Dr. Paul Baumgartner

Education     

• 1969 University of Zurich Law School lic. iur.
• 1980 Dr. iur.
• 1974 Admitted to the Bar Zurich

Professional Experience

Experience in court work

• 1972-1983 Legal secretary/Clerk of the Court at the Zurich District Court
• 1978-1991 Additional substitute judge at the Zurich District Court
• 1991-1997 Extraordinary Judge at the Court of Cassation of the Canton of Zurich
• since 1997 Regular Judge at the Court of Cassation of the Canton of Zurich
• since 1998 Referee of the Zurich Bar Association

Professional Experience

Experience as an Attorney at Law   

• 1983-1996 Associate/Partner
  at Scherrer & Baumgartner, Zurich
• 1997-1998 Associate/Partner
  at Stickelberger Siegrist Baumgartner, Zurich
• 1998-2004 Associate/Partner
  at Siegrist Baumgartner & Partner, Zurich
• since 2005 Associate/Partner
  at Siegrist Baumgartner Thaler, Zurich
• since 2011 Counselor
  at Siegrist Baumgartner Thaler, Zurich

Preferred Areas of Practice (both counselling and litigation)

• Criminal law
• Criminal procedure law
• Inheritance and property law
• Divorce and cohabitation law
• Contract and collection law
• Liability and insurance law
• Social security law
• Arbitration

Memberships

• Member of the Zurich and Swiss Bar Association
  Entered in the register of Attorneys at Law

Languages

• German
• English

Publications

• Kosten des Schiedsgerichtsprozesses
  Dissertation, Studien zum Verfahrensrecht, Heft 54, Zurich 1980
• Strafverteidiger als Vermittler des Rechtsfriedens
  in: Ungeliebte Diener des Rechts, Hans Baumgartner/René Schuhmacher (Hrsg.), Beiträge zur Strafverteidigung in der Schweiz, Elster Verlag, Baden-Baden und Zurich 1999
• Das Verbot der suggestiven Befragung im zürcherischen Strafprozess
  in: 125 Jahre Kassationsgericht des Kantons Zürich, Festschrift,
  Schulthess Juristische Medien AG, Zürich 2000, 335 ff.