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Dr. Holger Wöckel
Justice of the Second Senate
Born in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz) in 1976
| 1996-2001 | Studied law in Dresden and Freiburg |
| 2001 | First State Examination in Law |
| 2001-2003 | Legal traineeship in the district of the Freiburg Regional Court (Landgericht) |
| 2003 | Second State Examination in Law |
| 2003-2004 | Freelancer for several law firms |
| 2004-2010 | Research assistant at the Institute for Public Law at Albert Ludwig University (Freiburg), Chair of Prof. Dr. Dietrich Murswiek |
| 2010-2012 | Judge at the Minden Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgericht) |
| 2013 | Dr. iur., Albert Ludwig University (Freiburg); Doctoral thesis: “Festlegung von Flugverfahren. Rechtliche Grundlagen und Rechtsmäßigkeitsanforderungen.” (“Establishing flight procedures. Legal bases and requirements.”) Received the Werner von Simson Prize from the Faculty of Law |
| 2013-2016 | Seconded as a judicial clerk to the Sixth Senate deciding on appeals on points of law (6. Revisionssenat) of the Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) |
| 2016-2019 | Judge at the Higher Administrative Court (Oberverwaltungsgericht) for the Land North Rhine Westphalia and judicial clerk at the Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof) for the Land North Rhine Westphalia |
| 2019-2021 | Judicial clerk at the Federal Constitutional Court (Cabinet of Justice Prof. Dr. Harbarth, LL.M (Yale)) |
| 2021-2023 | Judge of the Federal Administrative Court (Seventh and Tenth Senate deciding on appeals on points of law) |
| 2023 | Judge assisting the President (Präsidialrichter) at the Federal Administrative Court |
| since December 2023 | Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court |