What is Johannes Mendlik?
{{Infobox judge | name = Johannes Mendlik | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|10|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|16|1935|10|19|df=y}} | death_place = [[Bloemendaal]], Netherlands |office = President of the {{ill|Court of Rotterdam|nl|Rechtbank Rotterdam}} |term_start = 1994 |term_end = 2000 |nominator = |appointer = |predecessor = |successor = |office2 = President of the {{ill|Court of Breda|nl|Rechtbank Breda}} |term_start2 = 1986 |term_end2 = 1994 |nominator2 = |appointer2 = |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |office3 = Vice president of the {{ill|Court of Breda|nl|Rechtbank Breda}} |term_start3 = 1978 |term_end3 = 1986 |nominator3 = |appointer3 = |predecessor3 = |successor3 = |office4 = Judge of the {{ill|Court of Breda|nl|Rechtbank Breda}} |term_start4 = 1970 |term_end4 = 1978 |nominator4 = |appointer4 = |predecessor4 = |successor4 = | nationality = Dutch |alma_mater = [[Leiden University]] | relatives = | awards = }} '''Johannes Mendlik''' (19 October 1935 – 16 November 2022) was a Dutch judge. Mendlik studied law at [[Leiden University]] from 1955 to 1961. After his studies, he became a judicial officer in training in 1961 at the {{ill|Court of Breda|nl|Rechtbank Breda}} (nowadays merged into the Court of Zeeland-West-Brabant), where he held several other positions. He became a judge in 1970. In 1978 he became vice president of the court and from 1986 to 1994 he served as president. Afterwards he was president of the {{ill|Court of Rotterdam|nl|Rechtbank Rotterdam}} from 1994 to 2000. During his presidency there he was involved in modernizing the court and founding the {{ill|Council for the Judiciary|nl|Raad voor de rechtspraak}}.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/rechter-wij-gaan-echt-niet-aan-leiband-van-de-politiek-lopen~bd699f41/ |title=Rechter: Wij gaan echt niet aan leiband