Constant Wilsnach was born and bred in Bloemfontein where he also attended school. He enrolled for the B. Proc degree, which he obtained in 1982 from the University of South Africa. He was enrolled as a candidate attorney with Naude’s Attorneys Bloemfontein and was admitted in 1982. He also obtained his diploma in the administration of Deceased Estates. Initially he practiced in a general attorneys practice at Heilbron and in 1985 became a partner of Mc Intyre & van der Post Attorneys Bloemfontein, where he specialized in the administration of insolvent, deceased, trusts and curatorship estates.