Franz A. Zölch

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Franz A. Zölch (1986)

Franz Adolf Zölch (born January 29, 1949 ; resident in Schelten and Bern (Burgergemeinde)) is a Swiss media lawyer and ice hockey official .

Life

Zölch studied law at the University of Bern, where he graduated in 1976 with a licentiate . He also studied journalism and journalism in Bern, Zurich and Freiburg. From 1976 to 1983 he was employed in the law office of Hans W. Kopp in Zurich and worked temporarily on a dissertation on communication law. Zölch has owned a practice for copyright , publishing , media and advertising law in Bern since 1983 . He also worked as a lecturer at the media training center MAZ , the University of Italian Switzerland and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland . In 1991 he and his then wife Elisabeth Zölch Burger of the city of Bern and members of the society became shipmen . From 1995 to 2006 Zölch was President of the Swiss Ice Hockey Nationalliga GmbH. In the Swiss Army , he was Brigadier Chief of the Army Information Service.

In 2005 his marriage to the politician Elisabeth Zölch was divorced.

Swiss media have been reporting on Franz A. Zölch's financial problems since 2008. He was convicted of fraud in September 2015. In 2017 the media reported that Zölch had debts of five to ten million francs and had gone into hiding in the face of numerous debt enforcements. In 2019, the Bern public prosecutor's office again brought charges against Zölch for fraud in eight cases.

Fonts (selection)

As an author:

  • Personal rights and media, in particular the right of reply. In: Leo Schürmann : Media Law. Stämpfli , Bern 1985, ISBN 3-7272-0837-6 , SS 159-200.
  • Electronic media law. In: Leo Schürmann, Peter Nobel : Media Law. 2nd, revised edition. Stämpfli, Bern 1993, ISBN 3-7272-0878-3 , pp. 71-210.
  • (with Rena Zulauf) Communication Law for Practice: A handbook and workbook for solving communication and media law issues for the press, radio, television and new media. Stämpfli, Bern 2001, ISBN 3-7272-9991-6 (also published in French and Italian). 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition: Stämpfli, Bern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7272-9957-5 .

As editor:

  • (Overall editing ) Video law and video practice in Switzerland: A guide and reference work for the practitioner. Sauerländer , Aarau 1986.
  • (with Roy Oppenheim, Dieter Stolte ) The audience as a program: Matthias Steinmann - researcher, entrepreneur and author. Festschrift for the sixtieth birthday of Professor Dr. Matthias Steinmann. Stämpfli, Bern 2002, ISBN 3-7272-9908-8 .
  • (with Roy Oppenheim, Matthias Steinmann) Passionate about journalism: Oskar Reck - a life for the word. (= Contributions to communication and media policy. Vol. 14). Stämpfli, Bern 2003, ISBN 3-7272-3240-4 .
  • (with Urs Scherrer) Sports events: In the focus of law and economics. Orell Füssli , Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-280-07060-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Zölch. In: Burgerbuch. Directory of the citizens of the city of Bern on January 1st, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Peter Johannes Meier: The case of Franz A. Zölch. In: The Swiss Observer . September 28, 2011, accessed April 10, 2018.
  3. ^ Franz Zölch: Danger to the press. Die Tat, August 10, 1977, p. 11.
  4. ↑ Lukas Füglister: debt enforcements over 1.5 million ( memento from September 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). In: Sunday . December 12, 2009.
  5. ↑ The glamorous couple Zölch didn't pay any taxes. In: Sunday newspaper . September 28, 2008.
  6. ↑ Media lawyer Zölch accepts the fraud judgment. In: Berner Zeitung . September 22, 2015, accessed April 10, 2018.
  7. ^ In search of Franz A. Zölch , Der Bund, October 7, 2017
  8. ↑ Does Franz A. Zölch have to go to prison? , Der Bund, June 18, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Zölch, Franz A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zölch, Franz Adolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss media lawyer and ice hockey official
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1949