„So help us, God, at this time, because our wisdom is simplicity.“
King Henry, in: Richard Wagner, Lohengrin, 1st act, 3rd scene
News.
Events.
I focus on these core areas:
Career
- Studied law at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
- 1981 First state examination in law at Cologne Higher Regional Court
- 1984 Second State Examination in Law Landesjustizpüfungsamt Düsseldorf
- 1984 - 1986 Research assistant at the Higher Administrative Court for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1986 Judge at Cologne Administrative Court
- 1992 - 1993 Secondment to the Higher Administrative Court
- 1994 Appointment as judge at the Higher Administrative Court
- 1993 - 1998 Secondment to the Federal Constitutional Court
- 1999 secondment to the Office of the Federal President, 2003 transfer there and appointment as Ministerial Counsellor
- 2004 Appointment as judge at the Federal Administrative Court
- 2012 - 2022 Presiding judge at the Federal Administrative Court
- Since June 2022 freelancer at Dombert Rechtsanwälte (no authorisation as Rechtsanwalt) in the firm's areas of specialisation and junior training
Participation
(Former judicial and association policy) involvement
- Juris representative of the Federal Administrative Court
- Chairman of the Association of Judges of the Federal Administrative Court
- Deputy Chairman of the Association of German Administrative Judges (BDVR)
Publications
Editorships and (co-)authorships
2025
The new role of the administrative courts under the BDG 2024 between control, repair and disciplinary powers, NVwZ 2025, p. 1476 et seq.
- Current developments in disciplinary law (together with lawyer Johannes Heuschmid), NVwZ-RR 2025, p. 1 ff. Read publication
- Subject of a regular appraisal after promotion in the appraisal period, NVwZ 2025, p. 535 ff.
- Selbstorganisation der Richterschaft und Veröffentlichungspraxis, in: Geschichte des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts - Errichtung und Konsolidierung (1953-1959), published by the Federal Administrative Court in cooperation with the Georg-Jellinek-Zentrum für Staatswissenschaften und moderne Verwaltung der Universität Leipzig, Chapter 7, Verlag C.H.Beck 2025, p. 211 ff.
2024
- The judgements of the Federal Administrative Court on the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link (FFBQ) - A compendium of sectoral planning law, NVwZ supplement 4/2024 pp. 121 ff. (Supplement to NVwZ 24/2024)
2023
- Administrative staff - selection and qualification: legal status of civil servants and aspects of legal protection, in: Kahl/Mager (eds.), Verwaltungsorganisation, Arbeitsgespräche zum Verwaltungsrecht, vol. 4, NOMOS-Verlag 2023, p. 107 ff.
- Symposium 70 years of the Federal Administrative Court on 8 June 2023 in Leipzig, report, DVBl 2023, p. 1202 ff.
- Co-editor and co-author: Brandt/Domgörgen, Handbuch Verwaltungsverfahren und Verwaltungsprozess, 5th ed. 2023, Verlag C.F.Müller
- Further development of judicial service law at federal level - legislative and sub-legislative need for regulation, ZRP 2023, 19
2022
- On party-political access to high judicial offices - The „causa BFH-Vize“, job profiles in line with the office and the principle of selecting the best, NVwZ 2022, 1073
- Co-author of the commentary on the Basic Law by Hömig/Wolff, 13th edition 2022, Nomos-Verlag Baden-Baden
- Personnel upheaval at the Supreme Federal Courts, DRiZ 2022, 120
2021
- The „Horst Sendler Prize of the Federal Administrative Court” - an initiative by Klaus Rennert for young academics, (co-author with Andreas Korbmacher), DVBl. 2021, 783
- A seven-year chronicle in 20 green volumes - From the case law of the BVerwG during the term of office of PräsBVerwG Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Klaus Rennert (2014-2021) based on the BVerwGE collection of decisions (volumes 150 to 170 - and more), DVBl. 2021, 789
- „Threats” to EU fundamental values and the rule of law against the background of civil service law, DVBl. 2021, 1351
2020
- Die Klage des Gurnemanz - Karfreitagsschutz und widerstreitende Grundrechtsausübung, in: Gärditz/Keller/Niesler (eds.), Der Kontrollauftrag der Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit, Liber amicorum für Max-Jürgen Seibert, Schriften zum Öffentlichen Recht Bd. 1430, Verlag Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2020, p. 49 ff.
2018
- Co-editor of the handbook on administrative procedure and administrative procedural law Brandt/Domgörgen, 4th edition 2018, C.F. Müller Verlag, Heidelberg
2017
- Jurisprudence de la Cour administrative fédérale - Le droit disciplinaire des fonctionnaires, RDTF 2017, 199
2011
- Von stotternden Advokaten und „starken Weibern”- Juristenbilder in der Oper, auch unter fraulichen Aspekten, in: Hohmann-Dennhardt/Masuch/Villiger (eds.), Grundrechte und Solidarität - Durchsetzung und Verfahren, Festschrift für Renate Jaeger, N.P. Engel Verlag, Kehl 2011, p. 835 ff.
2006
- Res gestae Dieter Hömig: eine verfassungsrechtliche Chronik - dem Richter des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zum Abschied aus dem Amt, EuGRZ 2006, 233, reprinted from: Brockmöller/Domgörgen (eds.), Liber Auxiliorum - Festgabe für Dieter Hömig zum Abschied vom Richteramt, Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart 2006, p. 11 ff.
Speaker and training activities
For DOMBERT Rechtsanwälte:
- Training of the law firm's research assistants
During the time as a judge:
- Lectures at training events organised by the German Judicial Academy, the Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht (NVwZ) and the Volksheimstättenwerk (vhw)
- Head of trainee teacher working groups
Please contact me via my assistant Robin Pfeifer.
Then you can also reach me when I am working for you.
0331 620 42 - 71
Robin Pfeifer, Assistant
