According to the law, risk agency is prohibited in criminal cases, and only fees can be charged first. Criminal cases are generally prosecuted in three stages, namely, investigation stage, examination and prosecution stage and first instance stage. Family members of criminal suspects can negotiate with law firms to pay all the agency fees in one lump sum, or they can pay the agency fees in installments. Regarding this charging standard, different regions have different standards, and criminal cases are generally charged in stages. But in short, it does not represent risk. It is a serious violation of laws and regulations for lawyers to represent criminal cases and realize risk agency.
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Guangdong province lawyer service government guidance price. The hourly rate is 200-3000 yuan/hour. Second, the charging standard of piece rate: 1. Criminal: (1) investigation stage: 2000-6000 yuan/piece; (2) review and prosecution stage: 6000- 16000 yuan/piece; (3) trial stage: 6000-3300 yuan/piece. For criminal cases with large time or geographical span, belonging to group crimes and other major and complicated cases, the charging standard can be determined through consultation within the range of 1.5 times of the prescribed standard. Those who represent the second instance instead of the first instance will be charged according to the standard of the first instance; Those who have acted as agents for the second trial after the first trial, or have been sent back for retrial, retrial application or retrial case after the first trial or the second trial, shall be charged according to half of the standards of the first trial; In cases involving arbitration, if you have acted as an agent for arbitration, the fee will be halved according to the arbitration standard in the first or second trial stage of litigation. The execution of a case is charged at a trial level. Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees in Shanghai I. A government-guided price standard for fees I. Handling criminal cases: 1. Providing legal advice, acting as an agent to appeal, accuse and apply for bail pending trial in the investigation stage: the maximum amount is not more than 2,000 yuan/piece; 2. Review and prosecution stage: no more than 4,000 yuan/piece; 3. First trial stage: no more than 8,000 yuan/piece. Acting as a victim's agent should be carried out in accordance with the standards for handling criminal cases. 3 cases involving both property relations and non-property relations shall be calculated according to the higher one. 4. The counterclaim case shall be calculated according to the higher of the litigation object and counterclaim object in this case. Unless otherwise specified, the above charging standards refer to the charging standards for litigation cases or arbitration cases of first instance. Those who have not passed the first trial and passed the second trial will be charged according to the standard of the first trial; Those who have gone through the first and second trials will be charged according to half of the first-instance standard. In cases involving arbitration, if you have represented arbitration, the litigation fees in the first and second stages will be halved according to the arbitration stage. The execution of cases shall be charged according to the charging standard of second instance. Two, the standard time charge of government guidance price shall not exceed 3000 yuan/hour.