Max O. Friedlaender (28 June 1873 in
Bromberg
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– 28 May 1956 in
Twickenham) was a
German lawyer
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.
After passing the legal exam in 1898 in Munich, Friedlaender was admitted to the bar the following year.
Friedlaender is known for his leading
commentary on the German Bar Code (''Rechtsanwaltsordnung''), which was later expanded to include a lawyers' code of honour, the predecessors of modern formulations of
professional responsibilities and duties.
Due to his Jewish heritage, his bar license was withdrawn under the
Nazi regime and Friedlaender fled to England in 1938. After World War II, he became an honorary member of the
German Bar Association (''Deutscher Anwaltverein'').
References
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
People from Bydgoszcz
People from the Province of Posen
1873 births
1956 deaths
20th-century German lawyers
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