Dr Jens Schmidt

Biography

1972
born in Berlin

1991 to 1995
Degree in Law at the Free University of Berlin

1995
First State Examination in Law

1995 to 1996
Community service

1996 to 1998

Junior lawyer training in the Higher Regional Court District of Hamm

1998
Obtained a doctorate in law on the criminal law topic “Missbrauch von Geldspielautomaten – insbesondere das systematische Leerspielen” (Misuse of slot machines – in particular the systematic emptying of cash)

Second State Examination in Law at the State Judicial Examination Office North Rhine-Westphalia

1999
Admission to the Bar
Started practising as a lawyer at the law firm HEIMES & MÜLLER

2000 to 2010
Lecturer at the University of Saarland

2001 to 2014
University lecturer in the framework of “lawyer-focused legal training” at Saarbrücken Regional Court

2002
Specialist lawyer for criminal law

2003
Admission to the law firm HEIMES & MÜLLER

2002 to 2006

Lecturer at Saarland University of Applied Sciences for Administration – police law enforcement faculty

Since 2006
Member of the Federal State Examination Board (Landesprüfungsamt) for Lawyers in Saarbrücken

Since 2009
Member of the Bar Court in the district of the Saarland Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer des Saarlandes) in Saarbrücken

Since 2012
Member of the Criminal Law Committee of the German Federal Bar Association
(Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer)

01/03/2019
Founding of the criminal law firm Schmidt Rechtsanwälte

Publications

Missbrauch von Geldspielautomaten – insbesondere das systematische Leerspielen – (Misuse of slot machines – in particular the systematic emptying of cash) 1998a
Verfahrenseinstellungen beim Zusammentreffen von Straftaten und Ordnungswidrigkeiten (Abatement of action for the concurrence of criminal offences and administrative offences) wistra 1998, 211 – 216
Geldwäsche und Verteidigerhonorar (Money laundering and defence lawyer´s fees) JR 2001, 448 – 452
Zum Anwesenheitsrecht des Verteidigers im Rahmen der Vollzugsplankonferenz (On the right of the defending lawyer to be present at the enforcement plan conference) Opuscula honoraria für Egon Müller, ed. by Bernd Luxenburger and Manfred Birkenheier, Saarbrücken 2003, pp. 45 -56
Zur Begutachtung von ausländischen oder fremdsprachigen Beschuldigten im Strafverfahren (On the assessment of foreign or foreign-language defendants in penal proceedings) StV 2006, 51 to 54
Falschabrechnung (Abrechnungsbetrug) (Incorrect settlement [accounting fraud]) in: Rieger, Lexikon des Arztstrafrechts, May 2007 together with Prof Dr Franz-Josef Dahm
Das Recht des Zeugenbeistands- ein Plädoyer für eine gesetzliche (Neu-)regelung (The right of the witness assistance – making the case for a statutory [new] regulation) in: Jung/Luxenburger/Wahle (Hrsg.), Festschrift für Egon Müller, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2008, pp. 651 to 667
Das (neue) Recht vom Zeugenbeistand uns seine verfassungswidrigen Einschränkungen (The [new] right to witness assistance and its unconstitutional limitations) StV 2009, 715 et seqq. together with Prof Dr Holger Matt and Dr Alfred Dierlamm
Arztstrafrecht (Medical criminal law) in: Ratzel/Luxenburger, Handbuch Medizinrecht, 2nd edition 2011, pp. 873 to 895 together with Dr Joachim Giring
Die transnationale Vollstreckung von Geldstrafen nach dem Europäischen Geldsanktionsgesetz (The transnational enforcement of financial penalties pursuant to the European monetary sanction law) NZWiSt 2012, 15 et seqq.
Verteidigung von Ausländern – transnationale Verteidigung (Defence of foreigners – transnational defence) 4th edition 2016, ed. by Prof Dr Werner Beulke, Prof Dr Dr Alexander Ignor
Rechtsprechungsübersicht: Aus der Rechtsprechung zum Recht der Strafverteidigung (Overview of case law: From the case law on law governing criminal defence)(together with Prof Dr Egon Müller)
Volume 2003, NStZ 2004, 97 et seqq.
Volume 2004, NStZ 2005, 129 et seqq.
Volume 2005, Part 1, NStZ 2006, 97 et seqq.
Volume 2005, Part 2, NStZ 2006, 289 et seqq.
Volume 2006, Part 1, NStZ 2007, 322 et seqq.
Volume 2006, Part 2, NStZ 2007, 385 et seqq.
Volume 2007, NStZ 2008, 324 et seqq.
Volume 2008, NStZ 2009, 251 et seqq.
Volume 2009, NStZ 2010, 374 et seqq.
Volume 2010, NStZ 2011, 503 et seqq.
Volume 2011, NStZ 2012, 308 et seqq.
Volume 2012, NStZ 2013, 328 et seqq.
Volume 2013, NStZ 2014, 501 et seqq.
Volume 2014, NStZ 2015, 561 et seqq.
Volume 2015, NStZ 2016, 649 et seqq.
Volume 2016, NStZ 2017, 568 et seqq.
Volume 2017, NStZ 2018, 452 et seqq.
Volume 2018, NStZ 2020, 14 et seqq.
Kommentierung zu §§ 242 – 248c (Commentaries on §§ 242 to 248c) in: Matt/Renzikowski, StGB, Vahlen, January 2013
Der Ermittlungsführer als (Universal-)Zeuge der Anklage?! (The investigator as [universal] witness for the prosecution?!) NZWiSt 2014, 121 et seqq.
Arztstrafrecht (Medical criminal law) in: Ratzel/Luxenburger, Handbuch Medizinrecht, 3rd edition 2015, pp. 905 to 980 together with Dr Joachim Giring
Das neue Ausweisungsrecht – neue Chancen der Verteidigung, (The new right of expulsion – new opportunities for defence) StV 2016, 530 et seqq.

Recitals

Straf-, berufs- und disziplinarrechtliche Risiken für den niedergelassenen Arzt beim erbetenen Hausbesuch (Criminal, professional and disciplinary risks for the general practitioner at the requested home visit) 21 September 2002, Saarbrücken
“Zum Recht der Strafverteidigung – aktuelle obergerichtliche Rechtsprechung” (On the law governing criminal defence – current high court jurisdiction) 10 May 2003, SAV-Service GmbH, Saarbrücken
“Verteidigung in Arztstrafsachen” (Defence in medical criminal cases) 5 June 2004, DAI Bochum
“Das Unternehmen in der Krise”, (The company in crisis) 22 March 2005, IHK Saarland, Saarbrücken, together with Dr Ittenbach
“Expertenanhörung zum Entwurf eines Zweiten Gesetzes zur Modernisierung der Justiz (2. Justizmondernisierungsgesetz) (Expert hearing on the draft of a second law for modernising justice [2nd Justice Modernisation Act]) 24 November 2006, Legal Committee of the German Bundestag, Berlin
“Arztstrafrecht: Die häufigsten Probleme aus Klinik und Praxis (Medical criminal law: the most common problems from hospitals and doctor´s surgeries) 7 Mai 2008, Update Medizinrecht 2008, Tageszentrum der Westpfalz-Klinikum GmbH
“E-Akte & Strafverteidigung” Elektronische Akte in Strafsachen (“E-files & criminal defence” Electronic files in criminal cases) 28 June 2011, Symposium of the German Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ), Berlin
“Ärztliche Behandlungs(freiheit) und ihre Grenzen aus strafrechtlicher Sicht” (Medical [freedom of] treatment and its limitations from a criminal law perspective) 22 September 2011, Falk Foundation e.V. Saarbrücken
“Überwachung und Haftung von Aufsichtsräten und Vorstand (zivil- und strafrechtliche Betrachtung)” (Monitoring and liability of supervisory boards and the management board [civil and criminal law considerations]) 4 February 2012, Verband der Privatärztlichen Verrechnungsstellen e.V., Düsseldorf, together with Prof Spaetgens, Trier
“Transnationale Verteidigung im Straßenverkehrsrecht” (Transnational defence in road traffic law) 21 April 2012, SAV-Service GmbH, Saarbrücken
“Verteidigung von Ausländern – Transnationale Verteidigung” (Defence of foreigners – transnational defence) 26 July 2013, Initiative Bayerischer Strafverteidigerinnen und Strafverteidiger e.V., Starnberg
“Lebenssituation nichtdeutscher Gefangener im Justizvollzug verbessern” (Improving the living situation of non-German prisoners in penal institutions) 29 November 2017, 33rd meeting of the Constitutional and Legal Committee of the Saxon State Parliament Dresden
Über das Strafen – Recht und Sicherheit der demokratischen Gesellschaft. (On punishment – justice and security of the democratic society) 07/02/2019 Podium discussion with Prof Dr Thomas Fischer
Glaubwürdigkeitsbegutachtung im Strafverfahren – aus juristischer und psychologischer Sicht. (Credibility assessment in criminal proceedings – from a judicial and psychological perspective) 11/02/2019 together with qualified psychologist Eva Steinbach

Voluntary activities

since 2006 Member of the Federal State Examination Board (Landesprüfungsamt) for Lawyers in Saarbrücken
since March 2009 Member of the Bar Court in the district of the Saarland Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer des Saarlandes)
since 2012 Member of the Criminal Law Committee of the German Federal Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer)

Lectureships