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Law firm form handbook in the Beck-Verlag
The publishing house C.H. Beck is the leading publisher in the field of legal literature. Therefore the publishing house has now taken over the task of supporting law firms also with regard to the entrepreneurial side. For this purpose, it publishes a form manual, which includes the most important elements of law firm management in the form of templates, checklists, etc. Christoph H. Vaagt is the author for questions of law firm management: he describes in the form of templates how law firm management can cover the most important questions of strategic, but also of daily project management.
Literature for the Law Firm Form Handbook
General descriptions:
- Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V., DAV guidebook for young lawyers, 13th edition 2013
- Mauer/Krämer/Becker, office management for legal and business consulting professions, 2nd ed. 2000
- Thomas Delong /Anish Nanda, Professional Services: Text & Cases, 2003
- Stephen Mayson, Making Sense of Law Firms, 1997
- Patrick J. McKenna/David H. Maister, F1RST among equals, 2002
- Martin Smith, Setting up and managing a small practice, 1995
- David H. Maister, Managing the Professional Service Firm, 1997
- Laura Empson, Managing the modern law firm, 2007
- Leo Staub/Christine Hehli Hidber, Management of law firms, 2012
- Hartung/Römermann, Marketing and Management, Manual for Lawyers, 1999
- Leo Staub, Legal Management; Management of law as a management task, 2nd edition, 2005
- Peter-Hege Hauptmann/Alexander Deicke, The start as a lawyer made easy, 2008
On business principles and strategy:
- Nagel/Wimmer, systemic strategy development, 2008
- Kerstin Friedrich/Lothar J. Seiwert, The 1×1 of success strategy, 2nd ed. 1998
- Bruno Jahn, survival strategies for individual lawyers, 2013
- Stephan Kaiser/Max Ringlstetter, Strategic Management of Professional Service Firms, 2011
- Ringlstetter/Bürger/Kaiser, Strategies and Management for Professional Service Firms, 2004
- Bente R. Lowendahl, Strategic of Professional Service Firms, 3rd ed. 2005
- Till Grewe, Professional Service Firms in a globalised world, 2008
- Stephen Mayson, Law Firm Strategy, Competitive Advantage and Valuation, 2007
- Diana Bartoszyk, The Changing Legal Profession, 2006
- Christoph H. Vaagt, Success strategies of commercial law firms, a benchmark study, Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft, Frankfurt/Main, 2011
- Jens Poll, Forms of Cooperation: Practice Models and Networks, Volume 2, 2012
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Suchanek, Responsibility, Self-Binding and the Function of Guiding Principles, in Professional Ethics of Tax Consultants DWS Publication Series No. 16, 2008
- Kai v. Lewinski, Outline of the Law of the Legal Profession, Berlin Writings on Lawyers’ Law, Vol. 1 2006
- Kerstin Friedrich, Lothar J. Seiwert, Das 1×1 der Erfolgsstrategie, mvg, 2nd edition, 1998
On profit distribution:
- James D. Cottermann/Altmann Weil, Inc., Compensation Plans for Law Firms, 4th ed. 2004
- Kraus/Kunz/Mäder/Nerlich/Peres/Schmid/Senft/Stuber/Weber, law of partnerships, handbook for companies providing legal, tax and economic advice, 2nd ed. 2006
- Henssler/Streck, Handbook of Societal Law, 2nd edition 2011
To the organization:
- German Lawyers’ Association, TQM – Quality Management in the Law Firm, , 1997
- Kurt Nagel, The 6 success factors of the company, 5th ed. 1993
- Appelhagen, law firm management, organization and management in the partnership, 2003
- Benno Heussen, managing a law firm, 2009
- Kapellmann, legal project management, 1997
- Borgmann/Haug, Lawyer’s Liability, 3rd ed. 1995
- Axmann/Diem, Lawyer strategies for the management of law firms, Volume 8, 2007
- Thomas von Dungen, team production in Professonal Service Firms, 2007
- Claudia Schieblon, law firm management in practice, 2011
- Dieter Ahlert/Heiner Evanschitzky/Josef Hesse, Excellence in Service and Sales, 2002
- Matthias Werner, Factors influencing knowledge transfer in knowledge-intensive service companies, 2004
- German Lawyers’ Association e.V., TQM – Quality Management in the Law Firm, 1997
- Schulz/Klugmann, knowledge management for lawyers, 2005
- Friday/Paal/Dolch/Reiniger/Ruby/Kamradt/Werner, Quality in the Law Firm, 1999
- Organization of a law firm, in Law Firm Management Handbook, Dr. Herfried Kohl, 1998
- Dr. Herfried Kohl Quality management system of the law firm in Dr. Herfried Kohl Law Firm Management Handbook, 1998
- Benno, Heussen: “Management Tools for the Law Firm – The Balanced Scorecard”, Switzerland: Anwaltsrevue 5/2005, page 211
- Borgmann, Fristenmanagement, in Hartung/Römermann, Marketing and Management, Handbook for Lawyers, 1999
To marketing:
- Claudia Schieblon, Marketing for law firms and auditors, 2009
- Laurie Young, Marketing the Professional Services Firm, 2005
- Laurie Young, The Marketers’ Handbook, 2011
- Eva Engelken, Plain text for lawyers, 2010
- Armin Heßler, Petra Mosebach, Strategy and Marketing in Web 2.0, 2013
- Helmut Becker, Marketing and Advertising in Law Firm Management Handbook, Dr. Herfried Kohl, 1998
- Schiefer/Hocke, Marketing for lawyers, 2nd edition 1996, Bonn
- Pepels/Steckler, attorney marketing. C.H. Beck publishing house, 2nd edition, 2012
- Eva Engelken, Plain text for lawyers: Winning clients – convincing the media, 2010
- David Hoeflmayr, Law firm marketing: For the legal and tax practice, 2012
- Matthias Kilian, effectiveness of legal advertising measures, 2011
- Marketing guide for lawyers from the Bavarian Bar Association, 2012
- Schiefer/Hocke, marketing for lawyers,1996
- Bavarian Bar Association, Marketing Guide for Lawyers, 5th edition 2012
- Cosack, Hamatscheck, Practice Handbook Lawyer Marketing, 2013
To staff:
- Heinrich Rudolf, Procurement of Personnel, in Dr. Herfried Kohl Law Firm Management Handbook, 1998
- Scholz, Basic principles of personnel management, Vahlen 2011
- Mauer/Krämer/Becker, office management for legal and business consulting professions, 2nd ed. 2000
- Ludwig, Weinel, Personnel Management, in Hartung/Römermann, Marketing and Management, Handbook for Lawyers, 1999
On finances:
- Michael Roch, Pricing and Profitability for Law Firms, 2008
- Krämer/Mauer/Kilian, Vergütungsvereinbarung und –management, Band 5, 2005
- Alan Weiss, Value-Based Fees, How to Charge – and Get – What You’re Worth, 2002
- Joseph A. Bailey, David E. Gaulin, Stanley Kolodziejczak, John P. Quinn, Law Firm Accounting and Financial Management, 5th Edition, 2012
- Dr. Uta Maria Feser, Controlling als Denk- und Steuerungssystem, in Kanzleimanagementhandbuch, Dr. Herfried Kohl, 1998
- Antonia Jansen Trejo, Chanell Eidmüller, Jürgen Belian, Kerstin Eggert, Erfolgreich selbständig als Anwalt, 2013
- Mag. Bruno Jahn, Strategieumsetzung in Rechtsanwaltskanzleien, Österr. AnwaltBl. 2009, S. 208 (zu Balanced Scorecards)
- Seiter, Mischa; Marquard (M.Sc.), Christopher, Die Balanced Scorecard als Instrument der Strategieumsetzung, in AnwBl 2012, 808-810
- Reckenfelderbäumler, Kostenmanagement, in Hartung/Römermann, Marketing und Management, Handbuch für Rechtsanwälte, 1999
- Leo Staub, Accounting und Billing, in Leo Staub/Christine Hehli Hidber, Management von Anwaltskanzleien, 2012