Robert Servatius (31 October 1894 – 7 August 1983) was a German lawyer, prominent in his profession in Cologne, and especially known for his judicial defenses of Nazi war criminals, including Adolf Eichmann.

He served as a criminal defense lawyer at the Nuremberg trials.[1] Notable defendants he represented at Nuremberg included Fritz Sauckel, Karl Brandt, and Paul Pleiger.[2]

Before he was appointed to defend Eichmann, Mossad investigated the history of Servatius, and found nothing which greatly troubled the investigators,[1] e.g., they showed that Servatius had never been a member of the Nazi Party, which would have disqualified him.

Servatius arrived in Israel in October 1960, where he met with his client and began preparing a defense strategy. Following Eichmann's conviction and death sentence, Servatius handled his unsuccessful appeal to the Supreme Court and attempted to gain clemency for Eichmann from the Israeli president, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.

Following Eichmann's execution, Servatius returned to West Germany, and made no comments to the media about the propriety and legality of the trial.