The Criminal Law Section of the German Bar Association, the Warsaw Bar Association and the University of Frankfurt/Oder invite you to the German-Polish Conference on Rule of Law from defense counsel’s perspective. Registration extended to March 15, 2025!
Date: 24th of March 2025
Venue: University of Frankfurt/Oder, Logensaal, Große Scharrnstraße 59, D-15230 Frankfurt, Oder
Conference co-chairs: Prof. Dr. Heiko Ahlbrecht, Criminal Law Section of the German Bar Association, Mikołaj Pietrzak, Dean of Warsaw Bar Association and Prof. Dr. Kilian Wegner, University Frankfurt/ Oder
Program (Conference program complete):
| 10:00 am | Welcome words
defence counsel Prof. Dr. Heiko Ahlbrecht, Criminal Law Section of the German Bar Association defence counsel Mikołaj Pietrzak, dean of Warsaw Bar Association Prof. Dr. Christoph Brömmelmeyer, vice president University Frankfurt/ Oder |
| 10:30 am | Rule of Law
Panel chair: defence counsel Sonka Mehner, Criminal Law Section of the German Bar Association, law firm MEHNER • OKCU & Coll., Essen Panelists: Prof. Dr. Anna Demenko, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan defence counsel Małgorzata Mączka, Pacholak Sidor & Partners Warsawdefence counsel Dr. Anna Oehmichen, Oehmichen International Berlin judge Dorota Zabłudowska, the District Court for Gdańsk – Południe, IUSTITIA association |
| 11:30 am | Rights of suspects/ suspects warnings – access to criminal case file – defence rights including client-attorney-privilege
Panel chair: defence counsel Katarzyna Dąbrowska, Pietrzak Sidor & Partners, Warsaw Panelists: prosecutor Piotr Turek, the Regional Public Prosecutor`s Office in Kraków defence counsel Katarzyna Gajowniczek Pruszyńska – vicedean of he Warsaw Bar Association, member of the Codification Committee defence counsel Prof. Dr. Christian Fröba, KFDR law firm, Munich judge (waiting for confirmation), regional court Frankfurt/ Oder |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch Break |
| 01:30 pm | Examples of cross-border cases involving joint investigation teams (JITs) and/or European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)
Panel chair: defence counsel Katarzyna Dąbrowska, Pietrzak Sidor & Partners, Warsaw Panelists: prosecutor Hubert Walkowiak, public prosecutor’s office Frankfurt/ Oder defence counsel Dr. Kamila Matthies, Frankfurt Oder defence counsel Damian Tokarczuk, Raczkowski law firm, Warsaw delegated european public prosecutor Grażyna Stronikowska, European Public Prosecutor’s Office |
| 02:30 pm | German-Polish money laundering cases – case studies
Panel chair: defence counsel Jes Meyer Lohkamp, Criminal Law Section of the German Bar Association / law firm EVEN, Hamburg Panelists: Prof. Dr. Kilian Wegner, University Frankfurt/ Oder defence counsel Andreas Pfister, Wessing & Partner Duesseldorf prosecutor Bolesław Laszczak, EUROJUST, LEX SuperOmnia prosecutor Dr. Uriel Möller, public prosecutor’s office Frankfurt/ Oder |
| 04:00 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 04:30 pm | Reception |
| 06:00 pm | End of conference |
Registration via e-mail to e-mail-account by until 15 March, 2025: ludmila.wolynska@ora-warszwa.com.pl
The conference will be held in English.
No conference fee!