© Maik Reichert
- born in 1945
- 1965 Abitur (University Entrance Examination) at the Modern Language Grammar School in Wuppertal, subsequently military service
- 1967-1971 studied Law at Heidelberg University, first state examination in Law
- 1972-1975 Legal internship and second state examination in Law
- 1975-1995 Judge, initially at the Labour Courts in Karlsruhe and Pforzheim, as of 1980 in Heidelberg
- 1996- until retirement in 2010, Presiding Judge at the State Labour Court in Baden-Württemberg, Court Division in Mannheim
- 1986-2006 Editor and co-publisher of the legal-policy oriented magazine: „ betrifft- Justiz“
- 1987 Founding member of„ Neue Richtervereinigung e.V.“ (NRV) (New Association of Judges), temporarily spokesman of its expert group on Labour Law