Born on 30 June 1952 in Prague, Czech Republic

• Law degree, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, 1976
• Junior lawyer, 1976-1980
• Juris Doctor (JUDr.), Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, 1978
• Member of the Czech Bar, 1980
• Advocate partner in a law firm, 1980-2012
• Lecturer in constitutional and civil law at the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, 1995-1997
• Member of the Control Council of the Czech Bar Association, 2002-2005
• President of the Private Law Section of the Czech Bar Association, 2002-2009
• Member of the Consultative Advisory Body of the President of the Czech Republic for the areas of law and legislation, 2003-2012
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Czech Bar Association, 2005-2012
• Arbitrator at the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic, 2007-2012
• Member of the Multi-jurisdictional Law Firms Committee of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), 2007-2012
• President of the Study and Legislative Collegium of the Czech Bar Association, 2009-2012
• Vice-President of the Czech Bar Association, 2009-2012
• Member of the Human Rights Committee of the CCBE, 2009-2012
• Member of the Legislative Council of the Government of the Czech Republic, 2011-2012
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 1 November 2012 to 12 December 2021.