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Representation in court
"Just as you are bent on absolute justice, rest assured that more justice than you want would be served for you."
Since January 1, 2000, lawyers have been authorized to represent clients before all other local and regional courts in Germany in addition to the courts where they were originally explicitly admitted (admission now refers to the respective bar association, rather than to the courts). As long as a lawyer was admitted to a higher regional court, he or she was also allowed to represent clients before all other higher regional courts from July 1, 2002. This has changed fundamentally.
In criminal cases, all lawyers are authorized to represent clients before all courts in Germany, including the Federal Court of Justice.
In civil cases, lawyers are now only admitted separately before the Federal Court of Justice. They can represent clients before all other courts.
In patent cases, lawyers can also represent clients before the German Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Patent Court, and in patent invalidity cases also before the Federal Court of Justice. Representation in Community trademark and Community design matters before all authorities (such as the European Union Intellectual Property Office - formerly the Office for Harmonization - in Alicante) is also possible.
We can also represent clients in tax matters before the Federal Tax Court.
Representation in court in civil matters
- All local courts (municipal courts)
- All district (county) courts
- All courts of appeal
- Bavarian Supreme Court (appeals in Bavarian legal matters assigned by law)
- For cases before the Federal Court of Justice in civil matters, we arrange contact with lawyers admitted here and take over communication with them
Representation in court also before the Supreme Federal Court in
- Employment law matters
- Administrative law matters
- Criminal law matters
- Social law matters
- Trademarks, design and patent law matters before the Federal Patent Court
Industrial legal protection, preliminary injunctions
- Preparation of protective letters to avoid preliminary injunctions without oral hearing (which would be the standard!)
- Application for preliminary injunctions; enforcement of claims (sequestration in trademark matters); Ensuring effective enforcement, etc.
- Court proceedings in the first and second instance
- Final letter and possible transfer to the main proceedings (in Germany preliminary proceeding are a separate case)
Constitutional Court (supreme court); European Courts
- Constitutional complaint; urgent applications; representation before the State and Federal Constitutional Courts
- Representation before the European Courts
- Representation before the European Court of Human Rights