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.
When a law firm negotiates fees for lawyer services with clients, it should consider the following main factors:
1. Working hours spent;
2. The difficulty of legal affairs;
3. Customer's tolerance;
4. Risks and responsibilities that lawyers may bear;
5. Social reputation and working level of lawyers.
according to different service contents, the lawyer's service fee 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 one's defense. 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.
whether it is a civil dispute or a criminal case, lawyers play an important role as agents. The parties usually go to law firms to find lawyers to represent the 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. Pay attention to consultation at this time.