the Athens Appeals Prosecutor’s Office.

On 23 January 1989 he was cowardly murdered by the terrorist organisation May 1st.

Apart from being an excellent minister of Themis, he was a prolific and profound student of Law in combination with Philosophy. We select his characteristic works: The Law of Maritime Labour, Civil Procedure, The Theory and Practice in Maritime Labour Law and his unfinished life work The Philosophy of Law. But he also left many studies : The Limits of the Philosophy of Law, The Nature of the Thing, Law and Language, Reflections on the Validity of Law, Essence and Kinds of Legal Discourse Indeterminacy in Legal Practice, etc. He was President and Co-Founder (1987) of the International Centre for the Study of the Philosophy of Law. Member of the International Society for Legal Methodology.

At the suggestion of Georgios-Alexandros Magakis, the bust of Anastasios Vernardos was created, which since 20 November 2006 has adorned the entrance of the Supreme Court. His life motto was: ‘Self-sufficiency includes everything’.