FIRM PROFILE
SPECIALIZING IN BILATERAL AMERICAN GERMAN CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS, BASED ON DOUBLE BAR ADMISSIONS IN BOTH COUNTRIES
PRACTICE AREAS:
AMERICAN-GERMAN
- PROBATE LAW, ESTATE LAW, TRUST LAW, WILLS
- ESTATE AND GIFT TAX LAW, INCL. CRIMINAL TAX FRAUD LAW
ADMITTED:
- 1983, Frankfurt am Main
- 1988, New York
- in Germany entitled to appear before all German Courts nationwide except the German Federal Supreme Court, civil sections
- 1985, Bar-Approved Specialist in Tax Law (Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht), Frankfurt am Main
- 1988, Certified and Sworn Court Translator, Frankfurt am Main
- 1989, Certified Public Accountant, Frankfurt am Main
EDUCATION:
- Fürstenberg-Gymnasium, Donaueschingen, West Germany (B.A., 1970)
- Universities of Erlangen/Nuremberg and Munich (J.D., 1975)
- University of Cologne (M.B.A., Diplom-Kaufmann, 1978)
- Universities of Speyer and Passau (S.J.D., Dr.iur., 1985)
- Southern Methodist University, Dallas (LL.M., 1987)
MEMBER:
- New York State (Section of International Law and Practice) and American Bar Associations
- German American Chamber of Commerce of the Western United States
- German American Lawyers Association
FRATERNITY: Phi Alpha Delta, Dallas.
BIOGRAPHY:
- Author: "Rückwirkung im Steuerrecht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der steuerlichen Rückwirkung von Verträgen" (Retroactivity in Tax Law under Specific Consideration of Retroactivity of Contracts), 1985, ISBN 3-7890-1153-3
- Assistant Professor, University of Bonn, 1981. Clerk (Rechtsreferendar), Department of Justice, Mainz, West Germany, 1980-1982
With:
- R & I Bank of Western Australia, Perth, 1976
- B.F. Goodrich Canada Ltd., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, 1977
- Coopers & Lybrand, New York, N. Y., 1978-1979
- Arthur Andersen, Düsseldorf, 1979-1980
- German Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Rio de Janeiro, 1982
- Ernst & Whinney, Frankfurt am Main, 1983-1986
- Storey, Armstrong, Steger & Martin, Dallas, Texas, 1987
- Jupiter Hospital Corporation, Long Beach, California, 1988
LANGUAGES: German, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
BORN: Bamberg, Germany