Dr. Tobias Rudolph Lawyer

Dr. Rudolph is a passionate criminal lawyer. His motivation to work for the client stems from his conviction that law is constantly changing. It is the task of the lawyer to defend the core of the law again and again in this process. Humanity, fairness and the control of state power are not just catchwords for the A-Grade lawyer Dr. Rudolph, but fundamental cornerstones of human coexistence.
This motivation emanates from the particular interest in criminal law – and also in fiscal law. In both fields of law, the conflict between the pragmatic desire of society for a “fast process” and the often excruciating search for the truth and for justice for the individual is becoming particularly clear.
Similarly, Dr. Rudolph is fascinated by those issues which, due to technical and social change, constantly present new challenges. He feels it is a privilege to actively contribute towards the answers of the law to current issues. At present, for example, it still remains fully unclear how legislation will solve the challenges caused by the Internet in the field of copyright (keyword file sharing).
Dr. Tobias Rudolph was the first lawyer in Nuremberg to have the qualification of being a lawyer specializing in criminal law and fiscal law (titles: “Fachanwalt für Strafrecht”, “Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht”). There are very few specialists with both of these qualifications.


1998 –    Legal bar exam in Erlangen (Mark “excellent” – graduated top of the class at the university)

1998 –    Doctoral scholarship

1998 – 2000 – Research assistant (chair for criminal law, criminal proceedings law and legal philosophy; Prof. Dr. Joachim Hruschka)

1999 –    Function as a coach (Juristisches Repetitorium Hemmer)

2001 –    Second legal bar examination in Nuremberg

2002 –    Employment as lawyer in Heidelberg (“Keller Rechtsanwälte”)

2003 –    Foundation of own lawyer’s office in Nuremberg

2006 –    Lawyer specializing in criminal law

2009 –    Lawyer specializing in fiscal law

2011 –    Foundation of the lawyers’ office “Rudolph Rechtsanwälte”


Dr. Rudolph speaks English and French and has basic knowledge of Turkish and Spanish.


Dr. Rudolph is active as a lecturer and guest speaker.

Among other things, he worked as a trainee lawyer at the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg and as an examiner for the intermediate examination in the field of legal philosophy at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

In cooperation with the University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Dr. Rudolph regularly offers exam courses in criminal law for advanced students.
He is also active as a speaker, for example in May 2013 at the Lions Club Nuremberg on the topic “If always the wiser gives in – law and search for truth in the age of conflict solutions and agreements”.

In October 2013, defence lawyer Dr. Rudolph was a lecturer at the annual training event of the Thüringer Strafverteidigerverein e.V. in Erfurt on the topic “How does the judiciary deal with mistakes?

In November 2014, Dr. Rudolph gave a lecture at an event of the European Broadcasting Union in Tirana, Albania, on the subject of “Combating corruption through external lawyers in broadcasting”.

As part of his work for companies in the investigation and prevention of criminal offences, Dr. Rudolph regularly gives lectures in companies and conducts employee training courses. Dr. Tobias Rudolph is appointed as a trusted lawyer for the prevention of corruption (ombudsman) for several regional and national companies.
Together with Natalie Golob, trainer and coach, he supervises the practical seminar “Advantage Compliance! – Unbribably successful in critical negotiations”.

In November 2016, at the 33rd Autumn Colloquium of the Criminal Law Working Group of the German Bar Association (DAV), he gave a presentation on the subject of “Exploitation of findings from other proceedings”. The topic of the colloquium is “Barriers to proceedings and bans on exploitation – defence in the border area of truth-finding”. The presentation and the handout of the presentation are available for download.

In March 2017, Dr. Rudolph gave a lecture on the topic of corruption in the health system as part of the spring training course of the District Dental Association of Central Franconia.

Since July 2017, Dr. Rudolph has been lecturing on insolvency criminal law as part of the FAO training courses for specialist lawyers in commercial and corporate law.


“Das Korrespondenzprinzip im Strafrecht – Der Vorrang von ex-ante-Betrachtungen gegenüber ex-post-Betrachtungen bei der strafrechtlichen Zulululchnung”; Dissertation published by Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2006

The Nuremberg Dental Gold Case, in: Legal Worksheets (JA), May 2011, Issue 5

Criminal Law – General and Special Section (Diverse Skripten zur Strafrechts-Reform 1998 – Hemmer Verlag)

“Money or justice? The Tax Agreement Germany/Switzerland”, in: DATEV Magazin 5, 2012

Once again: criminal tax proceedings against foreign IT specialists, in: PStR 2012, p. 18

“The chance missed – the failed voluntary disclosure”, in: DATEV Magazin 7, 2013

“Die’Lebenslüge der Justiz’ oder der Umgang mit den eigenen Fehlern”, in: Pommrenke / Klöckner (Ed.), State failure at the highest level – Was nach dem Fall Mollath ändern muss, Frankfurt a.M., 2013

“Risks and Side Effects – The New Regulations on Corruption in Health Care”, in: DATEV Magazin 12/2016

Avoiding corruption in healthcare, in DATEV magazine, 04/2017

“Nemo tenetur und die Verwertbarkeit von Geschäftsunterlagen” – Basic questions of the prohibitions of criminal exploitation in criminal tax law and insolvency criminal law”, in: StraFo (Strafverteidiger-Forum) 5/2017, S. 183 ff

“Evasion of Capital Gains in the Flat Rate Tax System”, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts-, Steuer- und Unternehmensstrafrecht, NZWiSt 2017, p. 459 ff.

“The state in the fight against tax offences – stop money laundering. Money Laundering Act”, in: DATEV Magazine 02/2018

“Criminal liability risks and defense in corporate insolvency”, in Existenzmagazin, May 2018, p. 17 f.

DATEV compact knowledge for consultants: Money Laundering Act. Responsibility of the tax consultant

(Together with Dr. Oliver Gerson): Is it a party council according to § 356 para. 1 StGB, if a client doesn’t want to be a state witness? – To the Criminality of simultaneous defense in the case of potential Conflicts of interest (will soon appear in “Strafverteidiger”)