Born in Freiburg/Breisgau (Germany), married, 2 children

- Lifetime appointment as public prosecutor at the prosecution office in Freiburg

- Stages at the departments for commercial crime, juvenile delinquency and drug-trafficking crime

- State instructor of legal interns for criminal law

- Expert assessor at the disciplinary chamber of the administrative court Freiburg

- Secondment to the district court Dresden as a judge in matters of cassation and criminal law

- Secondment to the general public prosecutor’s office Karlsruhe

- Provisional deputy head of the prosecution office in Freiburg in matters of organized crime and drug-trafficking crime

- Senior prosecutor at the general public prosecutor’s office Karlsruhe

- Head of the public prosecution office in Görlitz

- Return to the general public prosecutor’s office Karlsruhe

- Secondment to the public prosecution in Freiburg

- Head of department for juvenile delinquency, sentence execution and financial affairs

- Permanent deputy head of public prosecution in Freiburg

- Member of the high council of prosecutors at the Ministry of Justice, finally as deputy chairman of the council

- Since 2006 head of the special department for organized crime and drug-trafficking crime.

- Member of the executive committee of the German Judges Association (DRB), vice president

- President of the German Judges Association (DRB)