Attorney-at-law and Notary public, born 1949
registered in the official register of lawyers and register of notaries public
Languages: German, English, French
Education
- Studied in Geneva and Berne, graduated from the University of Berne (1974)
- Admitted to the bar in St. Gallen (1977)
- Doctorate (1982)
- Specialist lawyer SAV, inheritance law (2007)
Professional Experience
- Legal official in the Canton of St. Gallen Department of Economic Affairs (1976–1978)
- Federal Court secretary (1978–1980)
- Self-employed lawyer (since 1981)
- Substitute judge at the Cantonal Court of St. Gallen (1981–2017)
Substitute judge at the Federal Court (1984–2008) - Lectureship at the University of St. Gallen, criminal law and administrative law (1988–2010)
- Management and foundation mandates
Practice areas
- Inheritance law (especially estate planning, execution of wills)
- Constitutional and administrative law including procedural law
- Private, corporate and property law
- Notaryship
Recent publications
- Klageänderung, AJP 1/2001 p. 7 et seqq.
- Das Gegendarstellungsrecht, Mandat 2/2004
- St. Galler Kommentar zur neuen Bundesverfassung, 3rd edition 2014; comment on Art. 9
(the ban on arbitrary decisions, good faith) - Die Legitimation zur Willkürrüge im Verfahren der subsidiären Verfassungsbeschwerde,
AJP 10/2007 p. 1269 et seqq. - Gemeindeautonomie im Heimatschutz, in: Ehrenzeller/Engeler (publ.) Handbuch Heimatschutzrecht,
international, national and cantonal law, Zürich/St. Gallen, 2020, p. 413 et seqq. - Gemeindeaufsicht und ihre Mittel im Heimatschutz, in: Ehrenzeller/Engeler (publ.) Handbuch
Heimatschutzrecht, international, national and cantonal law, Zürich/St. Gallen, 2020, p. 439 et seqq.
Memberships
- Swiss and St. Gallen Bar Association