Introduction: Marc Jüdt is an attorney-at-law and a defending counsel in Karlsruhe, Germany, the City of the German General Attorney (»Generalbundesanwalt«) and the German Supreme Court (»Bundesgerichtshof«). After his studies in Heidelberg and two state examinations he is a registered lawyer since 1997. Since 2003 he is a certified expert for criminal law and since 2014 a certified expert for tax law - a rare combination, being an expert for criminal tax law. He also works as a consultant for two medium-sized companies and a couple of small businesses.

Experience: Before university: Fascinated by Jacques Vergès or Otto Schily and Hans-Christian Ströbele, who became famous for their defense of the German terrorists of Rote-Armee-Fraktion in the 70s. | At university: All German lawyers have the same exams as judges and public attorneys. Additional core subjects were juvenile criminal law and criminology. | As a young lawyer: Defense of fraudsters. Being frauded myself. First experience with people behind bars. Learning how incisive and scary pretrial detention is for a suspect. Drug-related crimes: The misery of consumers and the pointlessness of their proscecution. | As a certified defense lawyer: Defendant in the FlowTex trial, one of the largest corporal crimnal cases in Germany. | Huge scale drug trafficing - a different type of gainful employment. | Red light: pimps, flat rate bordellos, prostitues. | Biker: Honorably men - or not. | Sex crimes: »Germany's worst child abuser« - according to BILD, a German tabloid. Rape. Pedophiles. Guilty offenders. Innocent suspects. | Terrorists. Taliban. ISIS. | Murderers. | As a certified tax lawyer: A multi million merger with preceding due diligence. | Innkeepers and cab companies as tax dodgers. | Large scale missing trader  fraud. | And again and again and again: Innocent suspects. Innocent suspects...

Recommendation No. 1: Do not commit crimes.
If you don't commit a crime, there is only a small risk of being subject of proscecution. But it's far from impossible.
If you're proscecuted without cause:
Look for a good defence lawyer.

Recommendation No. 2: Do not commit crimes.
If you nevertheless do it, better don't get caught.

If you get caught: Look for a good defence lawyer.

Recommendation No. 3: Do not trust the police.
Independently of the fact of being guilty or not guilty.

At first, consult a good defence lawyer.

He will examine the files for you.

And will advise you how to proceed. In your interest.

Not in the interest of proscecution.

Recommendation No. 4: If you get arrested heed recommendation No. 3. Do not open your heart to the police or the magistrate who is about to send you to jail.
Call a good defence lawyer - the police will allow that call (and at times recommend the wrong defence lawyer).

He will advise you about the next reasonable steps and does everything to get you out of jail as soon as possible.

And if he recommends: »Stay calm and in jail in the first place!«, trust him and don't ask for a bail hearing too soon. (No, things aren't easy.)

Recommendation No. 5: Call me, when you're in need of a good defence lawyer.