January 7, 2021 I am writing an article about the paperless law office. In the past months, our law firm had no major problems with Corona restrictions, home office was no problem. The only things that had to be ensured were [...]
December 30, 2019 I was out of town with friends and didn't want to work. A good client calls me, he is sorry, but he overlooked the fact that on 31st December one of his claims against a contractual partner will [...]
The system can only be maintained if the workflow is systematically adhered to and kept paperless. Our branch in Berlin has been paperless since 1st of January 2016. We all felt attached to paper and it means a big change for [...]
At our office, incoming mail is now destroyed every six months. All electronic documents are stored in the lawyer software. Once the mandate has ended, the file is filed virtually, and the retention period is defined. During the retention period, access [...]
The first thing to do is to enter the deadlines. This requires legally trained staff, or the lawyer enters the deadlines himself. Using a PDF editing software such as Adobe Acrobat, the deadlines are noted directly on the electronic document. In [...]
As lawyers, we receive documents in different ways. In the meantime, e-mail is the predominant means of communication with clients. Particularly "progressive" clients even send documents via WhatsApp or other messenger services, regardless of security concerns. There are also letters, especially [...]
December 27, 2015 I joined an internationally active law firm. There are no legally trained support staff in the Berlin branch. All day long I kept thinking of how I want to organize my workflow in the future. Then I went [...]
November 14, 2015 My two law firm partners decided to go into public service. They no longer wanted to be lawyers and we gave up our previous office space on December 31st. We rented an archive room near my flat for [...]
November 14, 2015 In the months of October to December, I made more than half of my annual turnover. All clients want to get something done or move their projects forward before the end of the year. I have a marathon [...]
May 27, 2015 I had a court date in Munich about a major construction case. I was flying with seven big folders in a suitcase too big for hand luggage. The plane was delayed and arriving in Munich my suitcase was [...]
