Contact the law office in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author: Azur Prnjavorac, attorney at law and mediator · Last updated: 5 September 2026

Law Office Prnjavorac, attorneys Alma Prnjavorac and Azur Prnjavorac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 75000 Tuzla, Đorđa Mihajlovića 10b, in the city centre. Former address: Miška Jovanovića bb; the street was renamed, it is the same location, see the note on the street name. Telephone and fax +387 35 258 110, mobile (Azur Prnjavorac) +387 61 633 539, mobile (Alma Prnjavorac) +387 61 131 001, email advokat@advokat-prnjavorac.com.

Contact details in one place

Three ways to get in touch, and when each makes sense

• Email. The most useful for a first enquiry, because you can send the documents together with the question. The lawyer then sees, before answering, the documents on which the matter really rests.
• Telephone. For short questions and arranging an appointment. A legal assessment of a matter over the telephone is as a rule not possible, because an assessment requires a look at the documents and the time limits.
• A visit to the office. By prior arrangement, so that the documents can be reviewed before the meeting. Without an appointment a meeting cannot be guaranteed, because of hearings and deadlines.

What to send with a first enquiry

The quality of the first answer depends on what was sent with the question. This is the minimum that allows a serious assessment instead of a general answer.

• A short chronological description of what happened: who, when and what. Two or three sentences per event are enough.
• Scans or photographs of the documents you rely on: contract, decision, judgment, demand letter, land register extract, extract from the civil register.
• Every document that carries a time limit, because the time limit runs from the day of receipt. Photograph the envelope or the delivery slip with the date of receipt as well.
• The case number, if proceedings are already pending. It is written in the heading of every court document and consists of a two-digit code, a zero, a letter code for the type of proceedings and a serial number with the year.
• Details of the opposing party, so that a conflict of interest can be checked before any advice is given.
• Your contact details and, if you are abroad, your time zone and the number on which you can be reached.

How the first contact proceeds

Deadlines that run while the client hesitates

The largest part of the damage a lawyer cannot repair arises from a missed time limit, not from a wrong legal assessment. The time limits below are preclusive, which means that a missed time limit is as a rule not restored. If your document is younger than the number of days stated, get in touch at once and state the date of receipt.

A special law may prescribe a shorter or longer time limit than those stated, so in a specific matter the regulation governing that subject is always checked. If the time limit has already passed, that does not necessarily mean the matter is lost, because in some situations there is a request for restoration to the previous state or an extraordinary remedy.

Three things you can check before you get in touch

• The date of receipt, not the date on the document. Time limits run from the day the document was properly served, not from the day the court or authority issued it. The date of receipt is on the delivery slip, the envelope or the confirmation of collection.
• Who the opposing party really is. Contracts and decisions often show several names of the same company or authority. For the conflict of interest check and for the proceedings themselves, the exact name, seat and, for companies, the registration number from the court register are needed.
• Which court or authority has jurisdiction. In Bosnia and Herzegovina there are three separate court systems, in the Federation of BiH, Republika Srpska and the Brcko District of BiH, with different regulations in a number of areas. An overview is on the page on the courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Engagement from abroad, without coming to BiH

A substantial part of the office’s matters are conducted for clients living in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, the Scandinavian countries and overseas. Coming to Bosnia and Herzegovina is as a rule not necessary, because representation is based on a power of attorney.

• The power of attorney is signed before a notary in the state of residence or at a diplomatic or consular mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The text of the power of attorney is prepared by the office, adapted to the particular proceedings.
• An apostille is needed when the document is certified before a foreign notary and the state is not in a bilateral regime of exemption from legalisation with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Details on the page on the Apostille.
• The original power of attorney is sent by post and a scanned copy by email, so that the preparation can begin at once.
• Communication runs by email and, by arrangement, by video link, with regard to the difference in time zones.
• Documents in a foreign language for use before a court in BiH are translated by a court interpreter. The office advises which documents really require that translation and which do not.

How the attorney fee is calculated

The fee for a lawyer’s work is not a matter of free assessment but is prescribed by the tariff of the bar association. That makes it possible to give a cost framework in advance, and the client can check every item.

In civil proceedings the basis is determined according to the value of the dispute, so the number of points for a particular act is multiplied by the current value of a point. For a specific matter the estimate is given before the engagement, on the basis of the documents sent. The types of work and the way each is charged are described on the page legal services in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Confidentiality of what you send us

Attorney-client privilege is not a matter of goodwill but a statutory duty. In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina it is governed by article 23 of the Law on the Legal Profession of the FBiH, which obliges the attorney to keep as a secret everything the client has entrusted to them or that they have otherwise learned in the matter, in the preparation, during the representation and after the representation ends. The same duty applies to the persons employed at the office. In Republika Srpska the same subject is governed by article 21 of the Law on the Legal Profession of the RS, with an express provision that the duty to keep the attorney’s secret is not limited in time.

Confidentiality also applies to an enquiry that does not end in an engagement. If the office does not take on the matter, the documents sent are not used in any other way. More on the scope of this duty on the page on attorney-client privilege.

What the office does not take on

A clear boundary saves time on both sides, so it is better that it is known in advance than after the documents have been sent.

• Matters of criminal and labour law. The texts from those areas on this website are published as legal information and an overview of case law, not as an offer of representation.
• Matters in which a conflict of interest would arise, however short the earlier engagement was.
• Representation before courts outside Bosnia and Herzegovina. In cross-border matters the office conducts the Bosnian part of the proceedings and cooperates with a lawyer in the other state.
• Matters pursued out of spite, without a legal interest, or in which the client insists on presenting facts that are not true.

Note on the address: the same location, a new street name

The address of Law Office Prnjavorac is Đorđa Mihajlovića 10b, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The street in which the office is located was formerly called Miška Jovanovića, so in older directories, lists of attorneys and publications the office appears at the address Miška Jovanovića bb (or Miška Jovanovića 10b). It is the same physical location and the same law office: the street was renamed, the office has not moved or changed its premises. The telephone number +387 35 258 110, the email advokat@advokat-prnjavorac.com and the coordinates 44.537211, 18.678807 are unchanged. The change is confirmed by the official acts of the City of Tuzla (official proof).