How to find your lawyer in the Directory of Lawyers

The Directory of Lawyers provides the following search options:

Find a lawyer by name:

• Enter the name in the "Name" field and click the "Search" button.
• All lawyers in Austria with that name (or parts of it) will be found.
  For example, entering "Mayer" will also find "Mayerhofer" and "Mittermayer".
• You can combine the "Name" field with the "Location" field.

Find a lawyer by location:

• Enter your search term in the "Location" field and click the "Search" button.
• After the first three letters have been entered, the locations with at least one lawyer will be shown.
• All lawyers in the relevant location will be found, even if only parts of the search term are part of the name of the location.
  For example, entering "Hof" will also find "Bischofshofen" and "Bad Hofgastein".
• You can combine the "Location" field with the "Name" field.

Find a lawyer by province:

• Select the relevant province, the regional court circuit or the district (Vienna only) from the list and click the "Search" button at the end of the section.
• All lawyers in the province or regional court circuit will be found.
• You can combine the "Province" field with the fields "Foreign language spoken", "Website" and "Areas of work". The available areas of work and foreign languages will depend on the province selected. Only those areas of work and foreign languages will be shown that were specified by at least one lawyer in the location you selected. The number of lawyers who stated a specific area of work will be shown in brackets against the relevant area of work.

Find a lawyer by foreign language:

• Select the relevant foreign language from the list and click the "Search" button at the end of the section.
• All lawyers who have specified the selected foreign language will be found.
• You can combine the "Foreign language spoken" field with the fields "Province", "Website" and "Areas of work". The available areas of work and provinces will depend on the foreign language selected. Only those areas of work and/or provinces will be shown that were specified by at least one lawyer with the foreign language you selected. The number of lawyers who stated a specific foreign language will be shown in brackets against the relevant foreign language.

Find a lawyer by area of work:

• Select an area of work from the list by ticking the relevant boxes. You may also select several areas of work. Click the "Search" button at the end of the search function to start the search process.
• All lawyers who have specified the selected areas of work will be found.
• You can combine the "Areas of work" field with the fields "Province", "Website" and "Foreign language spoken". The available provinces and foreign languages will depend on the areas of work selected. Only those provinces and foreign languages will be shown that lead to at least one lawyer who specified the areas of work you selected. The number of lawyers who specified a particular area of work is shown in brackets against the relevant area of work.