What if the lawyer doesn't do his duty?

The ways to deal with lawyers' failure to perform their duties are as follows:

1. You can terminate the entrustment relationship and find another lawyer;

2. If the entrustment relationship is terminated, the agency fee can be returned according to the fee refund standard of the entrustment contract;

3. If you are irresponsible, you can complain to the Judicial Bureau or the Bar Association.

Legal basis: Article 48 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

If a lawyer commits one of the following acts, the judicial administrative department of the people's government at the municipal level or municipality directly under the Central Government shall give him a warning and may impose a fine of not more than 10,000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, the punishment of stopping practicing for more than three months and less than six months shall be given:

(1) Accepting entrustment, charging fees, accepting property or other benefits from customers without permission;

(two) after accepting the entrustment, refusing to defend or represent without justifiable reasons, and not appearing in court on time to participate in litigation or arbitration;

(three) to seek the disputed rights and interests of the parties by taking advantage of the convenience of providing legal services;

(4) divulging business secrets or personal privacy.

Article 49

If a lawyer commits one of the following acts, the judicial administrative department of the people's government of a city divided into districts or a municipality directly under the Central Government shall impose a penalty of not less than six months but not more than one year, and may also impose a fine of not more than 50,000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, the judicial administrative department of the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall revoke his lawyer's practice certificate; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law:

(a) meeting with judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff in violation of regulations, or otherwise affecting the handling of cases according to law;

(2) Offering bribes to judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff members, introducing bribes or instigating or inducing parties to pay bribes;

(3) Providing false materials to the judicial administrative department or committing other fraudulent acts;

(4) Deliberately providing false evidence or threatening or inducing others to provide false evidence, which hinders the other party from obtaining evidence according to law;

(5) accepting property or other benefits from the other party, and maliciously colluding with the other party or a third party to infringe upon the rights and interests of the client;

(6) Disrupting the order of courts and arbitration tribunals and interfering with the normal conduct of litigation and arbitration activities;

(seven) inciting or instructing the parties to take illegal means such as disturbing public order and endangering public security to resolve disputes;

(8) making statements that endanger national security, maliciously slander others, and seriously disturb the order of the court;

(9) divulging state secrets.

If a lawyer is subject to criminal punishment for intentional crime, the judicial administrative department of the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall revoke his lawyer's practice certificate.