Prof. Dr. Jürgen Graf

  • Lawyer
  • Judge at the Federal Court of Justice (ret.)
  • Of Counsel

«nach 35 Jahren Tätigkeit als Richter und Staatsanwalt reizt es mich jetzt noch einmal ganz besonders, die andere Seite zu betreten und als Rechtsanwalt anderen beizutreten und zu helfen, sei es in deren größter Not in einem Revisionsverfahren, aber auch schon in einem Ermittlungs- und Strafverfahren wegen Wirtschaftsstraftaten oder Steuerstraftaten…»

Contact

Karlsruhe Office
Stephanienstraße 22
76133 Karlsruhe

T.+49 721 981 920 60
F.+49 721 981 920 69
E.graf@vbb.legal

SecretaryBetül Kayarci
kayarci@vbb.legal

Seat of admissionKarlsruhe

LanguagesGermanEnglish

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Prof Dr Jürgen Graf has been Of Counsel at the firm since 2018 and is one of the most renowned German experts for appeals in criminal matters of all kinds. He also specialises in advising and defending clients in criminal tax and commercial criminal law as well as IT and internet criminal law.

Professor Graf has unique expertise in the field of appeals in criminal matters. Before joining the firm, he was a judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe for more than 15 years, most recently as Deputy Chairman of the 1st Criminal Senate. There he was responsible for appeals of all kinds from Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria as well as for appeals in criminal tax and customs cases. Professor Graf has reviewed thousands of judgements for errors relevant to appeal law. He is very familiar with the special requirements before the highest German court for criminal matters.

Professor Graf has specialised in IT and internet criminal law since the 1990s. As a senior public prosecutor at the Federal Public Prosecutor General in Karlsruhe, he dealt with computer and internet offences, data protection and telecommunications surveillance, among other things.

Professor Dr Graf is the author and editor of numerous standard works and publications on commercial and tax criminal law as well as on the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Administrative Offences Act.

Memberships:

  • Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V.
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Strafrecht des DAV
  • Deutscher Juristentag

Career

  • seit 2019

    Rechtsanwalt (Of Counsel) in der Kanzlei VBB Rechtsanwälte als Leiter des Standorts Karlsruhe

  • seit 2018

    Ordenlicher Professor an der FOM Hochschule Essen / Mannheim / Karlsruhe

  • seit 2015

    Honorarprofessor der Hochschule Offenburg

  • 2003 – 2018

    Richter am Bundesgerichtshof, zuletzt als stellvertretender Vorsitzender des 1. Strafsenats

  • 1992 – 2003

    Bundesanwalt in Karlsruhe mit Schwerpunkt Datenschutz, Telekommunikationsüberwachung sowie Computer- und Internetstraftaten

  • 1988 – 1992

    Abordnung zum Generalbundesanwalt in Karlsruhe

  • 1983 – 1988

    Richter und Staatsanwalt mit verschiedenen Stationen an Amts- und Landgerichten

  • 1984

    Promotion zum Dr. iur.

  • 1977 – 1979

    Referendariat beim Landgericht Stuttgart

  • 1972 - 1977

    Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.Br.

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