Legal analysis: look at the contract. However, after the commissioning procedures, non-lawyer's fault generally can't refund, but if you just pay the fee for what has not started sometimes can be negotiated. According to the provisions of the principle is not refundable, to refund will not be fully refunded.
1, if you pay the attorney fee is the cost of appeal, you no longer appeal, can not return the attorney fee, how much, depending on how the contract, if the contract has agreed, according to the agreement.
2, if there is no agreement in the contract, you can negotiate with your attorney, if the appeal materials have not been submitted, you can generally return part of the fee.
Legal basis: "lawyers practice management measures"
Article 24 lawyers practice must abide by the constitution and the law, abide by the lawyer professional ethics and practice discipline, to do according to law, good faith practice, standardized practice.
Lawyers practice must be based on facts, to the law as a guideline.
Lawyers practice should accept the state, society and the supervision of the client.
Article 25 lawyers may engage in the following businesses:
(1) accept the commission of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations, to act as a legal adviser;
(2) accept the commission of parties to civil and administrative cases, to act as an agent, to participate in the litigation;
(3) accept the commission of suspects and defendants in criminal cases or, in accordance with law (c) Accepting the assignment of legal aid institutions to act as a defender, accepting the appointment of private prosecutors in private cases, victims in public cases or their close relatives to act as an agent to participate in litigation;
(d) Accepting the entrustment of the representation of various types of litigation cases;
(e) Accepting the entrustment of the mediation and arbitration activities;
(f) Accepting the entrustment of the provision of non-litigation legal services;
(g) Accepting the entrustment of the legal service of the court;
(h) Accepting the appointment of the court to provide non-litigation legal services.
(vii) answering legal inquiries, writing litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.
Article 26 of the lawyer undertakes business, shall be unified by the law firm accepts the entrustment, and the principal signed a written contract of entrustment, and subject to the law firm on the acceptance of the business of the conflict of interest review and its decision.