Jeroen Soeteman has been the General Chair of the Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA) since September 1, 2024. Previously, he served as a general board member (January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2023) and acting Chair (January 1, 2024 – August 31, 2024) of the NOvA. He serves as General Chair jointly with Sanne van Oers.

Career
After studying criminal law and private law at the University of Groningen, Jeroen Soeteman began working as a lawyer at CMS Derks Star Busmann in 1999. In 2003, he transferred to Korvinus Abeln Advocaten to focus fully on criminal law. Together with Willem Jebbink, he founded Jebbink Soeteman Advocaten in 2009.
Jeroen Soeteman was chair of the Dutch Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers from 2016 to 2021. In addition, he has taught courses and lectures for many years on various aspects of criminal law (such as Article 5 ECHR, service regulations, and incidents at the hearing), both at the University and through training organizations. In 2015, Jeroen was a member of the Committee on a Sustainable System of Legal Aid (‘Sustainable System of Legal Aid’) of the Dutch Bar Association, and co-authored the report on the legal aid system drawn up by that Committee. He is co-author of the Handboek Verdediging (Defense Handbook) (3rd edition, 2021), in which he wrote the chapter ‘Counsel at the hearing’. He previously annotated the Nieuwsbrief Strafrecht (Criminal Law Newsletter) and has published in various (professional) journals and media outlets.
In 2020, he completed the course ‘Artificial Intelligence for Lawyers’ at PAO Leiden. There, he participated in the VPR-A specialization program in Privacy and Data Protection Law in 2021, which he successfully completed in November 2021. As a criminal defense lawyer, he specializes in both general and financial-economic criminal law and also has extensive experience with cross-border criminal cases. In addition to criminal law, Jeroen Soeteman pays particular attention to the role of privacy within criminal law.
When the pressure mounts, Jeroen Soeteman performs at his peak. He is at his best when he can play multiple boards simultaneously. Soeteman is a born lawyer, a quick thinker with extensive knowledge of criminal procedure. With his strategic and targeted approach, he can make a difference in a case. His qualities come together during the hearing, where bold advocacy and adequate response to developments are crucial for the outcome. The need to stand (sometimes literally) as the last man between the Public Prosecution Service and his client is not a choice but part of his character: he finds it unacceptable that his clients can lose everything as a result of a criminal case, especially when only pre-trial detention is involved: their freedom, home, job, and relationship.

Memberships:
Dutch Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NVSA),
European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA),
International Bar Association (IBA),
Association of Privacy Lawyers (VPR-A).
In addition, Jeroen, together with his colleague Rosa van Zijl, is a member of Global Criminal Law Counsel (GCLC), an international association of lawyers specializing in financial criminal law, who act jointly when necessary (fraud, corruption, compliance).

Jeroen Soeteman has registered criminal law as his principal area of ​​law in the Legal Areas Register of the Dutch Bar Association. Based on this registration, he is required to obtain ten training credits in each registered principal area of ​​law each calendar year in accordance with the standards of the Dutch Bar Association.