
Firm Name: Forum Logmenn
Jurisdiction: Iceland
Practice Area: Litigation Law

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Professional Biography:
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Education
Lycee Pablo Neruda in Grenoble France, Higher Education 1979-1980
Mennraskólinn við Hamrahlíð, student 1982
Ludwig 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
Categories
European
Company law
Competition
Contract and Claim
tort
administrative Law
Labor and contract law
Litigation
Languages
English, French, Danish and 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.