• 1955 born in Appenzell
• 1980 lic. iur. University of Zurich
• 1983 admitted to the bar

Curriculum vitae

• Legal service of the St.Gallen Cantonal Justice and Police Department
• Court clerk at the District Court and Cantonal Court in Appenzell
• Vice-director at Ernst & Young
• 1992 joined the law firm Schwager Mätzler Schneider as a partner

Further activities

• District judge, cantonal judge and president of the Cantonal Tax Appeal Commission in Appenzell (until 1994)
• Member of the Appenzell School Council (1987-1995)
• President of the Appenzell Innerrhoden House Owners’ Association (1997 – 2015)