Stefán Geir Þórisson

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Education

• Lycee Pablo Neruda in Grenoble France, Higher Education 1979-1980
• Mennraskólinn við Hamrahlíð, student 1982Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, studying in German winter 1983-1984
• University of Iceland, cand. jur. 1990
• District Court Attorney 1992
• Supreme Court Attorney 1998

Career

• Housing Agency of the State Department of Law 1990 – 1991
• Jón Steinar Gunnlaugsson Law Firm 1991 – January 1993
• EFTA Surveillance Authority in Geneva and Brussels, from February 1993 to July 1995
• Jón Steinar Gunnlaugsson lawyer from August 1995 – January 1998
• Lawyers Klapparstíg from 1998 and Forum Lawyers from 2005
• Lecturer and Examiner in European Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Iceland 1992 – 1997
• Adjunct Attorney at the University of Reykjavík in 2005
• Ad hoc-college member of the EFTA Surveillance Authority 1998 – 2002
• In the Board of the European Law Institute of Reykjavík, Reykjavík, 2004
• Board of Directors of Lögmannafélag Íslands from 2004-2007
• District Court Attorney in October 1992
• Supreme Court Attorney in February 1998

Practice Areas

• European
• Company law
• Competition
• Contract and Claim
• Tort
• Administrative Law
• Labor and contract law
• Litigation

Languages

• English
• French
• Danish
• German

Firm Description:

Forum lögmenn began its practice and partnership in 1989. Since then, our attorneys have provided comprehensive legal services to individuals, corporations, public institutions, and more.

Our law firm has grown rapidly in recent years which has given our attorneys an opportunity to specialize in specific areas of law. The partners at Forum Lögmenn emphasize quality service and will personally handle your case from beginning to end.

The partners at Forum lögmenn all have substantial litigation experience. They have argued over two thousand court cases before the district courts of Iceland and up to three hundred cases before the Supreme Court. The partners at the law firm have extensive legal knowledge and employ efficient attorneys, business professionals and support staff.

We at Forum lögmenn have emphasized maintaining a good relationship with the law departments of the Icelandic universities and the partners of Forum lögmenn have lectured in the areas of contract law, tort law and EU/EEU law at the law departments of the University of Iceland, Reykjavík University and Bifröst University.

Forum lögmenn practice areas include legal opinions, inheritance law, EU and EEA law, corporate law, custody cases, intellectual property law, pre-nuptial agreements, litigation, competition law, contract law, tort law, divorce cases, bankruptcy and estate law, administrative law, insurance law and labour- and contractor law.