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Dr. Rhona Fetzer
Justice of the Second Senate
Born in Reutlingen in 1963
| 1983-1986 | Basic studies in the framework of the Alternative Legal Training Course (einstufige Juristenausbildung) at the University of Konstanz |
| 1986 | Preliminary exams (Zwischenprüfung) of the Alternative Legal Training Course |
| 1986-1988 | Legal internship (equivalent to legal traineeship) at Ravensburg and Konstanz Regional Court districts |
| 1988-1989 | Advanced studies in the framework of the Alternative Legal Training Course with a particular focus on ‘Administration and finance’ |
| 1989 | Final exams of the Alternative Legal Training Course |
| 1989-1992 | Freelancer for a law firm in Konstanz |
| 1992 | Joined the Higher Judicial Service of the Land Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Baden Public Prosecution Office, Baden-Baden Regional Court, Achern and Rastatt Local Courts) |
| 1993 | Dr. iur. (University of Konstanz); doctoral thesis: “Die Haftung des Staates für legislatives Unrecht” (“State liability for legislative injustices”); supervisor: Prof. Dr. Maurer |
| 1995 | Appointed judge at the Baden-Baden Regional Court (Landgericht) |
| 1999-2002 | Seconded to the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) as a judicial clerk |
| 2002-2003 | Seconded to the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) |
| 2003 | Appointed presiding judge at the Karlsruhe Regional Court |
| 2008-2009 | Judge at the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court |
| 2004-2009 | Member of the Baden-Württemberg Disciplinary Tribunal for Judges (Richterdienstgerichtshof) |
| 2009 | Appointed judge at the Federal Court of Justice |
| 2010-January 2023 | Ad hoc judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg |
| 2012-2021 | Deputy judge assisting the President (Präsidialrichterin) at the Federal Court of Justice |
| 2022 | Appointed presiding judge at the Federal Court of Justice |
| since January 2023 | Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court |