Do you want to give a gift to the lawyer? When will the legal fees be paid?

Lawyer's fee, that is, lawyer's agent's fee, refers to the remuneration that lawyers should charge for their clients' legal affairs. Lawyers shall collect fees in the name of their law firms. Lawyers' fees should not be collected privately, which is different from the funds for handling cases. The necessary expenses for lawyers to handle entrusted affairs must still be borne by the client. Also different from legal fees, lawyer's service fees are civil agency fees based on entrustment relationship, and legal fees are mandatory fees based on bringing a lawsuit to the court; Lawyers' fees can be negotiated, but not legal fees.

1. The lawyer hired by the parties is based on the lawyer employment contract signed by both parties, and the client pays the lawyer fee to the law firm. The specific attorney fee is stipulated in the contract. Here, I'd like to provide you with some information about the charging regulations of lawyers in Jiangsu Province for your reference.

2. Attorney fees generally do not include photocopying fees, travel expenses and accommodation fees. The parties shall be reimbursed with valid invoices provided by lawyers.

If you think this lawyer represents you well, it is ok to give some gifts, but you can't ask the lawyer to give gifts to the judge.

4. After the parties bring a lawsuit to the court, they are notified to pay the legal fees for you, and you should pay them within the prescribed time limit.

Attachment: New Standard of Lawyer Service Charge in Jiangsu Province

The lawyer service charges and related matters are hereby notified as follows:

First, lawyers' service charges belong to operating service charges and are subject to government-guided price management. There are two specific pricing methods: piecework charging and negotiation charging.

1, piece rate. Piece-rate fees are charged for litigation, arbitration agency, case execution and other legal services. See the annex for specific charging standards.

2. Consultation fee. Acting as an agent for complaints, applying for bail pending trial, acting as a legal adviser, handling witnesses, acting as an agent for books, reviewing various legal documents, answering relevant legal advice, and providing non-litigation legal services. , charged by the law firm in consultation with the client. The negotiation charging rules shall be formulated by the Provincial Lawyers Association and implemented after being submitted to the provincial price department and the judicial administrative department for the record.

Second, all law firms and lawyers should practice in strict accordance with the service contents, charging methods and code of conduct stipulated in the Notice of the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Justice on Printing and Distributing the Interim Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees (1997 286).

Three, the lawyer service charges to implement the publicity system. All law firms must publish the charging standards and charging management measures in a prominent position in their business premises and accept social supervision.

Four, the law firm must go to the local price department for the "license fee" before charging, the implementation of bright card fees, the use of tax bills.

Five, the law firm to the client to charge lawyer service fees, should be strictly in accordance with the standards stipulated in this notice, shall not exceed the standard or self-reliance projects arbitrary charges, offenders by the price inspection department in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * and price law".

Jiangsu province lawyer service piece-rate charging standard

First, it does not involve property relations.

1, the basic standard in general.

(1) The civil cases in Nanjing, Jiangsu, Wuxi and Changzhou are 1500 yuan/piece, Yang, Tong and Taiwei 1200 yuan/piece, and Xu, Huai, Yan and Lian Wei 1000 yuan/piece.

(2) Administrative cases in Nanjing, Jiangsu, Wuxi and Changzhou are 2,000 yuan/piece, Yangzhou, Nantong, Thailand 1500 yuan/piece, and Xuzhou, Huai, Yan and Lian 1000 yuan/piece.

(3) The criminal cases in Nanjing, Jiangsu, Wuxi and Changzhou are 3,000 yuan/piece, 2,500 yuan/piece for Yang, Tong and Tai, and 2,000 yuan/piece for Xu, Huai, Yan and Lian.

Piece rate of lawyer services in Jiangsu Province:

Two, involving property rights in civil cases, administrative cases, enforcement and arbitration cases involving property rights, in addition to the implementation of the charging standards that do not involve property rights, it should also be charged according to the following (progressive) standards:

* * The proportion of charges for the disputed property subject matter below 65,438+0,000 yuan shall be exempted from Nanjing, Jiangsu, Wuxi and Changzhou, from Zhen, Yangzhou, Nantong and Thailand, and from Xu, Huai, Yan, Lian and Su.

* * The disputed property with the amount of 65,438+0,000 yuan-65,438+0,000 yuan (inclusive) is 4% in Ning, Su and Chang, 3.5% in Zhen, Yang, Tong and Tai, and 3% in Xu, Huai, Yan, Lian and Su.

* * The charging ratio of the disputed property amount of 6,543,800 yuan+500,000 yuan (inclusive) is 3% for Ning, Su, Chang, 2.5% for Yang, Tong and Tai, and 2% for Xu, Huai, Yan, Lian and Su.

* * The charging ratio of the disputed property amount of 500,000-1 10,000 yuan (inclusive) is 2.5% for Ning, Su and Chang, 2% for Zhen, Yang, Tong and Tai, and 0/0.5% for Xu, Huai, Yan, Lian and Su Wei.

* * The charging ratio of the disputed property amount from 6,543,800 yuan to 5 million yuan (inclusive) is 2% for Ning, Su, and Chang, 654.38+0.5% for Zhen, Tong and Tai, and 654.38+0% for Xu, Huai, Yan, Lian and Su.

* * The charging ratio of the disputed property subject matter is 5 million yuan-10/00000 yuan (inclusive): 0.5% for Ning, Su, Chang/kloc, 0/%for Zhen, Yang, Tong, Taiwan/kloc, and 0.5% for Xu, Huai, Yan and Lian.

* * The charge ratio of disputed property with an amount of more than 6.5438+million yuan is 0.7% for Ning, Su, Chang, Yang, Tong and Tai, 0.5% for Xu, Huai, Yan, Lian and Su, and 0.25% for accommodation.

1. After consultation between the law firm and the client, if the above-mentioned cases involving property relations are subject to risk agency, the fees can be negotiated by both parties.

2. If there is a counterclaim in the litigation case, the amount of the counterclaim shall be charged by half separately.