Justice of the Second Senate

Born in Stadthagen (Schaumburg-Lippe) in 1958
Married from 1977
Law studies at the University of Kiel

• 1982   First State Examination in Law (Schleswig)
• 1985   Second State Examination in Law (Hamburg)
• 1985   Joined the judicial service of the Land Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel Regional Court (Landgericht), Flensburg Regional Court, Flensburg Local Court (Amtsgericht))
• 1991   Was seconded to the Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) in Schleswig
• 1992   Was appointed judge at the Higher Regional Court
• 1995   Dr. iur. (Kiel); supervisor: Professor Dr. Dieter Reuter
• 2001   Was appointed judge at the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof)
• 2011   Was appointed presiding judge at the Federal Court of Justice since December 2011
• Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court