C.V. of Dr. GEORG E. KODEK

C.V. of Dr. GEORG E. KODEK
Nov. 6, 1963
born in Vienna, Austria
June 1981
graduation from high school Vienna Fichtnergasse with honors
1981 to 1986
attendance of University of Vienna Law School
March 1986
graduation (“magister juris”) from law school
Summer 1986
introductory course in Common Law in Cambridge, England
Sept. 1986- 1987
clerkship for several Austrian courts
March 1987
graduation (“doctor juris”) with honors from Vienna Law
School after writing a thesis on “Rechtswidrig Erlangte
Beweismittel im Zivilprozeß” (Unlawfully Obtained Evidence
in Civil Cases) a revised version of which was published
1988
training at district attorney’s office in Eisenstadt, Austria
1989
Aug.1988 to May 1989
graduate
education
at
Northwestern University School of Law; May 1989
graduation (“Master of Laws”- LL.M.)
summer 1989
intern in King’s County District Attorney’s Office, Brooklyn,
N.Y.
fall 1989 to May 1991
clerkship for several Austrian trial and appellate courts which
led to qualification to serve as a judge
1990
practice with the Vienna office of Heller, Löber, Bahn &
partners, a law firm with offices in Vienna, Prague and Budapest
June 1991
appointment as district court judge at the District Court for
Central Vienna (Bezirksgericht Innere Stadt Wien), hearing civil
and criminal cases
1991 onward
Expert for the Council of Europe teaching lawyers from Eastern
European Countries on Efficiency and Fairness of Civil Justice,
Legal Aid and related topics, lectures in Strasbourg, Brussels,
Moscow, Vilnius and other cities
July 1993
appointment to Superior Court (“Landesgericht”) Eisenstadt,
sitting primarily as a judge of the appellate division hearing
appeals in civil cases against decisions of District Courts, but
also hearing major cases at trial level both civil and criminal
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1993 to 1996
vice chairman of Damages and Traffic Law Section of the
Austrian Judges Association
1995
appointed vice chairman of the disciplinary board of the
chamber of architects and engineers
1996 onward
teaching at the Judiciary Education Center in Schwechat near
Vienna, teaching future judges and clerks
fall 1997
appointed member of a Council of Europe panel of three experts
to review the new Code of Civil Procedure of the Federation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
spring 2000
appointed member of a Council of Europe panel of three experts
to review the draft of a new Ukrainian Code of Civil Procedure
fall 2000
expert for Council of Europe to review proposed amendments to
the Code of Civil Procedure for Bosnia and Herzegovina
spring 2001
expert for Council of Europe to review of proposed new Code of
Civil Procedure for Bosnia and Herzegovina
fall 2001
award of “venia docendi” in the field of civil procedure by the
University of Vienna
January 1, 2003
appointment to the Court of Appeals of Vienna (intermediate
appellate court)
June 25, 2003
award of Walther Kastner-prize for distinguished publications in
banking law for the treatise on consumer insolvency
2004
expert for Council of Europe to review the proposed Serbian
Code of Civil Procedure
January 1, 2006
Appointment to the Austrian Supreme Court (“Oberster
Gerichtshof”)
2007
Appointment as Professor for Civil and Commercial Law at the
Vienna School of Economics and Business Administration
(effective October 1, 2007)
Major Publications
1987
1988
Rechtswidrig erlangte Beweismittel im Zivilprozeß, eine Untersuchung der
österreichischen, deutschen und amerikanischen Rechtslage (Unlawfully
Obtained Evidence in Civil Cases, in Austrian, German and American Law),
approx. 200 pp, MANZ publishers, Vienna
Prozeßkostenersatz und Umsatzsteuer (Attorneys´ Fees and Value
Added Tax), RdW 1988, 56
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1988
1995 onw.
2000
2001
2001
2002
2002
2003
2002 2004
2005
2006
Das Fragerecht des Angeklagten nach Art. 6 MRK und die Verlesung von
Zeugenaussagen (The Accused´s Right to Ask Questions to Witnesses pursuant
to Art. 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Use of Records
of Prior Statements), JBl 1988, 551
Several contributions (on procedural law, warranty law and
damages) in Praxishandbuch der österreichischen Produkthaftung (Practice
Handbook of Austrian Products Liability), 2 vols, WEKA publishers, Vienna
Österreichisches Mahnverfahren, ausländische Beklagte und das EuGVÜ
(Austrian Injunctions to Pay, Foreign Defendants and the Brussels
Convention), ZZPint 1999, 145
Co-author of a three-volume commentary on the enforcement of judgments,
edited by Burgstaller/Deixler-Hübner (Lexis-nexis, Vienna).
Co-author of Rechberger/Kodek, Orders for Payment in the European Union,
Kluwer
Die Besitzstörung (Protection of Possession), 1076 pages, Manz publishers,
Vienna.
Handbuch Privatkonkurs (Handbook on the Bankruptcy of Private Individuals),
Manz publishers, Vienna.
Co-author Kurzkommentar Europäisches Gerichtsstands- und
Vollstreckungsrecht (Commentary on European Regulation on Jurisdiction and
Enforcement of Judgments), together with Dietmar Czernich and Stefan
Tiefenthaler
Co-author of Volumes II and III of the Fasching Kommentar zu den
Zivilprozessgesetzen, 2nd ed. (Commentary to the Civil Procedure Laws).
Co-author of Kodek/Nowotny/Umfahrer, Kurzkommentar Firmenbuchgesetz
(Commentary on the Austrian Company Register Act, Manz publishers,
Vienna)
Co-author of JN- ZPO. Österreichisches und Europäisches Zivilprozessrecht,
16th ed. (together with Alexander Klauser)