Head of the Civil Department of the Curia of Hungary
Education
1978 – 1983 JATE University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences (Szeged, Hungary), Master of Law
1985 Professional legal examination
1998 – 2000 ELTE University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Institute for Postgraduate Legal Studies (Budapest, Hungary), Master of Law specialized in European Union law
Studies abroad
1995 One trimester at the University of London
1995 – 2000 One-week long study visits on three occasions in the Netherlands
1998 One-week long further training in European law in Sweden
2011 Two-week long judges’ exchange programme in Poland
2019 Forum of Judges in Luxembourg
Language skills
English – intermediate, type C (written and oral) State language exam
Russian – intermediate, type C (written and oral) State language exam
Professional experience
1983 Trainee judge at the District Court of Kecskemét
1985 Judge at the Municipal Court of Kecskemét
1990 Judge at the County Court of Bács-Kiskun
1995 Head of Panel at the County Court of Bács-Kiskun
2002 Head of the Civil, Economic and Administrative Department of the County Court of Bács-Kiskun
2007 Judge at the Supreme Court of Hungary
2008 Head of Panel at the Supreme Court of Hungary
2012 Head of Panel at the Curia of Hungary
2015 Deputy Head of the Civil Department of the Curia of Hungary
2018 Head of Panel at the Curia of Hungary
2020 Head of Panel entrusted with the management of the Civil Department of the Curia of Hungary
Since 15 March 2021 Head of the Civil Department of the Curia of Hungary
Other professional activities
Member of the National Council of Justice (2003-2009, 2009-2010)
Member of the Professional Legal Examination Committee
Member of the editorial board of the publication entitled Curia Decisions (Kúriai Döntések, BH)
Member of the editorial board of the publication entitled Journal of Public Notaries (Közjegyzők Közlönye)
Head of the Conceptual Preparatory Working Group of the Civil Department of the Curia of Hungary (2014-2015)
Head of the Working Committee of the Editorial Committee on the Codification of Civil Procedural Law
Head of the consultatory body dealing with issues of interpretation related to the new Code of Civil Procedure
Judicial Advisor on European Law in connection with civil and economic matters at the Curia of Hungary
Member of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)
Member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Szeged
Participation in international expert groups abroad on the underlisted topics
The training and assessment of judges; The training of judges and judicial trainers; The role and mission of judicial councils; The administration of the courts in a democratic State subject to the rule of law; Court management and case management; Timeliness; The measuring and electronic assessment of the judges’ work; The reform of the organisation of courts in times of economic crisis; European contract law; The international dimensions of the taking of evidence in civil lawsuits; The protection of personal data in court proceedings; The methodology of the assessment and improvement of the quality of the administration of justice
Teaching and academic positions
1993-2013 The practicalities of civil law, The protection of personality rights in the courts’ jurisprudence (University of Szeged)
1993 Head of the Civil Law Final Examination Committee at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Szeged
1993 Lecturer for the central training programme of judges and court secretaries
2000 – 2008 National trainer judge
2014 – 2015 Invited seminar leader at the Department of Civil Procedural Law of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of ELTE University
Awards
2014 The award of “Judge of the Curia of Hungary in the year 2014”
2017 The award of “Pro Notariis Hungariae – For Hungarian public notaries”