Dr. Margarete Gräfin von Galen

Lawyer, specialist lawyer for criminal law

Criminal law

• General criminal law
• Economic offences
• Tax offences
• Corruption
• Health care law
• In selected cases, counsel for joint plaintiff in criminal proceedings and counsel representing the interests of injured parties

Compliance

• External ombudsman services for businesses
• Consultation

Administrative Law

• Trade law
• Building law
• Disciplinary law relating to civil servants

Education   
Universities of Heidelberg, Lausanne, Bonn, Munich;

Honorary activities
Representative of the German legal profession in the Criminal Law Committee of the CCBE
Member of the European Law Committee of the German Federal Bar
Member of the Criminal Law Committee of the Deutscher Anwaltverein [German Law society] (DAV)
Member of the Board of the association Forum Recht und Kultur im Kammergericht e.V. [Forum Law and Culture in the Court of Appeal]
Expert in hearings of the legal committee of the German Federal Parliament
Member of the Board of the Berlin Bar Association 1999 to 2011.
President of the Berlin Bar Association 2004 to 2009

Further Memberships 
European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)
Vereinigung Berliner Strafverteidiger e.V. [Association of Berlin Criminal Defence Lawyers]
Working party of the DAV for criminal law
Working party of the DAV for women lawyers
Republikanischer Anwältinnen- und Anwälteverein e.V. (RAV) [Republican Lawyers Association] (RAV)

Publications 
Co-editor of Neue Zeitschrift für Strafrecht (NStZ)
Various publications: Criminal law, law governing the professional conduct of lawyers, questions concerning gender equality of treatment and opportunity