Born on 2 November 1965, in St. Gallen, Switzerland

• Master of Law, University of St. Gallen, 1985-1989
• Attorney’s license, bar exam in St. Gallen, 1992
• Legal assistant, Court of Appeal, St. Gallen, 1992-2000
• Judge, Court of Justice of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, 2001-2015
• Member of the Association of Jurists St. Gallen, since 1991
• Member of the Liechtenstein Association of Judges, since 2001
• Collaboration in numerous Liechtenstein working groups on legislative reforms, 2003-2015
• Member (2003-2015), Head (2011-2015) of the Liechtenstein expert group against sexual abuse of children and juveniles
• Member of the Swiss Association of Criminal Law, since 2004
• Member of the Swiss Group of Criminology, since 2006
• Liechtenstein representative at the Council of Europe Committees of experts PC-ES on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and abuse, 2006-2007, and CAHVIO on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, 2009-2010
• Member of the Liechtenstein delegations presenting national reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2006, and the UN Human Rights Council, 2008
• Liechtenstein representative at the European Committee on Crime Problems of the Council of Europe (CDPC), 2007-2015
• Liechtenstein Deputy Member at the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE), 2008-2015, and the Council of Europe Committee of the parties to the Lanzarote Convention (T-ES), 2013-2015
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 1 September 2015
• Vice-President of Section since 18 May 2021.