About GLADICA Lawyers
Specialized criminal defence. Strategic excellence. The firm for cases where it truly matters.
About GLADICA Lawyers

A firm that knew exactly what it stood for from day one.
GLADICA was founded in 2019 by Galina Rolnik, attorney-at-law, and developed from the ground up together with Monty Dariani, an entrepreneur specializing in technology and digital strategy. The founding conviction was straightforward: legal excellence and technological competence are not in tension — they belong together. Not as an add-on, but as the structural foundation of every mandate. While much of the legal industry still debates digitalization in theory, at GLADICA it has shaped our organization, case analysis, and client work from day one. That is what makes us fundamentally different.
GLADICA Masters the Intersections Other Firms Miss
GLADICA defends at the critical points where criminal law, traffic law, employment law, and tax law converge. With deep specialization, strategic clarity, and an uncompromising commitment to results. These intersections are not the exception — they are the rule. When a senior executive or a company faces criminal allegations, a threatened dismissal, a tax investigation, or the revocation of a driving licence rarely arrives in isolation. Treating these proceedings separately is a strategic mistake. GLADICA is structurally built to lead them in a coordinated, forward-looking manner.
Our History
The attorneys at GLADICA hold longstanding bar admissions and a demonstrated track record in demanding proceedings. What drove the firm's founding was a clear-eyed observation: too many clients in critical situations receive representation that fails to match the complexity and stakes of their circumstances. Not for lack of legal knowledge, but because the right structures are absent, because honesty is sometimes sacrificed to preserve the client relationship, and because complex multi-dimensional proceedings are rarely led as such. GLADICA was built to close that gap.
Built for a World in Transition
Digital surveillance, artificial intelligence, new mobility infrastructure, and shifting geopolitical realities are generating new legal risks for individuals, businesses, and decision-makers every day. GLADICA does not merely follow these developments in the abstract — we translate them into concrete defence and advisory strategies. We engage where new risks emerge: early, precisely, and with a direct mandate focus.
What Sets Us Apart
Legal Precision and Integrity
We approach every case with comprehensive analysis, meticulous preparation, and a thorough command of applicable case law. For us, rigour is not a baseline standard — it is the defining difference between a defence that holds and one that falls short.
Strategic Defence
Legal proceedings never exist in isolation. We assess risks that extend well beyond the immediate charge: professional, reputational, regulatory, and financial consequences all form part of our analysis. Our defence strategies are built to address the full risk profile of each client, not just the matter in front of the court.
Client-Centred Representation
We do not tell clients what is comfortable to hear. We tell them what is legally, tactically, and factually relevant. Our clients receive a clear, reality-based assessment of their situation at every stage, and they are fully involved in all decisions that shape the outcome of their case.
Discretion and Trust
Many of the mandates we handle touch the most sensitive areas of our clients' personal and professional lives. Absolute confidentiality and complete discretion are not negotiable at GLADICA. They are the foundation on which every client relationship rests.
Experience and Performance
Our attorneys rank among the best in Germany within their respective areas of specialization. Exceptional preparation, precise analysis, and uncompromising advocacy are the foundation of every mandate we accept.

Criminal Defence in Complex, High-Stakes Proceedings
We represent clients in serious criminal proceedings, including cases with significant economic impact, acute reputational risk, or immediate professional consequences. Our attorneys are trained in rigorous, methodical witness examination and in identifying inconsistencies, coordinated testimony, and false statements — and turning those findings into a decisive advantage for the defence. Early instruction is not merely beneficial. In many cases, it is the deciding factor.
Employment Law Proceedings at the Criminal Law Interface
Criminal allegations regularly produce employment law consequences: summary dismissal, suspension, disciplinary proceedings. GLADICA is structured to lead both levels of proceedings in a coordinated manner, drawing on deep specialization in both fields. These mandates demand a particularly close integration of legal analysis, strategic defence, and precise risk assessment. Our approach is built for exactly that.
Traffic Law and Driving Licence Protection
For many of our clients, a driving licence is not a matter of convenience — it is a professional lifeline. We represent clients in traffic law proceedings at every level, with a particular focus on licence revocation, professional drivers, and regulatory sanction proceedings. Our attorneys know the intersections with criminal law and employment law in precise detail and use them strategically.
Tax Criminal Law and Fiscal Investigations
Tax investigations reach companies and executives at precisely the moment when every statement, every reaction, and every decision carries consequences. GLADICA accompanies clients from the first search and seizure through to the final court decision, advises on voluntary disclosure as a strategic instrument, and represents before criminal and fiscal courts with proven expertise.
Early Strategic Counsel in Investigation Proceedings
The most consequential phase of a legal proceeding is often the one in which no charges have yet been filed. We advise clients at the investigation stage, secure procedural rights, analyse case files, and develop a defence strategy that shapes the course of events before the situation escalates.






