Dr. jur. Klaus Joachim Hartung
| 2026 - present | Justice in the Senate for Lawyers’ Affairs at the Federal Court of Justice |
| 2025 - present | Member of the Executive Board of "Juristische Studiengesellschaft" (Legal Research Associaton), Karlsruhe |
| 2014 – present | Admitted to the bar at the Federal Court of Justice |
| 2008 – present | Specialist Lawyer (Fachanwalt) for Banking and Capital Markets Law |
| 2007 – 2015 | Full member of the Examination Board for Banking and Capital Markets Law at the Bar Association, Düsseldorf |
| 2007 – 2015 | Judge at a professional tribunal with jurisdiction for standards of conduct among lawyers at the Bar Association, Düsseldorf |
| 2007 – 2015 | Deputy Chairman of the Conciliation Committee overseeing competition law at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Central and Lower Rhine region |
| 2002 | Simultaneous admission to the Higher Regional Court, Düsseldorf |
| 1992 – 2015 | Partner in the law firm Gerats, Hartung & Partner GbR (Civil-Law Partnership), Mönchengladbach |
| 1990 – 1992 | In-house lawyer with the private bank Hermann Lampe Kommanditgesellschaft (LP), Düsseldorf/Luxembourg |
| 1990 | Second state examination in law in Düsseldorf: "good" (12.60 points) |
| 1988 | PhD thesis submitted to the Faculty of Law, Bonn: "Security Option Transactions in the Federal Republic of Germany" |
| 1985 | First state examination in law at the Higher Regional Court, Cologne: "good" (11.96 points) |
| 1980 – 1985 | Programmes of study in Law and Astronomy at the University of Bonn; subsidiary programme of study in Banking Management |
| 1961 | Born in Mönchengladbach, Germany |
Languages:
- English (business fluent)
- Dutch (basic knowledge)