Before you decide to hire a lawyer, you need to know the background of the lawyer, especially whether the lawyer has any experience in representing similar cases involved by the client. First of all, communicate with lawyers by phone or WeChat, tell their own demands, listen to the preliminary analysis of lawyers, and judge whether they meet their expectations. If there is further need, you can bring the necessary information to communicate with the lawyer face to face, and further judge the lawyer's experience, ability and litigation strategy.
So how do lawyers charge?
The lawyer's fee shall be determined by the lawyer and the client through consultation within a certain range. How to charge for a specific case and how much the lawyer's fee should be determined through consultation with the lawyer. According to the different service contents, we can adopt piecework charging, charging according to the proportion of target amount, charging by time, charging by risk agent, etc.
So what are the main factors that affect the lawyer's fee?
Factors to be considered for attorney fees include:
Working hours spent;
(two) the difficulty of legal affairs;
(three) the number of lawyers and the professional ability of lawyers required to handle legal affairs;
(four) the client's affordability and local social and economic development;
(5) Risks and responsibilities that lawyers may bear;
(6) The social reputation and working level of lawyers;
(seven) other expenses necessary for handling the case.
To sum up, there are many ways to hire a lawyer, and you can choose according to your own needs. There is no fixed fee standard for lawyers, so you can't choose a lawyer just by looking at the fee. Entrusting a lawyer with professional legal knowledge can effectively sort out the clues of the case, help the parties to safeguard their legal rights, seize the defense opportunity and find a strong breakthrough.
legal ground
Article 28 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) may engage in the following businesses: (1) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations to serve as legal advisers; (two) to accept the entrustment of the parties in civil cases and administrative cases, to act as agents and to participate in litigation; (3) Accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases or legal aid agencies to act as defenders according to law, accepting the entrustment of private prosecutors in private prosecution cases, victims in public prosecution cases or their close relatives to participate in litigation as agents; (four) to accept the entrustment and represent the complaints of various litigation cases; (five) to accept the entrustment and participate in mediation and arbitration activities; (6) Accepting entrustment to provide non-litigation legal services; (seven) to answer questions about the law and write litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.