Mrs. Pöhner studied jurisprudence at the University of Heidelberg. Having passed the examination, she established herself as an attorney-at-law, focusing on business affairs. She then switched to the civil service and worked for several years as a public prosecutor, mainly in the economic department.
Mrs. Pöhner holds distinctive expertise within the domain of trademark law:
Ms. Geyer studied law at the universities of Passau and Frankfurt with elective subjects in competition law/copyright law. After her legal clerkship and state examination, she worked in a civil-law oriented notary's office located in the district of Frankfurt Regional Court and was appointed as permanent representative of the local notary.
Due to a family-related relocation, Ms. Geyer moved to Sumitomo Dunlop in Hanau, near Frankfurt.
There she offered legal guidance to the purchasing, material and technology departments on any legal inquiries they had, in particular she was involved in the construction of the production lines in the pneumant plants in Fürstenwalde and Riesa. She was also involved in waste disposal issues.