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Judge of the Supreme Court of Denmark (since 2019)

Born on 21 April 1965

EDUCATION

• LLM (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), 1990
• Studies at the University of Montpellier, 1998

CAREER

• Head of Section, Ministry of Justice, 1990−92 and 1994−98
• Head of Section, Parliamentary Ombudsman office, 1992−94
• Head of Department, Ministry of Justice (Legislative Office), 1998−2001
• Acting judge, Eastern High Court, 2001−2002
• Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice (Legislative Office), 2002−2004 and 2005−2007
• Employed at the U.K. Home Office and Cabinet Office, London, 2004−2005
• Director of Public Prosecutions, 2007−2012
• Parliamentary Ombudsman 2012-2019

OTHER POSITIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

• Honorary professor of Law (Aarhus University, Denmark)
• Danish representative, the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) of the Council of Europe
• Member of the Board of the Law Society in Copenhagen
• Member of the Board of the Nordic Law Meetings
• Member of the editorial committee for the Danish professional journal Juristen

Author / co-author of a number of articles in law journals on, i.a., matters involving constitutional, human rights and criminal issues and of various law commentaries.