Karlheinz Quack
Karlheinz Quack (born January 3, 1926 in Berlin ; † December 18, 2006 there ) was a German lawyer .
Life
Quack studied law at the Berlin University Unter den Linden , today's Humboldt University , and after its spin-off under communist pressure at the Free University in Berlin-Dahlem .
From 1954 he was a lawyer, later also a notary, and for decades ran the law firm Quack Kühn & Partner on West Berlin's Kurfürstendamm with his wife Elisabeth and a few other professionals , which in 1991 became the national law firm Gaedertz Vieregge Quack Kreile and in 2001 the international law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering merged.
One of the first lawyers to appear before the Bundeskartellamt , which was founded in Berlin in 1958 , Quack had particular expertise in antitrust law , unfair competition law and other commercial legal protection , but was also active in corporate law and as a scientific author. He was co-editor of the Juristische Rundschau and a member of the permanent deputation of the German Juristentag . He lectured in corporate and antitrust law at the Free University and the Humboldt University.
From 1971 to 1981 Quack was President of the Berlin Bar Association , and then until 1991 an assessor in the BGH's Bar . In 1975 he turned down an offer to become President of the Supreme Court . From 1981 to 1992 he was the third president of the German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright ( GRUR , green association ), succeeding Walter Oppenhoff .
The Berlin Senate awarded him the Ernst Reuter plaque in 1981 and the Humboldt University in 2001 an honorary doctorate . On his 65th birthday, the previously unprofessional received a legal commemorative publication published by De Gruyter .
literature
- Obituary: Dr. jur. hc Karlheinz Quack Lawyer and Notary a. D. - bearer of the Ernst Reuter plaque - died at the age of 80 - wilmerhale.de, December 18, 2006.
- Harm Peter Westermann and Wolfgang Rosener (editors): Festschrift for Karlheinz Quack on his 65th birthday , Berlin 1991, ISBN 978-3-11-012406-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Albrecht Krieger: lecture hall 131. In: Westermann / Rosener: Festschrift 1991 , page 1 ff.
- ↑ Westermann / Rosener: Festschrift 1991 , foreword on page VI; the previous incumbent Günter von Drenkmann was murdered by the June 2nd movement .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quack, Karlheinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 2006 |
| Place of death | Berlin |