Ninon Colneric

Ninon Colneric (born 1948) is the first female German judge at the European Court of Justice (2000-2006).

[1][2] Born in Oer-Erkenschwick, she studied legal science in Tübingen, Munich and Geneva.

Following a period of academic research in London, she was awarded a doctorate in law by the University of Munich.

She was professor ad interim at the faculty of law of the universities of Frankfurt, and Bremen.

[3] From 2000 until 2006 she was the first female German judge at the European Court of Justice.