Attorney at law

Certified family law attorney

Family law

Marital contracts

Divorce law / dissolution of marriage

Spousal maintenance (alimony) law

Matrimonial property law (property distribution,

equalization of accrued gains)

Household income distribution

Children’s law (custody, access rights)

Adoption law

Child abduction law

Inheritance law

German

English (legal and business)

Born 1959

Studied law and political science in Göttingen, München, and Würzburg; Studies at Yale Law School in the US; Legal clerkship in Berlin

Doctorate from the University of Frankfurt am Main

Admitted to the bar in 1991

Certified family law attorney since 2001

Married, five children

Lectureships on international family law at Potsdam University and Humboldt University in Berlin

Lecturer on European family law at the Academy of European Law

Lecturer on international family law and child law for attorneys seeking board certification or engaged in continuing education

Since July 2014 EU-Expert regarding Family- and Inheritance Law in Kosovo, Drafting of a Civil Code.

Team Leader of a project funded by the EU and implemented by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) regarding the application of the Hague Child Abduction Convention, the Hague Child Protection Convention and on Russia´s possible access to the Hague Convention on Child Support in the Russian Federation (2011-2013).

Expert panel on international adoption law under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth

Family Law Commission of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers (BRAK), responsible for developments in family law in Europe

German Lawyers Association (DAV) working group on family law

German Association of Female Lawyers (djb) commission on family law

German Association of Female Lawyers commission on civil law

International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (IAML)

Union of Certified Attorneys (AuF)

European Academy for Women in Politics and Business (EAF)

Rotary Club

Professional articles and lectures on child law and international family law

Family Law: “The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (HCCA) in the Lawyer’s Practice,” in Der Amtsvormund (2000) pg. 1971

“Enforcement Problems in Hague Convention Cases” in Familie, Partnerschaft, Recht. Zeitschrift für die Anwaltspraxis (2004) pg. 306ff

Regular commentaries on court decisions and cases concerning family law in Der Familien-Rechts-Berater international

Co-author of the online commentary LexisNexis, writing on The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Co-author of The Lawyer’s Family Law Handbook (International Family Law chapter), 2nd edition, Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt, Köln