Julius Kaspar Niesert | Attorney at Law | German Citizenship by Descent
Would you like to obtain German citizenship, or have it restored?
Were your ancestors German?
Did your family leave Germany due to persecution during the Nazi era?
If so, I will be happy to advise you.
Practice Areas
- Naturalization after deprivation
Former German citizens and their descendants who were deprived of their German citizenship between January 30, 1933, and May 8, 1945 due to the discriminatory legislation of the Nazi state can have their citizenship restored.
The basis for this is Article 116 paragraph II of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz) of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- Compensatory naturalization after Nazi persecution in Germany
Victims of Nazi persecution and their descendants can be granted German citizenship under certain conditions if they have suffered disadvantages under the German discriminatory laws at the time. This may even apply if they or their ancestors were not German.
The basis for this is § 15 of the German Citizenship Act (Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz).
- Citizenship by descent
Since 2021 people who were either unable to acquire German citizenship by birth or who lost their German citizenship acquired by birth due to previously existing gender-discriminatory provisions in the German Citizenship Act can be naturalized in Germany since 2021. This also applies for their descendants.
The basis for this is § 5 of the German Citizenship Act (Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz).
- Art Restititution
In addition to practicing citizenship law Julius Kaspar Niesert is a partner at the law firm S + N Rechtsanwälte which focuses on art restitution law.
Attorney Niesert
- Julius Kaspar Niesert studied law in Bielefeld and Berlin.
- He completed his legal clerkship at the Berlin Kammergericht.
- After being admitted to the Berlin Bar in 2003, he worked for 20 years at the New York law firm Rowland & Petroff Attorneys at Law, with which he still cooperates very closely.
- Julius has been admitted as a Notary Public in the US State of New York since 2016.
- In addition to citizenship law, Julius is a partner in the law firm S + N Rechtsanwälte and specializes in the law of art restitution.
- Julius is a German and US citizen
- He lives in Berlin with his wife, two children and a Labrador.
- On weekends Julius coaches the fourth grade soccer team at the German-American JFK School.