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Marianne Hammer-Feldges
Attorney at law, legal adviser
Secretary’s office
Location(s)
Bern
Language(s)
German, French, Spanish, English
Main activities
- Family Law
- Marriage Law
- Divorce law
- Law regarding cohabitation and registered partnership
- Children’s rights, adult protection law
- Law regarding gender equality
- Legal issues in relation to transgender people; in particular change of official gender (change of civil status)
- Inheritance law, in particular advice to spouses and life partners
- Labour law, in particular concerning equality issues such as equal pay, discriminatory dismissal, etc.
Professional activities
- Since 2001: Member of the editorial team of the Swiss Journal of Family Law FamPra.ch
- Since 1980: Self-employed lawyer with own practice in a joint law office in Bern
- 1980-1991: Executive Committee of the Foundation against Violence against Women and Children in Bern (formerly Frauenhaus Bern Foundation)
- 1978-1980: Employment as a lawyer in a Bernese law firm
- 1976-1978: Clerk at the Supreme Court of the Canton of Bern
- Since 1975: Teaching and course work, journalistic work, legal advice for women
- 1973-1975: Lawyer at the Federal Assembly
- 1973: Court and notary internship
Education
- 1974: Qualified as lawyer and notary of the canton of Solothurn
- 1972: L.LL, University of Bern
Guiding principle
Whatever you do, do it wisely and look to the end