Since 1987 Caroline Naômé has been an official of the Court of Justice of the European Union, serving first with the Research and Documentation Division and, since 1994, as référendaire for several Members of the Court (M. W. van Gerven, Advocate General, M. Leif Sevón, Judge, and M. A. Rosas, Judge). She practised EU law at the Liège Bar (Belgium) between 1980 and 1987. She holds a Lic. Dr. and a Lic. Spéc. Dr. Economique from the University of Liège and an MBA from the Open University.