Education and Career
Mahler studied law at the Free University of Berlin with support of the German National Merit Foundation. In 1964 he founded a law firm in Berlin and practised microeconomic law. In 1966 he successfully argued a case before the European Court of Human Rights.
As a young lawyer, Mahler defended Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Rudi Dutschke.
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