Do lawyers always collect money before they do anything?

Law firms usually charge fees first, and both parties will stipulate the charging standard and payment method of attorney fees in the entrustment contract. When the parties go to court for civil disputes or criminal cases, they often need to hire a lawyer as a case agent. After both parties agree, the parties shall pay the lawyer's fees in advance.

1. Does the law firm charge first?

Generally, the lawyer's fee is paid first, which can be negotiated with the lawyer and determined according to the contract entrusted by the parties. In addition, the amount of lawyer's fees depends on the specific case, related fields, complexity, target amount and lawyer's popularity. Legal fees and attorney fees shall be charged separately, and the fees for each stage shall be negotiated by both parties and reflected in the contract.

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

1, working time spent;

2, the difficulty of legal affairs;

3. Customer's tolerance;

4. Risks and responsibilities that lawyers may bear;

5, the lawyer's social reputation and work level.

According to different service contents, lawyers' service fees can be charged on a case-by-case basis, in proportion to the bid amount and by time.

2. What rights do lawyers have as agents?

1. Defenders have the right to defend independently according to facts and laws. Defenders defend independently according to their own facts and understanding of the law, and any other organ, including the people's court, the people's procuratorate, or any group or individual, has no right to interfere.

2. The right to meet and communicate. Defense lawyers may consult, extract and copy the litigation documents and technical appraisal materials of this case from the date when the people's procuratorate examines and prosecutes the case, and may meet and correspond with the criminal suspect in custody. At the trial stage, defense lawyers can consult, extract and copy the materials of the criminal facts accused in this case, and can meet and correspond with the defendants in custody.

3. Right to investigate and collect evidence. With the consent of witnesses or other relevant units and individuals, defense lawyers may collect materials related to the case from them, or apply to the people's procuratorate or the people's court to collect and obtain evidence. With the permission of the people's procuratorate or the people's court, and with the consent of the victim or his close relatives or witnesses provided by the victim, the defense lawyer may collect materials related to the case from them.

4. The right to state defense opinions. When examining a case, the people's procuratorate shall listen to the opinions of the person entrusted by the criminal suspect. In other words, the defender entrusted by the criminal suspect has the right to defend the client at the stage of examination and prosecution.

To sum up, lawyers play an important role as agents in both civil disputes and criminal cases. The parties generally go to law firms to find lawyers to represent cases, and the fees vary from place to place. Under normal circumstances, fees are charged first, and lawyers will determine the lawyer's fees according to the complexity of the case, the time and energy spent and the local economic level.