A law firm shall provide the following legal services according to law and implement government-guided prices:
1, representing civil litigation cases;
2. Acting as an agent in administrative litigation cases;
3. Acting as an agent for state compensation cases;
4. Providing legal advice to criminal suspects in criminal cases, acting as an agent for complaints and accusations, applying for bail pending trial, and acting as a defender of the defendant or an agent ad litem of the private prosecutor and the victim;
5. Acting as an agent for appeals in various litigation cases.
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.
Law firms and lawyers who commit one of the following price violations shall be subject to administrative punishment:
1, failing to publicize the management measures and charging standards of lawyers' service fees as required;
2. Advance or postpone the implementation of government-guided prices;
3, beyond the scope or range of government guidance fees;
4. Improve the charging standard in disguised form by decomposing fees, repeating fees and expanding the scope;
5. Unfair competition at a price significantly lower than the cost;
6. Other price violations.
Legal basis: Article 4 of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees.
Lawyers' service fees are subject to government guidance and market adjustment.