10 Best Personal Injury Lawyers in Hamburg

Suits families dealing with a birth injury and patients left with serious harm after hospital treatment. BROCKS acts only for patients, and four of its lawyers hold the Fachanwalt title for medical law. Its work centres on medical liability and birth injuries, with articles on cerebral palsy, errors during delivery and paralysis after spinal surgery. The firm has worked in medical law for more than 25 years across two generations, and it represents patients throughout Germany from Hamburg and Cologne.

A sound choice for accident victims who want one lawyer to handle the insurer from start to finish, and for expats who would rather talk it through in English. Sascha Werner has held the Fachanwalt title for traffic law since 2012 and pursues injury claims for pain and suffering, loss of earnings, reduced earning capacity and household loss. He offers a free initial assessment and works in German, English and Swedish. When the accident was not your fault, the other side's insurer has to pay his fees.

Convenient for people in the north of the city who need help after a road accident. Thomas Lee, admitted to the bar in 2011, makes traffic law the main part of his practice and handles accident claims for damages and pain and suffering alongside traffic criminal cases. He stresses getting in touch quickly after a crash, since an independent vehicle assessor often has to be instructed early. His office is on Flughafenstraße in Fuhlsbüttel, close to the airport.

Suits patients who suspect a treatment error and want a lawyer with no ties to doctors or insurers. Sven Axel Dubitscher, a Fachanwalt für Medizinrecht, has represented only patients for more than 15 years. He pursues damages and pain and suffering after errors in spinal surgery, delayed stroke treatment, sepsis and late cancer diagnoses. The first assessment of a case is free and non-binding, and the online form to request it takes about three minutes to fill in.

Well suited to people hurt in a road accident who want a lawyer working only in traffic law. Arne Egging has been a Fachanwalt für Verkehrsrecht since 2010. His site sets out what an injured person can claim, from pain and suffering and lost earnings to treatment costs that health insurance does not pay, household loss, rehabilitation and orthopaedic aids. Accidents can be reported through an online form before the first conversation, which saves time when the insurer is already asking questions.

A good fit for injuries that cross between traffic and medical law, such as an accident followed by complications in treatment. LawConcept works only in these two fields, and lawyer Mike Olaf Fröhlich covers damage settlement after accidents as well as liability claims against doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. The office also takes on disputes with health, care and pension insurers, which matters when an injury leads to long-term needs. It sits on Neuer Wall in the city centre, close to the Alster.

Suits patients and parents looking for a focused city-centre firm for a medical negligence or birth injury claim. Titus J. Rohner and Jana Mendel act only for patients and cover four fields: medical liability, birth injuries, defective medical devices and harm caused by medicines. The first assessment is free and without obligation, and the firm promises a reply within 24 hours. Its office is on Colonnaden, a short walk from Jungfernstieg.

Suits accident victims who want a firm that does traffic law and nothing else. Schulenberg & Simon claim damages for injured parties, including pain and suffering and loss of earnings, and also deal with own-damage insurers, car purchases, fines and driving licence cases. The firm points out that representation is free for clients who did not cause the accident, and that traffic legal expenses insurance can cover other cases. It takes on clients from Hamburg and the rest of Germany.

Suits injured people whose case reaches beyond the insurance claim into disability status or social benefits. The traffic accident section of this two-lawyer firm covers personal injury in detail, from treatment costs and lost earnings to household loss and monthly payments for lasting incapacity. Constanze Zander-Böhm, a Fachanwältin für Sozialrecht, also handles severe disability assessments and claims by victims of violent crime. Appointments can be held by video, and the office faces the Haspa branch at Winterhuder Markt.

Worth considering when an injury claim involves both the other driver's insurer and your own policies. Christine Wedemeyer-Lührs holds two Fachanwalt titles, in traffic law and in insurance law, and handles liability and damages law alongside traffic cases. She is an ADAC contract lawyer, so ADAC members pay nothing for a first consultation on traffic law questions. Her office is in Sasel, in the north-east of Hamburg, and she represents clients in and out of court across Germany.