Bo Vesterdorf, (b. 1945), judge, former President of the European Court of First Instance. The Court of First Instance, created in 1989, is a court of the European Union. ...

Bo Vesterdorf began his career as a lawyer-linguist at the European Court of Justice; Later on Administrator in the Ministry of Justice; Examining Magistrate; Legal Attaché in the Permanent Representation of Denmark to the European Communities; Temporary Judge at the Østre Landsret (Court of Appeal); Head of the Constitutional and Administrative Law Division in the Ministry of Justice; Director of the Administration Department in the Ministry of Justice; University Lecturer; Member of the Steering Committee on Human Rights at the Council of Europe (CDDH), and subsequently Member of the Bureau of the CDDH; in 2004 Member of the "Ad-hoc committee on judicial training" at the Academy of European Law, Trier, Germany; Judge at the Court of First Instance since September 25, 1989; President of the Court of First Instance March 4, 1998 - September 17, 2007; Commander 1st Degree of the Danish Royal Order of the Dannebrog from 20-06-2006; November 1, 2007 Senior Legal Consultant at Plesner Law Firm Copenhagen Denmark; External Fellow at University College London's Faculty of Law; attached to St Gallen University Switzerland and Fordham Law School New York. Official emblem of the ECJ The Court of Justice of the European Communities, usually called the European Court of Justice (ECJ), is the highest court in the European Union (EU). ... The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... Court of Appeals is the title of certain appellate courts in various jurisdictions. ... Anthem Ode to Joy (orchestral)  ten founding members joined subsequently observer at the Parliamentary Assembly observer at the Committee of Ministers  official candidate Seat Strasbourg, France Membership 47 European states 5 observers (Council) 3 observers (Assembly) Leaders  -  Secretary General Terry Davis  -  President of the Parliamentary Assembly Rene van der Linden... Trier (French: ; Luxembourgish Tréier) is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. ... is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...