Nicolas Becker (born 1946) is a German jurist and criminal defense lawyer.
He grew up at Lake Konstanz, studied law in Freiburg, where he was a leading member of the student movement.
[2] Among his best-known mandates were Christiane Felscherinow (We Children of Bahnhof Zoo [de]) and, at the end of the 1990s, the impostor Gert Postel.
He defended Manfred Krug when he was charged with road rage assault, and also represented the legendary Tunnel Gangsters.
He advised the author Jurek Becker during the creation of a popular TV attorney series Liebling Kreuzberg with Manfred Krug, and has himself ghost written several books.