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Experience

As a former Judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, a judge at the Zurich Public Law Court and attorney at law, Dr. Peter Karlen has a profound knowledge and many years of experience in the fields of Public Law and Criminal Procedural Law. He is the author of numerous publications and acts as an expert adviser for public authorities and private clients.

Career

• Since 2020: Counsel with Umbricht Attorneys
• 2001 - 2019: Judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, most recently member of the First Public Law Division, before that member of the Second Public Law Division und the Criminal Law Division
• 2011 - 2019: Member of the Editorial Board of
  Schweizerisches Zentralblatt für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht
• 2001: Attorney at law in Zurich
• 2000 - 2001: Member of the Constitutional Council of the Canton of Zurich
• 1998 - 2001: Substitute Judge of the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich
• 1992- 2000: Clerk at the Federal Supreme Court
• 1990: Admission to the Bar, Canton Zurich
• 1987: Dr. iur. (University of Zurich)
• 1983: lic. iur. (University of Zurich)

Preferred Areas of Work

Constitutional and Administrative Law, especially political rights, fundamental rights; Public Procedural Law; Public Construction, Planning and Environmental Law, Infrastructure and Expropriation Law, Contribution Law, Law of Religions

Memberships

• Member of the Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations (SAV, ZAV)
• Member of the Zurich Jurists’ Association
• Member of the Swiss Association for Evangelical Ecclesiastical Law (Member of the Board 1992-1997)
• Member of the Zurich Homeowners’ Association HEV Zurich (Member of the Board 2020-)

Publications

• Alle historischen Rechte veralten – Zur Ablösungspflicht unbefristeter Wasserrechte nach der bundesgerichtlichen Rechtsprechung
• Konzessionsabgaben
• Das neue Bundesgerichtsgesetz. Die wesentlichen Neuerungen und was sie bedeuten.
• Covid-19-Geschäftsmietegesetz
• Das Enteignungsrecht zwischen Beständigkeit und Wandel. Neue Akzente in der jüngsten Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts
• Der offene Religionsbegriff im säkularen Staat
• Schweizerisches Verwaltungsrecht. Gesamtdarstellung unter Einbezug des europäischen Kontextes
• Die Ausnahmebewilligung nach Art. 24-24d RPG
• Beraten und Prozessieren in Bausachen
• Die Erhebung von Abwasserabgaben aus rechtlicher Sicht
• Raumplanungs-, Bau- und Umweltrecht, Band I: Grundlagen, Raumplanungsrecht, Baurecht
• Das Grundrecht der Religionsfreiheit in der Schweiz

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Languages

German, French