Attorney-at-Law and Notary public, born 1955
registered in the official register of lawyers and register of notaries public
Languages: German, French, English
Education
- Studied in Zurich and Montpellier
- Graduated from the University of Zurich (1979)
- Assistant at the Legal Department of the University of Zurich (1979–1982)
- Dissertation “Studien zum französischen Besitzrecht” (1982)
- Awarded a doctorate by the University of Zurich (1982)
- Admitted to the bar in St. Gallen (1985)
- Certificate of Advanced Studies at the University of Lucerne in Liability and Insurance Law (2008)
- Specialist lawyer SAV for liability and insurance law (2008)
- Collaborative lawyer clp Schweiz (2011)
Professional Experience
- ab ovo Court clerk at the District Court of St. Gallen (1983–1984)
- Employee in the Legal Services of the Canton of St. Gallen Department of Economic Affairs (1984–1987)
- Self-employed lawyer and notary public, advice and litigation (since 1987)
- Part-time judge at the Insurance Court of the Canton of St. Gallen (2002–2006)
Practice areas
- Liability and insurance law
- Contract law (order contract, service contract, sales contract law)
- Divorce law
- Inheritance contracts and execution of wills
Memberships
- President of the expert commission of specialists SAV for liability and insurance law
- Medical Commission of the Schweizerische Ärztekrankenkasse [Swiss Health Insurance Fund for Doctors] (www.saekk.ch)
- Association of specialists SAV for liability and insurance law (www.versicherungsfachanwalt.ch)
- Swiss Association for Collaborative Law clp Schweiz (www.clp.ch)
- Swiss and St. Gallen Bar Association