Charlotte Zihlmann
Lawyer · Partner · Geneva Bar
Charlotte Zihlmann works across the various areas of judicial litigation (criminal, civil and administrative), with criminal law as her field of choice.
In the course of her career, she has worked as a legal counsel specialising in the support of victims of human trafficking at the Centre social protestant, and as a lay judge at the Tenancy Court of the Canton of Geneva. She has also been a teaching and research assistant in the Public Law Department of the University of Geneva.
Charlotte Zihlmann obtained her bar admission in October 2020, after completing legal traineeships at the Criminal Court and at the firm Keppeler Avocats. In parallel, she obtained her “Hatha Raja Flow” yoga teacher certification. She then held the position of judicial clerk at the Public Prosecutor’s Office, where she deepened her knowledge of criminal procedure.
After five years working alongside Karim Raho, at CDLR Avocats and then at LBR legal, Charlotte Zihlmann gained solid experience in criminal law and criminal procedure, both in defending adult and juvenile accused persons and in representing complainants.
Charlotte Zihlmann joined FORI Avocat·e·s as a partner in 2026.
Partner
FORI Avocat·e·s SA, Geneva.
Associate
LBR legal, Geneva.
Associate
CDLR Avocats, Geneva.
Judicial clerk
Prosecutor's Office , Geneva.
Bar admission certificate
Trainee lawyer
Keppeler Avocats, Geneva.
Trainee lawyer
Criminal Court, Geneva.
Lay judge
Tenancy Court, Geneva.
Teaching and research assistant
Public Law Department, University of Geneva.
Certificate of specialisation in legal practice
University of Geneva.
Legal counsel specialising in the support of victims of human trafficking
Centre social protestant (CSP), Geneva.
Substitute law teacher
Department of Public Education (DIP), Geneva.
Master of Law
University of Geneva.
Bachelor of Law
University of Geneva.
- “Asylum: gaps in the protection of victims of human trafficking” Plaidoyer 05/2018, pp. 22-27, 2018.
- National conference on human trafficking in the asylum context (member of the organising committee and workshop facilitator) 20.03.2017
- Screening of the film “Impasse” by Elise Schubs followed by a discussion on prostitution in French-speaking Switzerland (panel speaker) International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), 13 March 2017
- “Wanted: who are the new slaves?” (interview as a legal counsel with the CSP Human Trafficking service) Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), Couleur 3, 7 June 2016.
- Conference on the rights of women without legal status in Geneva (speaker) Law Clinic on the rights of vulnerable persons, University of Geneva, 20 May 2014
- “The rights of women without legal status in Geneva” Law Clinic on the rights of vulnerable persons, University of Geneva, 2014.
- “The Truth and Dignity Commission in Tunisia: Independence, impartiality and ownership” Law Clinic “Truth Commissions and the Challenge of Transitions”, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (ADH), 2013.
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