Professional background

Studied law at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (1982–1987); research assistant at the Institute of Public Law; First State Examination (Referendarexamen) after the eighth semester in 1987. 

Legal traineeship (Referendariat) at Darmstadt Regional Court (1988–1990); 

Second State Examination (Assessorexamen) 1990. 

During the traineeship, worked part-time at a mid-sized firm of solicitors, auditors and tax advisers in Darmstadt and Freiberg. 

Admitted as a solicitor in January 199; appointed as a notary in April 2009.

Part-time examiner at the Hessian Judicial Examinations Office until November 2022.

Appointed as expert witness, trustee and insolvency administrator by various courts since 1991. 

Specialist solicitor (*Fachanwalt*) in tax law 1992–2015, in criminal law 1998–2008, and in insolvency law 2008–2015.