Can I find a foreign lawyer in a lawsuit?

When you file a lawsuit, you can find a lawyer from other places. There is no provision in People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law that lawyers cannot engage in litigation activities in other places. Lawyers can not only participate in litigation activities, but also accept others' entrustment as legal advisers and provide some other non-litigation legal services.

1. Can lawyers who file lawsuits be found from other places?

Lawyers who engage in litigation can find them from other places.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law

Article 28 A lawyer may engage in the following businesses:

(a) to accept the entrustment of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations 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.

Second, what are the precautions for filing a lawsuit to find a lawyer?

1. Try to go to the law firm. Only when you get to the law firm can you know the authenticity of this law firm and avoid being cheated.

2. Try to verify the lawyer's practice certificate, the lawyer pays and makes clear the consumption.

You must sign a contract with a law firm. Only when there is a contract can there be a foundation and service be guaranteed.

4. The money should be paid to the law firm.

5. Believe in facts and laws, and never believe that the promise of "winning by hook or by crook" is embodied in the process of pursuing justice.

3. What are the basic duties of a lawyer?

1. Provide legal advice to customers;

2. Drafting and reviewing legal documents;

3. Agency litigation, mediation or arbitration activities;

4. Handle other legal affairs entrusted;

5. Safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of customers.

4. What is the cost of getting a lawyer to file a lawsuit?

Lawyer fees are illegal.

Measures for the administration of lawyers' service fees

Article 3 Fees for lawyers' services shall follow the principles of openness, fairness, voluntary compensation and good faith.

Law firms should facilitate the people, strengthen internal management, reduce service costs, and provide convenient and high-quality legal services for clients.

Article 4 The fees for lawyers' services shall be guided by the government and regulated by the market.

Article 5 A law firm shall provide the following legal services in accordance with the law, and implement government-guided prices:

(1) Acting as an agent in civil litigation cases;

(2) Acting as an agent in administrative litigation cases;

(3) Acting as an agent for state compensation cases;

(four) to provide legal advice to criminal suspects in criminal cases, to represent complaints and accusations, to apply for bail pending trial, and to act as the defendant's defender, private prosecutor or agent ad litem of the victim;

(5) Acting as an agent for appeals in various litigation cases.

The fees charged by law firms for providing other legal services shall be subject to market-regulated prices.

Article 6 The benchmark price and fluctuation range of government-guided prices shall be formulated by the competent price departments of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the judicial administrative departments at the same level.

Article 7 The government shall extensively listen to the opinions of all sectors of society when formulating the charging standards for lawyers' services, and may hold hearings when necessary.

Article 8

The government should fully consider the local economic development level, social affordability and the long-term development of the lawyer industry, and determine the charging standard according to the average compensation cost of lawyer services, plus reasonable profits and statutory taxes.

Article 9 The fees for lawyer services subject to market-regulated prices shall be determined by the law firm through consultation with the clients.

The following main factors shall be considered when a law firm negotiates the fees for lawyer services with its clients:

Working hours spent;

(two) the difficulty of legal affairs;

(3) the client's affordability;

(4) Risks and responsibilities that lawyers may bear;

(5) The lawyer's social reputation and working level.

To sum up, in litigation activities, the parties can find a foreign lawyer within their own economic capacity, but whether they are looking for a foreign lawyer or a local lawyer, no matter how high the lawyer's fee is, the lawyer's behavior should also comply with national laws and regulations.