Lawyer profile
Thorsten Merz
Certified specialist in criminal law (Fachanwalt für Strafrecht), Certified specialist in traffic law (Fachanwalt für Verkehrsrecht), Kanzlei Ryzner & Kollegen, Hagen
- Checked in the official register of the German Federal Bar (BRAK) on 21 October 2026
- Overall rating 4.3 of 5
, from 106 reviews of the firm
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At a glance
- Focus areas
- Driving licence law (Fahrerlaubnisrecht), Court-appointed defence in pre-trial detention or provisional committal (Pflichtverteidigung bei Untersuchungshaft oder einstweiliger Unterbringung), Criminal law and criminal procedure (Straf- und Strafverfahrensrecht), Traffic law (Verkehrsrecht), Traffic criminal and regulatory offences law (Verkehrsstraf- und OWi-Recht), Employment law (Arbeitsrecht), Kündigung, Family law (Familienrecht), Scheidung, Maintenance law (Unterhaltsrecht), Tenancy law (Mietrecht), Condominium law (Wohnungseigentumsrecht)
- Opening hours
- Monday to Wednesday 08:30-17:00
- Thursday 08:30-19:00
- Friday 08:30-14:00
Sources: the firm's website, retrieved on 24 October 2026; Deutsche Anwaltauskunft des Deutschen Anwaltvereins, retrieved on 12 October 2026. Focus areas and opening hours are the lawyer's or firm's own words. Focus areas from the directories' fixed lists have an English label with the German term in brackets; all others stay in German.
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Reviews of the firm
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Details from the official lawyer register
- Name
- Thorsten Merz
- Professional title
- Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt)
- Specialist titles
- Certified specialist in criminal law (Fachanwalt für Strafrecht), Certified specialist in traffic law (Fachanwalt für Verkehrsrecht)
- Regional bar association
- Hamm
- Admitted since
- 21 November 2000
- Law firm
- Kanzlei Ryzner & Kollegen
- Firm address
- Märkischer Ring 53, 58097 Hagen
- Phone
- 02331-14002
- Fax
- 02331-24588
- info@ryzner-kollegen.de
- Website
- www.ryzner-kollegen.de
- Interest in court-appointed defence (Pflichtverteidigung)
- Ja
- Identifier in the special electronic lawyer mailbox (beA)
- DE.BRAK.5a8838fa-40fd-4ec5-9f75-522ae70f4ab0.d4d0
Source: Official lawyer register of the German Federal Bar under section 31 of the Federal Lawyers' Act (BRAO). The register is kept in German. We show names and addresses as the register gives them and add an English description to German professional titles.
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