Walter Fellmann

Prof. Dr. iur.

Attorney-at -law

Specialist attorney SAV/FSA (Swiss Bar Association) specialising in liability and insurance law

Education

University of Bern, licentiate in law (1980)
Admission to the bar (1981)
Notary public (1983)
University of Bern, doctorate (1984)
University of Zurich, post-doctoral qualification (1993)
Specialist attorney SAV/FSA (Swiss Bar Association) in liability and insurance law (2008)

Since 1983 attorney-at-law in Lucerne;
1985-1986 vice-president of the Cantonal Conciliation Board for tenancies in Lucerne;
1986-1991 part-time judge at the Administrative Court of the Canton of Lucerne (tax law department);
1993-2000 private lecturer for Private Law at the University of Zurich;
since 2000 titular professor;
since 2001 professor of Swiss and European Private Law at the University of Lucerne;
since 2011 full professor with research focus on general and special contract law, contractual and non-contractual tort law as well as insurance law, medical law, legal profession law and corporate law;
since 2001 member of the editorial board of the magazine ‘Haftpflicht und Versicherung HAVE’

1995-1999 President of the Lucerne Bar Association
1997-2006 Member of the Arbitration Commission of the Central Swiss Chamber of Commerce
1997-2006 Co-founder and member of the board of trustees of the Foundation for Legal Education, Lucerne
2007-2015 Member of the Faculty Management of the Faculty of Law at the University of Lucerne
Since 2010 Director of Further Education in Law, Further Education Office of the Faculty of Law at the University of Lucerne
Since 2011 Member of the Executive Board of the Center for Law and Health at the University of Lucerne ("ZRG")
Various Board of Trustees and Board of Directors mandates

Litigation before cantonal courts and federal courts in liability and insurance law (including doctor's and attorney's liability law)
Litigation before cantonal courts and federal courts in construction law (including liability of planners)
Representation of lawyers and physicians in disciplinary proceedings in the law of lawyers and physicians
Advice on liability and insurance law as well as contract law
Claims settlement for insurance company (outsourcing)
Advice on product safety law (product recall)
Advice in legal and medical professional law
Expert opinions in liability and insurance law as well as in contract and corporate law
Activity as a member of courts of arbitration

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