Persian-speaking Lawyers

Persian-speaking lawyers in Germany, for the cases where one word and one date can change the outcome: residence and citizenship, work and dismissal, family and divorce, tenancy, decisions from the authorities, inheritance and criminal matters. This page is a directory for finding a lawyer and is not legal advice itself. Everything below is here so you know who to approach and what to ask.

What the Verified badge does and does not say

Verified says one thing only: a real person stands behind this profile and manages it themselves. YabInfy does not check anyone's certificates, licences, experience or competence, and the badge is not for sale. Check the licence to practise yourself: each regional bar association (Rechtsanwaltskammer) keeps the register of admitted lawyers and will answer.

Look at the deadline first, the lawyer second

Almost everything in German law runs on a deadline, and a missed one usually cannot be recovered. Before anything else, look at the date on the letter and keep the envelope, because the day it reached you is what the count starts from. The ones that come up most:

• To challenge a dismissal, the claim has to reach the labour court within three weeks of your receiving the termination letter. That deadline is short and is not extended.
• To object to a decision from an authority, the deadline is usually one month, but the exact deadline for your case is printed on the document itself, in the section explaining your right of appeal (Rechtsbehelfsbelehrung). Read those few lines.
• In asylum matters the deadline can be far shorter depending on the type of decision, as little as one week. If a decision has arrived, see a lawyer the same day.
• To dispute a service-charge statement on a flat, you generally have twelve months from receiving it.

If your deadline is close, say so in your first sentence when you call. Offices schedule a case with a running deadline differently.

Lawyer, specialist lawyer, or notary

The titles here have precise meanings and are not interchangeable:

• Rechtsanwalt: holds a licence to practise, belongs to a bar association, and can represent you in court.
• Fachanwalt: an official specialist title, awarded only after coursework, examinations and a required number of real cases in that field. "Specialist lawyer for employment law" means exactly that, and is not just advertising.
• Notar: a different job. Notarising documents and signatures, property purchases, company registrations. Not your representative in a dispute.
• Steuerberater: a tax adviser, not a lawyer.

One thing worth knowing: giving professional legal advice in Germany is restricted by law to people who hold the licence for it. Somebody offering "legal help" in a social media group may well not hold one, and in that case there is no professional indemnity insurance behind the advice and nowhere to complain.

The areas people come here for

• Residence and immigration law: extending or changing a permit, permanent residence, family reunification.
• Asylum law, from the interview to challenging a decision.
• Citizenship law, including refused applications and the language and income conditions.
• Employment law: dismissal, references, unpaid wages, contracts.
• Family law: divorce, custody, maintenance, and cases with one foot in another country.
• Tenancy law: eviction, rent increases, service charges, deposits.
• Social law: objections to decisions by benefit and insurance authorities.
• Criminal law and driving offences.
• Inheritance and wills, especially where assets sit in two countries.
• Business and company law, for registrations and contracts.

This listing has no sub-categories, so ask about the field of work on the profile itself and in your first call. A lawyer whose practice does not cover your field will usually say so plainly, and that is a good sign rather than a bad one.

Cost, and who pays it

• The first consultation is capped by law for a consumer: 190 euros plus VAT, unless you sign a different agreement beforehand. Ask the figure before the meeting.
• After that there are two models: the statutory fee schedule, which is calculated from the value of the matter, or a separate agreement, often hourly. Ask which one applies, and ask for it in writing.
• If your income is low: for advice outside court you can apply at the local court for a legal-advice certificate (Beratungshilfe), and for a case in court there is legal-aid funding (Prozesskostenhilfe). Both have income conditions, and both are better applied for before the work starts rather than after.
• Legal expenses insurance (Rechtsschutzversicherung): if you have it, give the office your policy number at the outset. These policies usually have a waiting period and do not cover every field.
• The losing side in a civil case generally pays the court costs and the other side's lawyer as well. The important exception is the first instance at the labour court, where each side carries its own lawyer's costs. That single difference changes how the risk looks, so ask before you file.

Why a Persian-speaking lawyer

A legal case is built out of detail: who, on what day, in what words. When you tell the story in a second language you usually shorten it, and what falls out tends to be exactly the detail that carried legal weight. A lawyer who speaks Persian lets you tell it in full and decides themselves which part matters to the case.

The cost of an interpreter falls on you in these matters, and no insurance takes it off you. More important than the cost is that the lawyer has to be able to explain your options and you have to be able to instruct them, and legal representation does not function without that exchange running both ways. Family cases add another layer: concepts such as mehrieh have no exact German counterpart, and German courts do encounter them. A lawyer who knows both systems does not need you to explain the concept before you can explain the problem.

What to bring to the first meeting

• The letter or decision itself, with its envelope, because the date it arrived matters.
• The relevant contract: employment, tenancy, purchase, or whatever the matter concerns.
• All correspondence and messages, in date order.
• A one-page timeline: what happened on which day, with exact dates.
• Your residence document, and your legal expenses policy if you have one.
• One clear sentence about the outcome you want. Even if it turns out not to be achievable, it sets the direction.

What to ask when you call

• What their main field is, and whether they hold the specialist title in it.
• Whether your matter has a deadline, and when they could start.
• The cost of the first consultation, and how fees are calculated after it, in writing.
• Whether they accept legal expenses insurance or legal-aid funding.
• Whether the lawyer speaks Persian, or someone else in the office does. Those are not the same thing and the difference matters for your case.
• Whether meetings are in person, or whether phone and video also work.
• YabInfy checks none of this, so ask for it yourself, and ask to see the document where it matters.

Your city does not decide this

A large part of legal work runs on letters, email and the telephone, and a lawyer admitted in Germany can generally represent you at courts in other cities, with travel costs added on top. So if there is no Persian-speaking lawyer in your field in your own city, the matter is not stuck. If meeting face to face matters to you, start from the city list below.

Choosing from this list

In the reviews, look for what a client can actually judge: whether calls get returned, whether the cost was clear from the start, and how the state of the case was explained. Winning or losing depends on many things, and one person's view of an outcome is not a measure of skill. Confidentiality is a legal duty on the lawyer, so what you say in a consultation stays there, even if you then decide not to instruct them.

Your privacy holds on this list too: YabInfy does not show who viewed a page or who got in touch. The only thing that becomes public is a review you write yourself, under a name you choose, and in a legal matter that is worth taking seriously. Contact details sit behind "Show contact details" on each profile and reach the office directly.

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