Klaus Winter (lawyer)
Klaus Winter (born May 29, 1936 in Essen ; † October 10, 2000 ) was a German lawyer and a judge at the Federal Constitutional Court from 1989 until his death .
Winter studied law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt (Main) and graduated in 1961 with the first state examination in law. After completing his legal training with the Second State Examination in 1965, Winter joined the judicial service of the State of Hesse and worked as a judge in civil and criminal chambers of the Wiesbaden Regional Court . After his appointment as judge at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main in 1979, Winter worked in a family senate at the Higher Regional Court.
In 1982 Winter was appointed judge at the Federal Court of Justice and was there in the IX. Civil Senate active. Among other things, he dealt with proceedings under the Federal Compensation Act , foreclosure law , surety law and the liability of lawyers and notaries.
In 1989 Winter was elected judge at the Federal Constitutional Court, of which he was a member of the second senate until his death. Within the Senate, his main focus was on criminal law and criminal procedure law . The predecessor to his post was Ernst Träger , his successor Rudolf Mellinghoff .
Web links
- Federal Constitutional Court, press release No. 129/2000 of October 10, 2000 on the death of Winters
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| SURNAME | Winter, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and judge at the Federal Constitutional Court |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 2000 |