Legal analysis: Legal fees are required. Lawyer fees are divided into three stages: first instance fees, second instance fees, and execution fees. There is no guidance on fees at the execution stage, so in reality the fees are generally negotiated, or included in the first and second instance charges, which is equivalent to exemption from fees at the execution stage. Risk agency begins with entrustment and ends with execution. If a general agency is entrusted in stages, the risk agency will pay the basic agency fee at the time of entrustment, and other fees will be paid in proportion after receiving the money. If you are a general agent, you will be charged a fee for each stage; if you are a risk agent, you will not pay an agency fee during the second trial; if you are a general agent, you will be charged an agency fee, which is usually halved. The situation you mentioned is a risk agency, and no agency fee is required for the second instance.
Legal basis: Article 32 of the "Lawyers Law of the People's Republic of China" The client may refuse the lawyer entrusted by him to continue to defend or represent him, and may at the same time entrust another lawyer to serve as defender or agent. After accepting the entrustment, a lawyer shall not refuse defense or representation without justifiable reasons. However, if the entrusted matter is illegal, the client uses the services provided by the lawyer to engage in illegal activities, or the client deliberately conceals important facts related to the case, the lawyer has the right to refuse to defend or represent the client.