Brigitte Göttling is a proven labor and employment law expert with extensive experience in the field of jurisprudence, including as director of a labor court and presiding judge at the Higher Labor Court.

She has held prominent leadership positions in the public sector, including as head of division at the Ministry of Justice of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and as vice president and, most recently, president of the Higher Labor Court in Düsseldorf from 2010 to 2024.

With her diverse professional expertise and specific experience as a long-standing chair of the conciliation board of major institutions in the public sector, Ms. Göttling will support the law firm particularly in the area of public service labor law, collective bargaining and personnel representation law, as well as management consulting. She will also contribute her expertise in labor court proceedings and as a lecturer in continuing legal education to the training of young professionals at the seitz.talents junior lawyer academy.