• born 1942
• married, 3 children
• Hamburg University Law School, employed as academic assistant at Max Planck Institute for International Private Law
• entered Schneider Stein & Partner in 1972 and has ever since worked exclusively in Family Law, Inheritance and Probate Law
• admitted to the Regional Appeal Court of Hamburg in 1977
• became partner in 1974
• since 2000 senior partner of Schneider Stein & Partner

Memberships

• Association of German Lawyers (DAV)
• Working Committee for Family Law of DAV
• German Family Law Convention