Weidmann, Karl

Lawyer

Born: 11.04.1922 in Mainz

died: 08.08.2003 in Wiesbaden

Weidmann studied law and was drafted into the intelligence unit and then into the infantry in 1941, where he took part in battles in France and Russia. He evaded the threat of many years in Russian captivity twice by fleeing.

In 1946, he continued his studies in Heidelberg and joined a law firm in Wiesbaden. He initially worked in criminal, traffic and civil law, but then expanded his advisory work to almost all areas of law. After completing the statutory waiting period, Weidmann became a notary. Due to his professional achievements and recognition among his colleagues, he was elected to professional associations of the legal profession.

With vigor and profound insider knowledge, Weidmann accompanied the changing path of the Federal Lawyers' Act (BRAO), which was subject to fundamental change from the 1950s until 2003. Weidmann always championed the idea of a free legal profession and always saw the lawyer as an organ of the administration of justice who had to push back mercantile thinking.

His leading positions in the self-administration of the legal profession at local, state and national level not only gave him the opportunity to exert influence on all important professional issues. His many years of "fighting for justice" made him an outstanding personality in the city of Wiesbaden. He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon by the Hessian Minister of Justice.