1.Status:

Date of Birth:

Birthplace:

Nationality:

Marital Status:

married, 2 children

Primary School Abensberg, Germany

Gymnasium Marquartstein (mathematical-scientific orientated), Germany

1 Term as Exchange Student at Rugby-School, UK

Abitur (equivalent to A-Levels) in Marquartstein, Germany

Law Studies at the University of Regensburg; Summer Semester 1973 University of Tübingen

Scholarship from the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes" (Scholarschip Foundation of the German Nation)

First State Examination (Law Degree) in Bavaria, Germany (Mark: very good, 2,41)

Attorneys/Advocates Admission Examination in Bavaria, Germany (Mark: good, 3,07; 3rd in Bavaria)

Time under Articles at the District Court in Regensburg

Academic Assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Medicus, University of Regensburg

Graduated as Dr. at Prof. Dr. Medicus: "Haftungseinheiten bei § 254 BGB" (summa cum laude)

Prizewinner of the Faculty at the University of Munich (1980)

5. Post-Doctoral Lecturing Qualification:

Postdoctoral Thesis for Qualification as a University Professor: "Die Einrede des bürgerlichen Rechts"

(1st Expert: Prof. Dr. Medicus; 2nd Expert: Prof.. Dr. P. Schlosser); venia: Private Law, Civil Procedure Law

6.Professional Career:

Academic Consultant at the Max-Planck-Institut for Foreign and International Civil Law in Hamburg

Senior Civil Servant at the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice

Public Prosecutor in München I and in Regensburg

Judge at the County Court in Regensburg

Principal Civil Servant at the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice

University Professor at the University of Heidelberg (C 3) for Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law and Juridical Methodology

University Professor at the University of Münster (C 4) for Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law; Director at the Institute for International Commercial Law

University Professor at the University of Heidelberg (C 4) for Civil Law and Procedure Law

University Professor at the University of Regensburg (C 4) for Civil Law and German, European and International Procedure Law

7.Academic Administration; Examination Boards:

Chairman of the Administrative Body of the Student Administration in Münster

Chairman of the Committee for BAFöG (Principal Grant for Students)

Member of the Committee for Teaching and Student Matters

Examiner at the Juridical Examination Board of the Provincial High Court and Court of Appeal in Hamm (OLG Hamm)

Intermediary Agent of the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes" (Scholarship Foundation of the German Nation)

Dean of the Juridical Faculty at the University of Heidelberg

Deputy Dean of the Juridical Faculty at the University of Heidelberg

Deputy Dean of the Juridical Faculty at the University of Regensburg

Dean of the Juridical Faculty at the University of Regensburg

Member of the Senate at the University of Regensburg; vice-chairman of the Senate

Member of the Juridical Examination Board for the First State Examination (Law Degree) in Bavaria (Landesjustizprüfungsamt München)

8.  Honorary Posts:

Member of the Executive Board of the Academic Organization for Procedure Law (Vereinigung der Zivilprozessrechtslehrer)

Member of the Council of the Academic Organization for International Procedure Law

Member of the International Association of Procedural Law

Member of the Council of Jurisprudence of the "Deutsche Bahn AG"

9.  Nomination:

(First place on the list) (unico loco)

(First place on the list) (denied)

(First place on the list)

(First place on the list, pari passu)

(Third place on the list)

(First place on the list)

(First place on the list)