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Career
- Study of law in Potsdam
- 1999 First state examination in law
- 2003 Second state examination in law
- 2002 Doctorate at the University of Potsdam
- 1999 to 2001 Research assistant, Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin
- since 2003 Rechtsanwalt
- since 2007 Specialised lawyer for administrative law
- since 2012 Honorary professor for administrative law and commercial administrative law at the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) Cottbus-Senftenberg
Participation
- DAV-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verwaltungsrecht Nordost e.V., Chairman of the Executive Board
- Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Faculty of Law of the University Potsdam, Chairman of the Board
- Federal Association of Public Law (BöR) e.V., Member of the Executive Board
- Zeitschrift für Landes- und Kommunalverwaltung (LKV), chief editor until 12/2018, member of the editorial board since 1/2019
- Joint Legal Examination Office of the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, part-time member
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Lecturer for Public Service Law
- Technical University of Berlin, lecturer in the Science Management programme
- 2016 Steering committee of the pilot project school nurse of the AWO district association Potsdam e.V.
- 2013 Project advisory board of the initiative „Inklusion - JA, aber richtig“ of the AWO Bezirksverband Potsdam e.V.
- Arbitration Board of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Extensive lecturing activities
Publications
Editorships and (co-)authorships
Preliminary legal protection in administrative dispute proceedings, ed. v. Dombert/Külpmann, 8th ed. 2025, NJW-Praxis vol. 12, C.H. Beck Munich; §§ 38-34, 46, 65, 66, Link to the book
- Civil service disciplinary law - Civil service criminal law, with Sandkuhl, Heide, 2014, 2nd edition 2021, C.H.BECK Verlag Munich, Link to the book
- Higher education law at federal and state level, from Geis, Max-Emanuel (ed.), Commentary on Section 19 HRG (Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes, including accreditation), Election and deselection of university management, since 2019, ISBN 978-3-8114-1054-1, Link to the book
- Brandenburg Higher Education Act - Commentary, Knopp / Peine (ed.), Kommentierung von Abschnitt 3 (Studium, Lehre, Prüfungen) und Abschnitt 4 (Hochschulgrad, Promotion und Habilitation), 3rd ed. 2018, 2nd ed. 2012, 1st ed. 2010, Nomos-Verlag Baden-Baden, Link to the book
- Berliner Kommentar zum Baugesetzbuch, by Driehaus, Hans-Joachim / Paetow, Stefan / Schlichter, Otto / Stich, Rudolf (ed.), commentary on § 140 (preparation of urban redevelopment measures), § 141 (preparatory investigations), § 142 (redevelopment statutes), § 143 (publication of redevelopment statutes, redevelopment notice), § 150 (compensation for changes to facilities serving the public utility), since 2017, Link to the book
- Disciplinary law (§ 7), in: Smith, Stephan / Bender, Gregor, Recht der kommunalen Wahlbeamten - Bürgermeister, Landrat, Beigeordneter und Kreisdirektor in Nordrhein-Westfalen - 2016, Kohlhammer Verlag, p. 233 ff.
- Municipal Tax Act for the State of Brandenburg (KAG) / Tax regulations of the State of Berlin, with Becker / Benendens / Deppe / Düwel / Kluge / Liedtke / I. Schmidt, ongoing commentary on § 12 BbgKAG (application of the AO), § 12c (deferral and remission), § 12d (inspection of files) and § 12e (administrative assistance and mandate), § 19 (time limit for the equalisation of benefits), from 2012; Link to the book
- Administrative procedure and legal protection in municipal tax law, published with Knopp / Knuth, 2011, Nomos-Verlag Baden-Baden, Link to the book
- Volksgesetzgebungsverfahren - Verfassungstheoretische Untersuchung der Rechtsstellung der Stimmberechtigten sowie der Zuständigkeiten der Abstimmungsorgane und Abstimmungsbehörden, 2003, Frankfurt/ Main, Berlin, Bern - Link to the book
Other publications by date
2026
- „The beginning of the end or impetus for the future of the civil service?“ - on the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of 17 September 2025 (2 BvL 5/18 and others - Berlin civil servant salaries), LKV (forthcoming),
- „Attribution of knowledge within legal entities under public law in insolvency avoidance“, DÖV 2026, p.215
2024
- Appointment procedure for professorships and artificial intelligence, Ordnung der Wissenschaft 01/2024, p. 25 - Read publication
Second publication in Löwisch / Würtenberger / Geis / Heckmann (eds.): Künstliche Intelligenz in Forschung, Lehre und Hochschule, Berlin 2025, p. 347 ff. – Read publication
2023
- Performance assessments and qualification decisions for professorships - protection of fundamental rights, in: Funk/Knopp (eds.): Novellierung des Brandenburgischen Hochschulgesetzes (BbgHG) - Mehr Autonomie? Proceedings of the symposium held on 17 February 2023 in Cottbus, Nomos, 2023, p. 89 ff. Read publication
- Insights into dynamic topics of administrative procedure and administrative procedural law (conference report on the annual conference of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verwaltungsrecht Nordost e.V. from 21 April 2023), Anwaltsblatt 10/2023, p. 568 - Read publication
- Comment on BVerwG, decision of 9 May 2023 - 2 AV 2.23, m. M. Soiné, NVwZ 2023, 1254
- Employer obligations in occupational health and safety and their transfer to the management of individual teaching units of state universities, LKV (4/2023)
- Challenge to service and disciplinary law by enemies of the constitution, NVwZ 2023, 128, Read publication
2022
- Joint appointments in the state of Berlin - legal framework and challenges, WissR 4/2022, 235 ff. Read publication
- Energy allowance, inflation compensation and tax-free one-off payment - also for civil servants? (with Berndt, S.), in: LKV 12/2019, 537 - 542
- Interview with Frank Heindl, web.de - Read publication
- Schröder lawsuit futile, LTO of 13/08/2022 - Read publication
- Just a question of tolerance?, PUBLICUS 17/06/2022 - Read publication
2021
- No fear of whistleblowers, FAZ from 15/12/2021 - Read publication
- Restrictions on the selection of the best candidates for joint appointments?, BöR-Report 5 (2021), p. 14 - 20 - Read publication
2020
- No tenure track due to “overqualification”, Forschung und Lehre 3/2020, p. 218 - 220
- Disciplinary guarantees of the altruism of civil servants, Verwaltungsarchiv 1/2020, p. 84 - 119
- How universities must deal with anonymous statements of suspicion, BÖR Report No. 4 (2020), pp. 1-9; second publication in “Ordnung der Wissenschaft” 2/2020, pp. 65 - 76, Read publication; published for the third time in: Anonyme Anschuldigungen in der Wissenschaft - Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, Issue 1-2/2021, published by the Bavarian State Institute for Higher Education Research and Planning (IHF), p. 152, Read publication
- Exams under dubious legal conditions, FAZ from 04.10.2020, Read publication
- Interview: Secondary employment - no unnecessary secrets, in: Pohlmann, Isabell: Finanzplaner Beamte, Stiftung Warentest, ISBN 978-3-7471-0216-9, p. 32 - 33
2019
- Municipal control of locations of independent daycare centres? (m. Grimm, B.), in: LKV 10/2019, 433 - 439
- What independent providers should know when applying municipal statutes (together with Dr Schulte zu Sodingen), KiTa aktuell 7-8/2019, 158-160
- No repayments for “old subscribers”, Legal Tribune Online (LTO) v. 01.07.2019, (Link to the article)
- Disciplinary boundaries between service and misdemeanour, Zeitschrift für Beamtenrecht (ZBR), issue 7/8/2019, p. 221 - 234
- Road construction contributions: Distributing the burden fairly, Treffpunkt Kommune 07.06.2019 (Link to the article)
- Statements by civil servants in conflict with official duties, Die Verwaltung, Vol. 51 (2018), No. 2, pp. 265 - 300 (Link to the article)
2018
Statements by civil servants in conflict with official duties, Die Verwaltung 51 (2018), 265 - 300 (Link to the article)
- No faction money for teacher pillory, Legal Tribune Online (LTO) v. 11.10.2018
- Municipal and independent daycare centre providers' own contributions - does the provider have to bring money?, LKV 9/2018, p. 392 - 398
- Copyright and work quality - An overview of academic practice, Research and Teaching 2/2018, 126 - 129
2017
- Lust am Shopping genügt nicht - Ladenöffnung und Schutz der Sonntagsruhe, in: Treffpunkt Kommune - Serviceportal der Fachzeitschrift “Der Gemeinderat”, published 04.09.2017, Read publication
- Enforcement or search - questions of demarcation under enforcement law using the example of refugee deportation, Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht (ZAR) 5-6/2017, 201 - 207
- Protection of municipal electoral offices from candidates with criminal records - Brandenburg follows suit, in LKV 5/2017, 198 - 203
- Interference in the selection of the best - performance principle counts more than promotion of women -, comment on OVG Münster, decision of 21.02.2017 - 6 B 1109/16 and others, in Behördenspiegel of 10.04.2017
- Corruption is not a trivial matter, der gemeinderat 4/2017, 8 - 9
- Municipal contributions in 23 keywords, LKV 3/2017, 101 - 105
- New approaches to competition for posts - and why they don't work, NVwZ 3/2017, 105 - 112
2016
- Lunch catering „without order“ is to be reimbursed?
An unusual dispute about the daycare centre meal allowance in Brandenburg, LKV 11/2016, 491-497 - Yes, but ... - Clarifications from Karlsruhe on the accreditation of study programmes, Zeitschrift für deutsches und europäisches Wissenschaftsrecht (WissR) Vol. 49 (2016), 3-27
- Preferential promotion of women stopped, A regulation in the NRW state civil service law is causing a stir, Publicus 10/2016, 7-9
- Risiko.Macht.Fehler - Zum Umgang mit der Fehleranfälligkeit von Führungsentscheidungen kommunaler Verwaltungsspitzen in Disziplinarverfahren, zugleich Anmerkungen zu Gaschke, Susanne: Volles Risiko - was es bedeutet, in die Politik zu gehen (DVA Munich, 2014, ISBN 978-3-421-04659-8), in: NordÖR 2016, 341
- Clarifications in connection fee law, LKV 2/2016, 54 ff.
- Cooperation between local authorities and independent schools - New impetus for needs-based school provision, in: Verwaltungsarchiv (VerwArch) 1/2016, p. 86 ff, Order publication
- “Connection contributions - everything is open again!“ in Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten of 22 February 2016, Read publication
- „Misconduct must have consequences“, in the Tagesspiegel of 15 January 2016
2015
- Admission to doctoral studies - BVerwG demands differentiated regulations from universities, duz 12/2015 (p. 15)
- The tenure of professors in North Rhine-Westphalia, NWVBl. 2015, 448
- Review of Schnellenbach, Competitions in the public sector (C.F. Müller Verlag), LKV 9/2015, 411
- Exclusion and bias of academic staff as members of an appointment committee, m. R. Tietze, LKV 8/2015, 337 ff.
- § Section 153, 153 a StPO - success or the beginning of the end of the civil servant relationship?, AnwBl 8+9/2015, 667, Read publication
- Requirements of the merit principle pursuant to Art. 33 II GG at the beginning and termination of a selection procedure under civil service law, LKV 3/2015, 97
- Review of Reese/Hofler/Kolle, The law of state and municipal civil servants, LKV 2/2015, p. 79
2014
- Promotionsrecht der Fachhochschulen - Gefährdung der Wissenschaft?, Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftsrecht (WissR), Volume 47 (2014), Issue 3, 237, Order publication
- Review of Driehaus, Practical Handbooks on Municipal Taxes - Vol. 1 Tax Statutes, LKV 10/2014, p. 456
- Review of Rich, Civil Service Pension Act, and to Reich/Preißler Federal Salaries Act LKV 7/2014, 313
- Will formation in the staff council, LKV 3/2014, p. 108
- Review of Cellar/Cramps, The law of independent schools, LKV 3/2014, p. 128
- Effects of the lifetime principle for civil servants, m. Chr. Buchheim, LKV 2/2014, 49
- Review of Bieler/Lorse, Die dienstliche Beurteilung, LKV 2/2014, 74
2013
- Connection fee obligation for publicly used properties, LKV 10/2013, 443
2012
- Municipal election officials and the gift (prohibition), LKV 12/2012, 237
- Overview of case law 2012 for municipal electoral officials, Circular 2/2012 of the Association of Municipal Electoral Officials in the State of Brandenburg
- The search for a police commissioner in Berlin - provincial farce or tragedy?, LKV 6/2012, 253
- Investigation of service offences outside of disciplinary law (m. M. Soiné ), NVwZ 14/2012, 845
- Overview of case law 2012 for municipal electoral officials, Circular 1/2012 of the Association of Municipal Electoral Officials in the State of Brandenburg
- University examinations after Bologna, in: Zimmerli / Knopp (ed.): Freedom of art and science, research and teaching - what does that mean after Bologna? Proceedings of the symposium held on 15/16 June 2011 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of BTU Cottbus, 2012, Nomos-Verlag Baden-Baden, Link to the book
2011
- No more premature appointments! BVerwG strengthens applicants who have been passed over in the civil servant competition dispute, PUBLICUS 3/2011, p. 13
- Search of personal data storage and protection of fundamental rights (with Mr Soiné), NJW 2011, p. 2922
- Administrative court legal protection for appeal agreements, LKV 2011, p. 49, Read publication
- New risks in the event of premature appointment in a competition dispute under civil service law - comment on BVerwG, judgement of 04.11.2010 - 2 C 16.09, NJW 2011, 653
2010
- State secretaries without civil servant status - organisational pragmatism or violation of Art. 33 para. 4 and 5 GG, Verwaltungsarchiv 2010, 377
- It quickly becomes a matter of considerable damage - Interview on BVerwG, judgement v. 26.08.2010 - 2 C 35/09, agrarzeitung v. 15.10.2010
- Interview on anti-discrimination law versus collective bargaining autonomy“, Personalführung 2010, p. 18
- Administrative court legal protection for appeal agreements, in: Knopp / Peine / Nowacki / Schröder (ed.): Ziel- und Ausstattungsvereinbarungen auf dem Prüfstand, Cottbuser Schriften zu Hochschulpolitik und Hochschulrecht - Band 2, 2010, Nomos-Verlag Baden-Baden, 169 (Link to the book); reprinted in LKV 2011, 49
2009
- Review of: Driehaus - Road construction contribution law in Berlin, 2nd ed., LKV 2009, 314
- Road construction contributions for the construction of development facilities in Berlin?, LKV 2009, 114
2006
- Selecting the best through local politics - new and tried-and-tested methods for filling municipal alderman positions, LKV 2006, 535
- Retroactive enactment of road construction contribution statutes, LKV 2006, 155
- Legal protection in university matters - administrative proceedings as „ultima ratio“ in disputes between university bodies, in: Knopp (ed.), BTUC AR 01/2006 - Aktuelle Reihe - Volume on the symposium of 20 October 2006 “Die BTU und das 1×1 des brandenburgischen Hochschulrechts”, 2006
2004
- The extra-parliamentary constitutional amendment in Bavaria, Bayerische Verwaltungsblätter 2004, 513
- Consequences of liability in the event of unlawful refusal of municipal consent, KommJur 2004, 286
- Do not lose cost reimbursement claims in retransfer cases!, in: „Der Überblick“ - Monatszeitschrift des Städte- und Gemeindetags Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V., Heft 10/2004, 535
- Asset allocation by administrative act and expiry of time limit in repossession proceedings, VIZ (Zeitschrift für Vermögens- und Immobilienrecht) 2004, 480
- The Swiss Federal Chancellery and political rights in federal matters, Verwaltungsrundschau 2004, 95
2000
- Questions of the legal process in the dispute over the Berlin referendum, LKV 2000, 104
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