Present judges

Josef Baxa graduated from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Praha. In 1984 he became a criminal judge of the District Court in Plzeň, later on of the Regional Court in Plzeň; he was appointed as its Vice-President in the spring of 1990.

Michaela Bejčková graduated from the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno. Between 2003 and 2009, she worked as an assistant of the Supreme Administrative Court's judge, then she was appointed a judge of the Municipal Court in Prague.

Michal Bobek graduated from the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague, where he studied law and international relations. He also completed a Diploma in English and EU Law at the University of Cambridge, a Magister Juris at the University of Oxford (St Edmund Hall), and non-degree studies at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and the University of Queensland (Australia). He was awarded a Doctor of Laws by the European University Institute in Florence.

Jakub Camrda holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Praha and a Master of European Law degree (LL.M) from Stockholm University. He was the head of the European Integration Department at the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic from 2000 until 2003 when he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Justice.

Filip Dienstbier holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, where he acquired a superior law degree (JUDr.) as well. He attended postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law at Masaryk University in Brno.

Tomáš Foltas holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno where in 2005 he completed his postgraduate study as well. From 2003 to 2007 he worked as a legal assistant at the Supreme Administrative Court.

Radovan Havelec obtained a law degree from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Praha. In addition, he graduated from the University of Economics, Praha, majored in Management of Public Sector, and completed a Bc. degree at the Silesian University in Opava, majored in Public Administration and Regional Policy.

Tomáš Herc completed his master's and doctoral studies at the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague (2006, 2012) and postgraduate studies at the Humboldt University Law School in Berlin (2010).

David Hipšr graduated from the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno. From 1998 until 2001 he was a judicial trainee at the Municipal Court in Praha. After being appointed a judge he served as a presiding judge of a chamber within the civil law division of the District Court for Praha 1.

Faisal Husseini graduated from the Masaryk University Faculty of Law with a Master's degree (2001) and a PhD (2014). He worked as a lawyer at the Office of the Public Defender of Rights from 2004 to 2008. After that, he was an assistant judge of the Supreme Administrative Court and a member of the Analytics Department of the Constitutional Court.

Jiřina Chmelová studied law and philosophy at Masaryk University in Brno. From 2006 to 2010 she worked as an assistant to judge of the Supreme Administrative Court.

Veronika Juřičková holds degrees from the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Brno. During her studies, she practiced in the private sector specializing in taxation.

Lenka Kaniová graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Brno (currently Masaryk University). In 1982 she began practicing as a legal counsellor at the Municipal, later at the District Institute of National Health in Brno-venkov.

Tomáš Kocourek graduated from the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, with master's and doctorate degrees. He first worked as a law clerk, and from 2008 to 2013, he was an assistant of a judge of the Supreme Administrative Court.

Jan Kratochvíl graduated from the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague (Mgr. and Ph.D.) and from the University of Nottingham (LL.M.). He also studied economics at the Prague University of Economics and Business. Before becoming an administrative judge in 2017, he worked as a lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights from 2009 to 2013 and as an assistant to a constitutional judge from 2013 to 2017.

Lenka Krupičková graduated from the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno. She took part in a scholarship stay at Fribourg University. From the year 2005, she was an assistant of a tax advisor in Vorlíčková Partners and an articled clerk in Cleiss Lutz. Between 2010 and 2017, she worked as an attorney-at-law in Rödl & Partner (former Vorlíčková Partners).

Viktor Kučera graduated from the faculty of Law of the Masaryk University in Brno. Specializing in administrative law, he acquired a superior law degree (JUDr.) in 2008.

Zdeněk Kühn holds law degrees from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Praha, and from the University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, USA. From 1997 till 2001 he was working as an articled clerk and in 2000 he passed bar exams.

Tomáš Langášek holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law at Charles University, Prague (1999). He also obtained a Master of Law degree (LL.M.) from Central European University, Budapest, in comparative constitutional law (2000). In 2012, he earned a JUDr. degree from Masaryk University in Brno for his monograph on The Czechoslovak Constitutional Court And Its Fate Between 1920-1948.

Radan Malík graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Brno (currently Masaryk University). He practised at the legal department of the Municipal Institute of National Health in Brno from 1982 to 1990.

Lenka Matyášová, after obtaining a law degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Brno (currently Masaryk University),  was practising as an expert officer at the Regional Tax Administration from 1983 to 1995.

Petr Mikeš graduated from the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague. During and after his studies, he worked as a legal consultant for the Office of the President of the Republic, where he was responsible for preparing documents for the exercise of the constitutional powers of the President of the Republic (in particular, proposals for presidental vetoes of laws and submissions to the Constitutional Court).

Pavel Molek acquired a law degree at the Faculty of Law at Masaryk University in Brno and also completed political sciences degree at the Faculty of Social Studies of the same university. In the academic year 2009/2010 he also passed a one-year study programme at the Universidade Católica in Lisbon

Ondřej Mrákota graduated from the Faculty of Law, Palacký University, Olomouc. He was appointed as a judge in 2000 and until 2007 he served at the District Court in Opava, civil section.

Jiří Palla graduated from the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague. From 1996 to 1997, he worked in the legislative department of the Chamber of Deputies. From 1997, he was a judicial candidate at the Regional Court in Ústí nad Labem.

Jan M. Passer holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law, Charles University, Praha and a Master of European Law degree (LL.M) from Stockholm University. From 2001 to 2005 he served as a judge of the District Court for Praha 2.

Milan Podhrázký graduated from the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno. From 2003, was a PhD candidate at Constitutional Law Department till 2010. He worked as an assistant of a judge of the Supreme Administrative Court and as a member of the Research and Documentation Service of the court.

Barbara Pořízková graduated from the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Brno (currently Masaryk University). From 1993 to 2001 she practiced as a legal counsellor at the Department of Indirect Taxes of the Financial Directorate in Brno.

Ivo Pospíšil graduated from the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University. He worked at the Ombudsman’s office. Moreover, he was an assistant of the Constitutional Court’s vice-president between 2002 and 2008.

Aleš Roztočil completed a law degree at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, a Master of Law degree (LL.M.) at Faculty of Law TU Dresden and a bachelor degree at Protestant Theological Faculty, Charles University, Praha.

Tomáš Rychlý studied at the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague. During his studies and after graduation he worked shortly as a journalist. Since 1997, he worked as a trainee, and since 2000 as an attorney in international law firms (Allen & Overy, Cliffor Chance) and in a Czech law firm (Vyskocil, Kroslak & spol.).

Kateřina Šimáčková obtained a law degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Brno (nowadays Masaryk University) where she was active as an expert assistant at the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science from 1990 to 1993, and again since 2001.

Vojtěch Šimíček holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Brno (currently Masaryk University) where he has been teaching constitutional law since 1992. In 1995 he completed his postgraduate studies there and in 2001 he became an associate professor.

Karel Šimka obtained degrees in law and political science from the universities in Plzeň, Praha and Passau. After graduating from the Faculty of Law in 1998 he became a judicial trainee and in 2001 he was appointed a judge.

Sylva Šiškeová graduated from the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno. Between 2003 and 2014, she worked as a judge´s assistant at the Supreme Administrative Court. During her practice, she participated in several publications containing a selection of case law.

Eva Šonková graduated from the Faculty of Law, Palacký University, Olomouc. She was appointed a judge in 2003 and until 2005 she served at the District Court in Rokycany and was at the same time temporarily assigned to administrative section of the Regional Court in Plzeň.

Václav Štencel first completed his studies as a senior court official in Kroměříž and then, between 2003 and 2010, while working at the District Court in Frýdek-Místek, a law firm, and the Regional Court in Brno, he studied law and European studies at universities in Brno, Olomouc, and Salzburg.

Jaroslav Vlašín graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Brno (currently Masaryk University). From 1983 till 1984 he worked as an in-house counsel for the state enterprise Railway Engineering Brno.

Štěpán Výborný graduated from the Faculty of Law at Masaryk University in Brno (Mgr., JUDr. and Ph.D.) and the Faculty of Social Studies at the same university (Mgr. and PhDr.). Before being appointed a judge, he worked as an assistant to a judge at the Supreme Administrative Court and the Constitutional Court.

Petra Weissová holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno. Since 1993 she worked as a judicial trainee at the Regional Commercial Court in Brno. She was subsequently appointed its judge in 1996.

Jitka Zavřelová graduated from the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno. Between 2003 and 2009, she worked as an assistant of judge at the Supreme Administrative Court and then at the Regional Court in Prague. In 2010 she was appointed a judge and served in the administrative law division of the Regional Court in Prague (from 2012 as a presiding judge of a chamber).