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