Career

• Born in 1961
• Raised in Riehen and Basel, resident in Rheinfelden since 1997
• Studies at the University of Basel, law degree in 1988
• Practical work in the Basel-Landschaft and Basel administration as well as the Basel judiciary (civil and criminal court)
• Licensed to practice law in the Canton of Basel-Stadt 1991
• Since 1992 freelance lawyer providing legal advice and litigation with law firm in Basel, since 2005 also in Rheinfelden
• Registered in the Basel-Stadt lawyers' register

Preferred activities

• General civil law and civil procedure law
• Contract law incl. labor and tenancy law
• Marriage and divorce law
• Inheritance law
• Commercial criminal law
• Criminal law in general
• Road traffic law
• Administrative criminal law
• Social security law

Memberships

• Basel Chamber of Advocates
• Swiss and Aargau Bar Association
• Association Pikett Strafverteidigung Basel
• Criminal Law Working Group of the Basel Bar Association
• Working group on social insurance and liability law of the Basel Bar Association
• Rheinfelden Trade Association

Functions

• Board member of the Impulse Basel Association
• Former president of the CVP Rheinfelden Stadt

Personal

Interests: Reading, chess, hiking, social issues, politics. I am also a lover of the North Sea (Holland).