Pamela Pabst

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Pamela Pabst (* 1978 ) is a German lawyer . She is the first female criminal defense lawyer in Germany who has been blind from birth . Her life was the inspiration for the ARD television series Die Heiland - Wir sind Anwalt (2018).

Life

Pamela Pabst has been blind since birth, with 1% residual vision in the left eye. She attended mainstream schools with a focus on integration. While attending primary school worked well, she reports bullying experiences during her high school years. Also because she received additional educational support because of her visual impairment, she was rejected and tortured by parts of the student body. A visit to a criminal court in 1994 piqued her interest in law , initially feeling addressed by the formal and respectful manners in court, which contrasted with the behavior of her classmates.

While studying law at the Free University of Berlin took Pabst digital as a tool and cassette spoken legal texts, screen readers and read-aloud assistants . After her second state examination, Pamela Pabst settled in Berlin-Neukölln in 2007 as a self-employed criminal defense lawyer and victim lawyer. She is the first, from birth, blind defense lawyer in Germany. Professionally, she uses digital tools and personal assistance. She lives and works in Berlin .

In 2014 she published the biographical book I See What You Don't See. A blind defense attorney goes her way.

Television series

From September 4, 2018, the six-part first season of the television series Die Heiland - Wir sind Anwalt was broadcast on Das Erste . When the series was designed, Pamela Pabst was the real model for the role of the blind lawyer Romy Heiland , who was played by Lisa Martinek in the first season . After the actress died on June 28, 2019, Christina Athenstädt took over the role of the protagonist for the second season . This has been broadcast on Das Erste since April 28, 2020.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pamela Pabst - Authors - Hanser Literaturverlage. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b Anne Fromm: First blind defense lawyer: Blind confidante . In: The daily newspaper: taz . March 24, 2014, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed March 8, 2020]).
  3. ↑ a b c Christine Meffert: Pamela Pabst: "They burned my hair once" . In: The time . August 30, 2018, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed March 8, 2020]).
  4. ^ Social heroes: Pamela Pabst - The lawyer. March 21, 2016, accessed on March 8, 2020 (German).
  5. ^ Pabst & Elling lawyers. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
  6. ↑ FOCUS Online: Actress dies at 47: Lisa Martinek passed out while swimming. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Second season: "Die Heiland" - Die Heiland - We are lawyers - ARD | The first. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Pabst, Pamela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 1978