Vita, Research & Lecturing
Academic Career
- Law studies at the Universities of Bochum and Münster, 1969 - 1974
- First State examination, 1974
- Legal Clerkship at the District Court of Duisburg, 1974 - 1976
- Second State examination, 1977
- Assistant Lecturer at the University of Cologne, 1977 - 1981
- PhD in Law, 1979
- Lecturer at the Federal College for Public Administration since 1981
- Lecture areas: Public Law and Aviation Law
- Appointment as Professor, 1985
- US Bar Examination, 1991
- Admission as Attorney at Law (New York), 1991
- Membership in the New York State Bar Association since 1992
- Consultant to the Russian Governments in the area of reshaping of Air Law and Aviation Administration, 1992 - 1998
- Lecturer for Aviation Law at the Berlin Institute of Technology 2000 - 2005
- Honorary Professor of Aviation Law at the Berlin Institute of Technology since 2005
- Adjunct Professor of Aviation Law and Aviation Security Law at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University since 2008
- Admission to the bar (Berlin), 2014
Research
Focus on
- International Aviation Law and International Aviation Organisations
- Airport Permission and Planning Law
- Certification and Licensing Law
- Aviation Liability Law
Lecturing
- Honorary Professor of Aviation Law at the Berlin Institute of Technology
- Adjunct Professor of Aviation Law and Aviation Security Law at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Regular courses/seminars at:
- - IUBH
International University of Applied Sciences
Internationale Hochschule
School of Business and Management - - Donau-University Krems
- - University Bonn
- - Bildungszentrum der Bundeswehr (BiZBw) (Federal Academy of Defense Administration and Defense Technology)
- European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
- - IUBH
Fields of practical Consulting
- Regular consultant on issues relating to Aviation Law and Aviation Security Law
- Consultant to several Eastern-European Governments on drafting of a up-to-date aviation and aviation security law and restructuring of the Aviation administration (especially the privatisation of initially Governmental duties)
- Consultant of victims in different air crashes (e.g. Lockerbie, BirgenAir, Concorde, Lake Constance midair collision, Air France 447, MH 17 Ukraine and Germanwings 9525)
- Representative of ACVFA (Air Crash Victims Family Association) at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)