Hans Eberhard Lorenz

{{Short description|German jurist}}

Hans Eberhard Lorenz (born 3 March 1951) is a German jurist.

Lorenz is Presiding Judge of the criminal division at the Regional Court Mainz.{{cite web |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/sport/fussball/sportrichter-hans-e-lorenz-der-fussball-wird-immer-anstaendiger/13027902.html |title="Der Fußball wird immer anständiger" |last1=Möthe |first1=Alexander |last2= |first2= |date=2016-02-28 |website= |publisher=Handelsblatt |access-date=2016-03-08 |quote= |language=German }}

At the 39th Bundestag of the German Football Association in October 2007, Lorenz was elected as Presiding Judge of the DFB Sports Court.{{cite web |url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article121316594/Der-DFB-Richter-mit-den-coolen-Spruechen.html |title=Der DFB-Richter mit den coolen Sprüchen |last1=Gartenschläger |first1=Lars |last2= |first2= |date=2013-10-29 |website= |publisher= |access-date=2016-03-08 |quote= |language=German }} This position in the highest controlling body of the German Football Association is voluntary. Lorenz is considered as the "luminary in the DFB sports jurisdiction".{{cite web |url=https://www.n-tv.de/sport/fussball/DFB-Sportrichter-Lorenz-steht-im-Fokus-article6289556.html |title=DFB-Sportrichter Lorenz steht im Fokus |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=2012-05-18 |website= |publisher=n-tv |access-date= |quote= |language=German }}

Lorenz lives in Wöllstein.{{cite web |url=http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/region/lokales/bad-kreuznach_artikel,-Wochenendinterview-mit-Hans-E-Lorenz-Ein-Richter-der-Fussballprofis-das-Fuerchten-lehrt-_arid,331484.html |title=Ein Richter, der Fußballprofis das Fürchten lehrt |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=2011-11-04 |website= |publisher=Rhein-Zeitung |access-date=2016-03-08|quote= |language=German }} He is father of three children.