Since Oct. 2005 Lawyer and partner in the law-firm RPM – Dres Ruge Purrucker Makowski (www.rpm-recht.de) in Kiel, Germany, consisting of 15 lawyers (9 partners and 6 associates) and 30 salaried personnel, representing both individuals and small and medium sized companies as well as banks, public authorities and state organizations

Specialized in labor law, family law, inheritance law and international private law, performed advisory and consulting as well as forensic and litigation activity. Responsible in the firm for all labor aspects concerning the associates and the salaried personnel.

July 2000 to Sept. 2005 Lawyer and partner of the law-firm Traulsen & Kornmacher in Kiel, Germany, consisting of 3 lawyers (2 partners and 1 associate) and 4 salaried personnel, representing both the individual and small and medium sized companies

Specialized in labor law, family law, inheritance law and international private law, performed advisory and consulting as well as forensic and litigation activity. Responsible in the firm for all labor aspects concerning the associate and the salaried personnel.

Jan. 1999 to June 2000 Lawyer and Human Resource manager, Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein (now HSH Nordbank), Kiel, Germany

Concerned with all human resource activities for the departments of administration, controlling and revision in the bank (about 200 employees), from the hiring to the dismissal; also participated in and handled projects dealing with trust-based working time, the implementation of the SAP Human Resource Program and the use of generalized employment references.