Attorney Profile Marcus LEW SCHNEIDER

Birthdate: 1968   in  Marburg, Germany

Private legal practice as German attorney in Bonn since 2002.

Areas of expertise: torts and contract law; civil disputes; insurance law; occupational disability; landlord-tenant law, car accident law; English-German, German-English legal translation.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

International Legal Experience: Assistant Counsel to witness at the International Tribunal of Crimes of the Former Yugoslavia at the Hague (ICTY) for the Milosevic hearings; representation both in Germany and abroad of English, French and Polish speaking clients;

Teaching experience: technical training for insurance industry professionals (BWV – Berufsbildungswerk der Versicherungswirtschaft); training and lecturing for War and Crisis-Zone journalists for the German Journalist’s Union;

Languages (speaking, reading, writing): German (native language); English (fluent); French (fluent); Polish (fluent speaking).

Research Assistant (1999-2002 ) at the Institute for Insurance Law, Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich HÜBNER, University of Cologne;

- responsibilities entailed scientific research, training, teaching, publication of various articles, seminar presentations;

- main areas of research: Kidnap & Ransom Insurance; occupational disability (insurance law); medical liability and health care law.;

Lieutenant-Colonel, Reserve officer in the German Airforce (Luftwaffe);

EDUCATION:

1998 Second Qualifying State Law Examination (Koblenz);

1998 Administrative Sciences Program (Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften, Speyer);

1996-1998 Legal clerkship at the State Supreme Court, Koblenz (OLG);

1996 First Qualifying State Law Examination, Cologne;

1990-1996 Law School in Cologne and Paris (University of Cologne; Sorbonne, Paris);

1987 – 1990 Officer training/Officer Cadet in the German Airforce (Luftwaffe);

1987 Abitur in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany

Interests: Sports, photography, wine, cigars, hiking.

Address: Our law offices are located at Jonas-Cahn-Straße 13, 53115 Bonn.

For Appointments: please contact our offices at +49 (0)228/35 03 74 74