What should I pay attention to when paying a lawyer?

Precautions for attorney fees:

1, lawyers should comprehensively consider the working hours spent, the difficulty of legal affairs, the affordability of clients, the risks and responsibilities that law firms and lawyers may bear, the social reputation and work level of law firms and lawyers, and other factors.

2. When accepting the entrustment, the law firm shall fully disclose the relevant information of the lawyer's service fee to the client, sign a lawyer's service fee contract with the client or specify the terms of the fee in the agency contract. The charging contract or charging terms shall include: charging items, charging standards, charging methods, charging amounts, payment and settlement methods, dispute settlement methods, etc.

3. After signing the contract with the client, the law firm shall not unilaterally change the charging items or change the charging amount. If it is really necessary to change, both parties shall reach an agreement through consultation and re-sign a written agreement.

Lawyer fee standard:

There are ways such as piece rate, bid rate and time charge, but piece rate is generally applicable to legal affairs that do not involve property relations, bid rate is applicable to legal affairs that involve property relations, and time charge can be applied to all legal affairs.

To sum up, lawyers should comprehensively consider the working hours spent, the difficulty of legal affairs, the affordability of clients, the risks and responsibilities that law firms and lawyers may bear, and the social reputation and work level of law firms and lawyers.

Legal basis:

"Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees" Article 9 The fees for lawyers' services subject to market-regulated prices shall be determined by the law firm through consultation with the clients. The following main factors shall be considered when a law firm negotiates the fees for lawyer services with its clients:

Working hours spent;

(two) the difficulty of legal affairs;

(3) the client's affordability;

(4) Risks and responsibilities that lawyers may bear;

(5) The lawyer's social reputation and working level.