Solothurn District

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Five Richterämter share Solothurn’s ten districts. Find a verified practitioner – and the court competent for where you live or work.
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), swisstopo
5 town pages, each with its practitioners and authorities, listed by district.

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No practitioner is registered in the canton of Solothurn yet. Those below meet clients by video call, anywhere in Switzerland.
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Solothurn · Family law
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Genève · Commercial law
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Before you consult, it helps to know who decides. Here are the competent authorities for the whole canton and the districts they serve, each with its official website.
Tenancy
A dispute over rent, service charges, defects or a notice to quit starts, in principle, before the Schlichtungsbehörde für Miete und Pacht (tenancy conciliation board). It hears landlord and tenant and seeks an agreement. If that fails, it authorises the case to go to the Richteramt. Tenancy deadlines are short, so early advice from a lawyer is worthwhile.
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Schlichtungsbehörde für Miete und Pacht
Serves: the whole canton
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Work
In the canton of Solothurn, the five Richterämter (first-instance courts) also hear employment disputes: Solothurn-Lebern, Bucheggberg-Wasseramt, Thal-Gäu, Olten-Gösgen and Dorneck-Thierstein. Each covers the two districts in its name. Dismissal, wages, overtime or a work reference: an employment lawyer first reviews your documents and the deadlines that are running.
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Richteramt Solothurn-Lebern
Serves: Lebern District, Solothurn District
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Richteramt Bucheggberg-Wasseramt
Serves: Bucheggberg District, Wasseramt District
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Richteramt Thal-Gäu
Serves: Gäu District, Thal District
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Richteramt Olten-Gösgen
Serves: Gösgen District, Olten District
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Richteramt Dorneck-Thierstein
Serves: Dorneck District, Thierstein District
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Family
Separation, divorce, custody and child maintenance are decided at first instance by the Richteramt of your district – for example the Richteramt Olten-Gösgen for Olten, or the Richteramt Solothurn-Lebern for Solothurn and Grenchen. A first consultation clarifies your options, the documents you need and whether an agreement is possible before any proceedings begin. Proceedings are held in German.
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Richteramt Solothurn-Lebern
Serves: Lebern District, Solothurn District
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Richteramt Bucheggberg-Wasseramt
Serves: Bucheggberg District, Wasseramt District
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Richteramt Thal-Gäu
Serves: Gäu District, Thal District
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Richteramt Olten-Gösgen
Serves: Gösgen District, Olten District
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Richteramt Dorneck-Thierstein
Serves: Dorneck District, Thierstein District
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Criminal
Criminal complaint, summons or summary penalty order: the investigation is led by the Staatsanwaltschaft des Kantons Solothurn (public prosecutor). If charges are brought, the Richteramt tries the case at first instance. You can object to a summary penalty order, but the deadline is short. You may bring a lawyer to every interview – contact a criminal lawyer early.
Competent authority
Staatsanwaltschaft des Kantons Solothurn
Serves: the whole canton
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Legal aid
If you cannot afford proceedings and your case is not without prospects, you can apply for legal aid (URP). It can cover court costs and include the appointment of a legal representative. The application goes to the authority before which the proceedings are pending or are to be brought. A practitioner can check whether your situation qualifies.
Competent authority
Legal aid (URP)
Serves: the whole canton
One panel for each area in which verified practitioners work in the canton of Solothurn. Other areas remain available by video call.
Nobody in the canton is registered for these areas yet. Practitioners from elsewhere can meet you by video call.
Pricing on ora.
Each practitioner sets their own fees and shows them on their profile before you book. You pay ora., which collects on the practitioner’s behalf; ora. charges its service fee on a separate line.

We keep the name of the register and the date of every check.
Local answers, checked against official sources. A practitioner can look at your situation in detail.
See all questionsOn ora., every lawyer is checked against a cantonal bar register, and every legal adviser proves a Swiss law degree. You filter by area of law, language and place, from Solothurn and Olten to Grenchen and Dornach, and compare profiles and fees. You book online, at the law firm or by video.
The Richteramt Solothurn-Lebern covers the districts of Solothurn and Lebern, Bucheggberg-Wasseramt covers Bucheggberg and Wasseramt, Thal-Gäu covers Thal and Gäu, Olten-Gösgen covers Olten and Gösgen, and Dorneck-Thierstein covers Dorneck and Thierstein. Each Richteramt decides civil and criminal cases at first instance, as well as employment disputes.
Each practitioner sets their own fee, and you see it in their profile before booking – live on this page for the lawyers and legal advisers near you. ora.’s service fee is shown separately. You pay the practitioner directly.
Against a decision of a cantonal or municipal authority – a building permit or a decision of the municipality, for example – an appeal to a department or another internal authority is often available first. After that, an appeal usually goes to the Verwaltungsgericht des Kantons Solothurn (administrative court). The deadline and the remedy are stated at the end of the decision. An administrative lawyer checks which route applies in your case and whether the deadline is still running.
The Solothurnischer Anwaltsverband is the professional association of lawyers in Solothurn. Membership is not the same as being entered in the cantonal bar register, which entitles a lawyer to appear in court. ora. checks that entry for every lawyer before the profile goes live; legal advisers prove their Swiss law degree.
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