Claudia Zumtaugwald
Fields/specialities
Mrs. Zumtaugwald’s office is a general working law office
Her long practice has led to specialization in insurance (Liability) law such as disablity, accident and desease and in migration law with its human issues including recourses to the Human rights Court in Strassbourg.
She also covers:
- civil claims
- criminal law and its civil law impacts
- administrative and constitutional law
Languages
• German
• English
• French
• a bit of Italian
Theoretical education
• 1981 Law-studies at University Fribourg i. Ue.
• 1981/82 study of European law at the college for European law in Brugge/B
Solicitor’s traineeship
• at a lawyer’s office in Brig, VS
• at the cantonal recourse commission for tax matters in Sion, VS
• at the district court in Leuk, VS
• 1985 lawyers patent
Occupation
• as a tax accountant at Arthur & Young and at Neutra Treuhand AG, Zurich
• since 1992 independent lawyer in Zurich
• since October 2001 independent lawyer in Lucerne
• since autumn 2004 up to 2010 member at the cantonal mediation council for rental and leasehold constitution of Nidwalden.