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 Beethovenallee
59, in Bad Godesberg in the Villenviertel, 53173 Bonn (across from the Herz
Jesu Kirche).
Directions: With public transportation: Deutsche Bahn (train) to Bad Godesberg
Bahnhof; Tram Line 16 or 63: from either
station, 6 minutes by foot up Beethovenallee; or Bus Nr. 611, Busstop
Herz-Jesu-Kirche.
For Appointments: please contact our offices at +49 (0)228/35 03 74 74 (NEW Number!)