How much is a lawyer for a criminal case The standard varies from law firm to law firm, and the following is for reference only. (A) criminal case charges in accordance with the case of each stage of the separate pieces to determine the charges. 1. investigation stage, each charge 5000-10000 yuan. 2. Examination and prosecution stage, the fee per case 5000-10000 yuan. 3. At the first trial stage, the fee per case is 10,000-30,000 RMB. 4. For cases in which the family has special difficulties in living and is eligible for local legal aid, the fee will be reduced within the above standards. (b) Lawyer service fees for second instance, death penalty review, retrial, appeal cases and criminal private prosecution cases are charged in accordance with the fees for the first instance stage. (c) If a law firm represents a case at more than one stage, the fees are reduced from the second stage onwards. (d) If the victim files a civil lawsuit incidental to the criminal case, the fees for attorney services are charged in accordance with the fees for civil lawsuits. (e) If the suspect or defendant is involved in several crimes or criminal facts at the same time, the fees may be charged separately according to the crimes or criminal facts involved. The following cases by consensus between the law firm and the client, in accordance with no more than five times the above fees: (a) the case of the legal relationship is complex, the lawyer handling time is significantly more than similar cases; (b) the case involves difficult professional issues, the lawyer's professional level requirements are significantly higher than similar cases; (c) major foreign cases and cases with significant social impact. Handling cases need to be paid to the case unit of the appraisal fee, data query fee, copying fees and other costs borne by the client. The travel expenses such as transportation fee and accommodation fee for handling the case in other places shall be borne by the client, and the expenses shall be settled according to the actual expenses and reimbursed on a reimbursement basis, and a certain amount of lump sum can also be negotiated. The rights of defense lawyers: 1. The defender has the right to defend the case independently according to the facts and the law, and is not subject to the People's Court . People's Procuratorate and other organs and individuals from unlawful interference. 2. The defense counsel may consult and extract materials from the case file to understand the facts of the case and the evidence. Lawyers read the file, the court shall give the necessary convenience, and provide a place to read the file. Other defenders with the permission of the people's court, can also understand the case. 3. Defense lawyers may meet and correspond with the accused in custody. Defense lawyers can lease the work of the Office of Legal Counsel and a fixed format of the special letter of introduction to meet with the defendant in the custody of the detention center or its custody place, the custody place personnel should pay attention to the way, try to avoid adding to the content of the defendant's conversation, so as not to affect the defendant's full exercise of the right to defense. 4. Defense lawyers may hold a letter of introduction from the Office of the Legal Adviser to the relevant units and individuals to visit and investigate the case; the relevant units and individuals shall give support. 5. the people's court hearing the case to determine the date of the hearing, should allow time for the defense to prepare for the time required to appear in court. The defender has the right to apply for a legal adjournment of the trial, the court shall take into account without prejudice to the statutory time for the conclusion of the case. 6. In the court hearing stage, the defense has the right to participate in the court hearing, can apply to the presiding judge on the witness, the expert questioning; can also be permitted by the presiding judge directly to the witness. Appraisers and the defendant to ask questions; can be read out and presented in court and a variety of evidence and materials for questioning; can apply for notification of new witnesses to the court, access to new material evidence, re-identification or examination; can be debated with the public prosecutor, and so on. 7. All public cases, the People's Procuratorate shall be attached to a copy of the indictment, the court to the defense, the first case, if the People's Procuratorate embarked on a counter-indictment in accordance with the law, should also be attached to a copy of the book by the court to the defense lawyer, where there are legal grounds for the defense to participate in the case of the court of the first trial and the second court of the verdict, the ruling, should be sent to the defense lawyer a copy of the book. 8. Before the judgment or ruling enters into force, the defense counsel may meet with the defendant to ask for his or her opinion on the judgment or ruling when he or she deems it necessary, and with the defendant's consent, he or she may file an appeal against the judgment or ruling. 9. The defender found that the defendant conceals a major crime, after the defender patiently teach, point out the advantages and disadvantages, but still refused to confess the defender can refuse to continue to defend him or her. 10. After accepting a commission and being appointed as a defender, unless the defendant insists on refusing to allow him or her to continue to defend the case, the defender is obliged to defend the defendant and is responsible for it to the end. Lawyers must conduct their defense in accordance with the facts and the law, and do not permit the falsification of evidence or collusion with the defendant, misinterpretation of the law against the trial, to avoid punishment. In the defense of contact with state secrets and personal privacy, the obligation to strictly keep secret, hand over the obligation to appear in court on time, abide by the rules of the court. The appraisal fee, information inquiry fee, copying fee and other expenses that need to be paid to the case handling unit in the process of handling the case shall be borne by the client. Off-site case transportation costs, accommodation costs and other travel expenses borne by the client, according to the actual cost of the actual settlement, reimbursement, you can also negotiate a certain amount of lump sum. If your situation is more complex, the network also provides lawyers online consulting services, you are welcome to legal advice.