Born in the year 1945, Qortbawi is a co-partner at Ramzi Joreige & Partners.
1995 – 1997: President of Beirut Bar Association.
2001 – 2004: Member of the Legal Commission to the Prime Minister’s Cabinet & Legal Commission for the Modernization and Unification of Laws at the Ministry of Justice.
June 2011: Appointed Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Najib Mikati.