First, do lawyers charge first or later?
There are two ways to pay the lawyer's fee. One is to pay the lawyer when signing the contract, and pay in proportion. All localities have formulated detailed methods for charging lawyers. One is to pay after the litigation procedure is over, which belongs to the risk agency and has a higher charging standard. The process of hiring a lawyer:
1. Go through the entrustment formalities with the law firm and sign the entrustment contract. Handling entrustment procedures with law firms mainly means signing entrustment contracts to clarify the rights and obligations of the parties and the law firms.
2. Sign the power of attorney with the appointed lawyer.
The power of attorney is mainly to clarify the agency authority, and this document is submitted to the judicial department. The agency right includes general agency right and special authorization agency right. The so-called general agency only represents general litigation rights, such as the right to sue, the right to appeal, the right to apply for withdrawal, the right to provide evidence, the right to debate and so on.
3. Pay the lawyer's fee. When hiring a lawyer, the parties must pay a certain amount of lawyer's fees. Generally speaking, according to the provisions of the Trial Measures for Lawyers' Fees, law firms charge fees to the parties within the prescribed scope according to the complexity of undertaking business, the length of time required and the number of litigation objects.
Second, the lawyer's fee standard:
Piece-by-piece charging reference: legal documents: writing, modifying and auditing legal documents. According to the nature of legal documents, the degree of difficulty, the time required for work and other factors, the fee for each document is between 600-2000 yuan after consultation;
Lawyer's Witness: According to the nature of legal documents, the required time and other factors, the fee is negotiated between 2000- 10000 yuan/piece.
Attorney's notarization: the fees are negotiated between1500-3,000 yuan/piece for different notarization affairs of lawyers;
Lawyer's letter and legal opinion: the lawyer's letter or legal opinion is issued for the client, and the fee is negotiated according to the difficulty of related affairs, the purpose of use, the time required for work and other factors, each of which is between 1500-20000 yuan.
Lawyer investigation: the fees shall be negotiated according to the investigation items.
Lawyers can charge fees first or later if they want to go to court. The latter is a risk agent, so the cost will be higher and the down payment will be lower. The method of payment can be discussed with the lawyer. The specific cost depends on the local charging standard and the complexity of different types of cases. After hiring a lawyer, you need to sign an agency contract.