Brynjar Meling

Brynjar Nielsen Meling (born 29 May 1967) is a Norwegian lawyer.

Personal life Meling is married and have four children. He usually votes for the Conservative Party, but voted blank in 2003 as a result of the party joining the other parties in demanding to repatriate Mullah Krekar.

Career He became famous overnight after being appointed as the public defender of Mullah Krekar, and has since also worked on a number of other high-profile cases, mainly cases directly targeted against Norwegian commercial and political interests. He is noted for especially defending immigrants and Muslims suspected for various criminal offences.

Some of his other more famous cases include:

Mohammed Shah Rais

Controversy Meling's choice of clients has made him an unpopular man in many circles. Meling has received a steady stream of hate mail, ranging from neatly hand-written letters filled with Bible quotes that wish him a happy journey to hell