• 1966 to 1971 / Universities of Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg and Marburg an der Lahn 
• 1971, 1973 to 1976 / Legal clerkship at the Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court
• 1972 to 1973 / Assistant Lecturer at the Institute for Public Law of Marburg University
• 1971 and 1974 to 1976 / Academic Assistant at the Institute for Public Law in Marburg
• 1974 / Doctorate on ownership and currency parity
• Admission as a lawyer in 1992

• 1976 to 1980 / Legal Advisor in the Law Office of the City of Wiesbaden
• 1980 to 1991 / State Chancellery of Wiesbaden; Head of Department for Political Matters of Principle and Head of the Personal Office of the Hessian Prime Minister (ultimately as Head of Section)
• 1991 to 1992 / Pünder Volhard Weber & Axster (later Clifford Chance)
• 1992 to 2001 / Clifford Chance, Partner and Head of the Leipzig office
• 2002 to January 2012 / President of the Lawyers Court of Saxony
• SammlerUsinger since 2002, Managing Partner of the partnership 

Eigentum und Währungsparität. Zur eigentumsrechtlichen Relevanz von Paritätsänderungen, Devisenkursfreigaben und Bandbreitenveränderungen, diss. iur. 1974