Heinz Otto Höher is a lawyer and partner in the Motor department at the Cologne office. His work focusses on handling large personal injury claims in motor vehicle and third-party insurance. He is one of the leading personal injury experts in Germany, is familiar with the requirements of claims departments and has extensive experience in dealing with complex medical matters and the demarcation between civil and social law. Heinz Otto Höher has a strong understanding of economic relationships in the assessment of loss of earnings claims or maintenance law. Moreover, he specialises in personal injury fraud defence and in the assessment of sharing agreements between insurance companies and social insurance institutions. Heinz Otto Höher, together with Dr Gerhard Küppersbusch, is one of the authors of the reference work on the subject, ”Ersatzansprüche bei Personenschaden”.
Heinz Otto Höher
Law studies, University of Cologne and University of Heidelberg
Lawyer in Leverkusen; consulting medium-sized enterprises concerning the foundation of enterprises in eastern Germany
since 1991
Lawyer at BLD
since 1996
Partner at BLD
since 2002
Head of BLD-Personal injury centre
1996-2021
Establishment and management of the Motor Insurance department at BLD
2013 to today
Author of the standard work "Küppersbusch/Höher, Ersatzansprüche bei Personenschaden" [Compensation claims for personal injury] since 10th edition 2013
Heinz Otto Höher
Lawyer | Of Counsel
Theodor-Heuss-Ring 13-15
50668 Cologne
Tel +49 221 944027-21