• July 2000 to Sept. 2005 Lawyer and partner of the law-firm Traulsen & Kornmacher in Kiel, Germany, consisting of 3 lawyers (2 partners and 1 associate) and 4 salaried personnel, representing both the individual and small and medium sized companies
• Specialized in labor law, family law, inheritance law and international private law, performed advisory and consulting as well as forensic and litigation activity. Responsible in the firm for all labor aspects concerning the associate and the salaried personnel.
• Jan. 1999 to June 2000 Lawyer and Human Resource manager, Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein (now HSH Nordbank), Kiel, Germany
• Concerned with all human resource activities for the departments of administration, controlling and revision in the bank (about 200 employees), from the hiring to the dismissal; also participated in and handled projects dealing with trust-based working time, the implementation of the SAP Human Resource Program and the use of generalized employment references.

Lecturer Activity:

• Since 2005 Lecturer for the Bar Association in Schleswig-Holstein for the trainee lawyers
• 1998-1999 Lecturer for the Hanseatic Academy of Marketing and Media in Kiel, Germany
• 1995 Lecturer for adult education for the institution of social education in Bad Schweinitz, Germany