Born in 1963 in Vienna, Georg E. Kodek studied law at the University of Vienna. He received his judge training and in 1991 was appointed as a judge of the District Court of Inner City. Since 1991 he has served as an expert for the Council of Justice, and 1993 was appointed appointment to the Eisenstadt regional court. Kodek has taught internal justice and trained judgeship candidates and registrars. In 2003 he was appointed as a judge to the higher regional court of Vienna, and in 2006 was nominated to the Supreme Court. In 2007 he was appointed as a professor for Civil and Commercial Law at the University of Vienna.