If you don't show up after being summoned, can you hire a lawyer?

Legal analysis: Not police summons can be divided into public security summons and criminal summons. When the police call, you must go by yourself. In the face of public security summons, the public security organ may carry out compulsory summons according to law if it refuses to go without justifiable reasons. Compulsory summons refers to an administrative compulsory measure that the public security organ takes the suspect who violates public security administration without justifiable reasons to the public security organ or the designated place for interrogation and restricts personal freedom when handling administrative cases. If it is a criminal summons, the public security organ may, according to the circumstances of the case, summon the criminal suspect who is absent without justifiable reasons.

Legal basis: Article 34 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). A criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day when he is interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or takes compulsory measures. During the investigation, only lawyers can be entrusted as defenders. The defendant has the right to entrust a defender at any time. When interrogating a criminal suspect for the first time or taking compulsory measures against him, the investigation organ shall inform him that he has the right to entrust a defender. The people's procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receiving the case materials transferred for examination and prosecution, inform the criminal suspect that he has the right to entrust a defender. The people's court shall, within three days from the date of accepting the case, inform the defendant of the right to entrust a defender. If a criminal suspect or defendant requests to entrust a defender while in custody, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall promptly convey it. If a criminal suspect or defendant is in custody, his guardian or near relative may also entrust a defender. After accepting the entrustment of a criminal suspect or defendant, the defender shall promptly inform the case-handling organ.