DR. HANNA SCHMIDT · ATTORNEY AT LAW
Your lawyer for inheritance and family law
in Cologne or online
I am Dr Hanna Schmidt, a lawyer for inheritance and family law in Cologne. At DR. SCHMIDT LEGAL I advise and represent clients in estates and estate planning, in divorce, maintenance, contact and custody, at the office on Jakordenstrasse or by video.
5 out of 5 stars
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Dr Hanna Schmidt
Inheritance & family law
12 years
Commercial law firm
DE / EN
Languages of advice
Cologne & online
In person or by video
PRACTICE AREAS
Inheritance and family law in Cologne:
the four areas I advise on
/01
Inheritance Law
Whether a will, a contract of inheritance or succession by law, inheritance law is complex and raises a great many questions.
/02
Family Law
A separation raises every question at once: the home, the children, the money.
/03
Family Law for Business Owners
For business owners, private assets and the business are connected, and family law claims reach through to the company.
/04
International Inheritance and Family Law
Cross-border estates and binational family law present particular challenges.
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You always speak to me
Every case is handled by me personally.
02
Transparent costs
Billing by time. The terms are settled before we start.
03
Cologne or online
At the office, by video or by phone. Appointments until 7 pm.
04
German and English
Advice in cross-border matters too.
YOUR LAWYER
Dr Hanna Schmidt,
your point of contact
What I write for you should be legally sound and, at every point, something you can follow.
FROM FIRST CONTACT TO INSTRUCTION
How we
work together
01
First contact
You call or write an e-mail and describe in a few sentences what it is about.
02
Documents
Before we speak, I ask you for the documents that matter.
03
Initial consultation
In the initial consultation we establish the facts, what your legal position is, which routes are open and which route fits your aim.
04
Handling the case
Deadlines, submissions, hearings, where negotiations stand: what happens in your matter, you hear from me, without having to ask.
EXPERIENCES WITH THE FIRM
Google reviews
EXCELLENT
Based on 7 reviews
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FROM FIRST CONTACT TO INSTRUCTION
Tell me
about your case
The more concretely you describe your situation, the better I can assess it. I will come back to you promptly and in confidence.
Phone
+49 (0) 221 292 40 370
kontakt@drschmidt-legal.de
Office
Jakordenstrasse 8, 50668 Cologne
Appointments
Appointments at short notice by arrangement
YOUR QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
In the initial consultation we establish the facts, what your legal position is, which routes are open and which route fits your aim.
Billing through legal expenses insurance is possible, but as a rule it does not cover the whole fee. Insurers usually only reimburse the statutory fees under the German Lawyers' Fees Act (RVG); you bear the difference to the hourly fee yourself. Whether your policy covers the area in question at all, and what excess applies, is quickest to clarify directly with your insurer. The request for cover and the correspondence with the insurer run through you; the details of the matter you need for that you get from me. Tell me at the outset that you have legal expenses insurance and I will take it into account in the planning.
Both: appointments take place at the office in Cologne or by video and phone, whichever suits you. Many matters run entirely digitally from the first enquiry to completion, documents included. Appointments are possible Monday to Thursday until 7 pm and Fridays until 5 pm, and later by arrangement, so that you do not have to account for half a working day. I can represent you throughout Germany, wherever the court happens to sit. Only before the Federal Court of Justice is a separate admission required, which I do not hold. I conduct cases in German and in English.
Yes, you can change your lawyer at any time, including during pending proceedings. Three points have to be settled in practice: where the matter stands including any running deadlines, the handover of the file, and the previous adviser's billing, whose fees already earned do not fall away because of the change. Before taking over I look at where the proceedings stand and what can still be moved, so that you do not pay for work to be redone that changes nothing about the outcome. Sometimes the result of that review is that a change at this point achieves nothing. Then I tell you so.