Admitted as attorney since 1999.

2006

Establishment of independent practice / takeover of established practice in Mannheim

2005

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Mannheim office

2004 – 2005

Holme Roberts & Owen Rechtsanwälte – Attorneys At Law
Denver, Colorado (USA)
Munich office

2003 – 2004

KPMG Deutsche Treuhandgesellschaft AG
Company lawyer and Tax Assistant
Stuttgart office

2001 – 2003

Attorney in the law firm, KLEINER Rechtsanwälte, Freiburg and Zürich; at the same time: specialization in the field of taxes training course for the "Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht" (specialist attorney for tax issues) research for and editing of the doctoral thesis

1999 – 2001

Research Assistant at the Institute for Foreign and International Private Law (Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hohloch) in Freiburg

1999

Admission to the bar 1999 (after 2 years' legal clerkship in Baden-Württemberg, Germany and USA at Baker & McKenzie, San Diego (California))

1998

Scientific Assistant at the MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW in Freiburg: Departments Austria and Switzerland as well as organizing an international conference funded by the VOLKSWAGENSTIFTUNG on Criminal Law in Reaction to State Crime after System Changes

1996

Degree in the Sciences of Law (with distinction), studies up to intermediate level in philosophy and business administration in Bielefeld, Strasbourg und Freiburg