Mag. Linda Poppenwimmer
Attorney at Law, Partner
linda.poppenwimmer@brauneis.law
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Focus
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law
White-Collar Crime / Business Criminal Law
Tax Criminal Law
Legal Remedies in Criminal Matters
Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law
Legal Remedies in Civil Matters
Disciplinary Law for Lawyers
Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry
Languages
German, English, French
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Admission
Since 2025 as attorney-at-law
Career
Since 05/2025 – Partner at Brauneis Attorneys at Law
01–04/2025 – Attorney-at-Law at Ainedter & Ainedter Attorneys at Law
12/2021–01/2025 – Associate at Ainedter & Ainedter Attorneys at Law
07/2019–11/2021 – Senior Public Prosecutor at the Central Public Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption (WKStA)
02/2017–07/2019 – Public Prosecutor at the Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office
07/2015–01/2017 – Judge at the Regional Court of Krems an der Donau
05/2013–06/2015 – Judge at the District Court of Vienna Inner City, assigned to the Supreme Court Documentation Office
11/2010–04/2013 – Judicial Trainee in the district of the Vienna Higher Regional Court
04/2009–10/2010 – Judicial Intern in the district of the Vienna Higher Regional Court
06/2001–03/2009 – Legal Assistant in various law firms in Vienna
Teaching and Lecturing
University of Vienna, Summer Semester 2025
“In the Name of the Republic – Negotiation Skills in Criminal Trials”
13th Tri-National Criminal Defense Forum, 21 September 2024
“Taking and Evaluating Evidence in the Age of AI”
Vienna Bar Association (RAK Wien), 9 November 2023
“Do’s and Don’ts in Criminal Law – What Business and Civil Lawyers Need to Know”
4th Annual Dialogue on Tax Criminal Law (LINDE), 14 October 2021
“Tax Criminal Proceedings Are Not Just Criminal Proceedings – Practical Caveats”
3rd Annual Dialogue on Tax Criminal Law (LINDE), 13 October 2020
“The Concept of Offense in Tax Criminal Law and Its Relevance for Investigations, Voluntary Disclosures, and Statutes of Limitations”
MANZ Annual Conference on Tax Criminal Law, 8 November 2019
“Selected Practical Issues in Prosecutorial Investigations”
Education
2019 Course in Business Law for Criminal Judges and Public Prosecutors, Federal Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice (Austria)
2008 Mag.iur., University of Vienna
Functions
Since 2024 – Member of the Criminal Law Working Group of the Austrian Bar (ÖRAK)
Since 2024 – Board Member of the Lawyers’ Association Justitia
Memberships
Vienna Bar Association
Austrian Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers (VÖStV)
Vienna Criminal Defence Lawyers’ Club
Austrian White Collar Crime Association (AWCCA)
Austrian Society for Criminal Law and Criminology (ÖGSK)
A.I.D.P. – International Association of Penal Law