Nicolas Becker (born 1946) is a Germanjurist andcriminal defense lawyer.[1]
Becker was born inKressbronn am Bodensee, the second son of the lawyer and educatorHellmut Becker [de] and the writerAntoinette Becker. He grew up at Lake Konstanz, studied law in Freiburg, where he was a leading member of the student movement. His career is marked by many high profile cases. In the 1970s, Becker represented severalRAF members at the infamous Stammheim Trials. In the early 1990s, he took over the defense of the former Chairman of the Council of State,Erich Honecker.[2] Among his best-known mandates wereChristiane Felscherinow (We Children of Bahnhof Zoo [de]) and, at the end of the 1990s, the impostorGert Postel. He defended Manfred Krug when he was charged with road rage assault, and also represented the legendary Tunnel Gangsters.
He advised the author Jurek Becker during the creation of a popular TV attorney seriesLiebling Kreuzberg withManfred Krug, and has himself ghost written several books.
Becker lives in Berlin and is married to the American-Austrian-Jewish writerIrene Dische. They have two children.
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