Nicole Simons

1977- 1981

Aplerbecker elementary school, Dortmund, Germany

09/81 – 05/90

Max-Planck high school, Dortmund, Germany

10/90 – 11/96

Study of law at the university of Münster, Germany; first legal state exam (erstes juristisches Staatsexamen)

12/96 – 03/99

Official legal traineeship at district court of Dortmund (Landgericht Dortmund); second legal state exam (zweites juristisches Staatsexamen)

07/98 – 01/99

Official legal traineeship at the law firm Saroi Gosh and Partners, Kolkata, India

05/99 – 05/00

Study at academy for Taxing and Economy (Steuer- und Wirtschaftsakademie) in Hagen, Germany; exam as economic lawyer (Wirtschaftsjuristin)

07/00 – 03/02

Employed with law firm Welkoborski and Partners as attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwältin) with focus on employment and labour law in Bochum, Germany

04/02 – 07/07

IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt: head of department for legal protection, Düsseldorf district

07/07 – 12/12

IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt: head of department for legal protection, Rheinland region

12/12 - 10/17

Vice Director of Rheinland Department of IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (trade union for construction, agriculture and environment); attorney-at-law admitted to the bar of Germany (Rechtsanwältin)

since 10/17

Member of the Federal Board of IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (the Construction, Agricultural and Environmental Employees’ Union)

since 10/2022

Deputy Federal Chairwoman of IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (the Construction, Agricultural and Environmental Employees’ Union)