 From 1 September 1992 to 31 December 1992 he was president of the Bezirksgericht (district court) of Dresden; from 1993 until 6 October 1994 he was president of the Oberlandesgericht (higher regional court) of Dresden.From 6 June 1993 to 31 March 1995 he was also president of the constitutional court ("Verfassungsgerichtshof") of the Free State of Saxony.From 1994 to 2000, he was an appointed judge at the European Court of Justice, as well.