The quality of the case is different. The presiding judge is actively involved in the case, so the status of the case is different, ranging from daily life disputes with low reserve prices to tens of millions of real estate financial cases, so the difficulty of the case varies greatly. Criminal defense lawyers generally need to look at the development prospects, criminal defense lawyers generally do not actually operate economic cases, and corporate securities lawyers generally do not take over divorce proceedings. Therefore, the quality of cases is difficult to compare.
Generally speaking, the quality of accepting cases by presiding judges is higher, because some cases represented by lawyers are usually concluded during people's mediation, pre-litigation mediation or labor dispute arbitration. If criminal defense lawyers do not accept such cases with the same legal facts and many appellants or appellees, responsible criminal defense lawyers will be busy with two cases a week, which is equivalent to 90 cases a year. In that case, this kind of case should not be too complicated. A little more complicated, handling two cases a month is busy enough.
Judging from the total number of cases alone, the presiding judge is undoubtedly much busier than the criminal defense lawyer. At present, the presiding judges of the people's courts have to accept about 200 cases a year on average, and the presiding judges in Shanghai and Shenzhen are likely to have an average of 7800 cases a year. Criminal defense lawyers should thoroughly look at the situation when handling cases. Some criminal defense lawyers only handle four or five important cases a year, and some criminal defense lawyers may handle one or two hundred small cases a year.