1. If the lawyer's identity is unknown, you can ask the lawyer to provide his lawyer's practice certificate to see if he has this certificate and whether he was registered in that year;
2. You can go to the websites of lawyers associations of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for enquiry. For example, if you look up lawyers in Beijing, you can search for "capital lawyers" on Baidu. On the homepage of this website, you can search for lawyers and enter their names to find them. If you can't find them, it means that this person is not a practicing lawyer. Some provinces and autonomous regions' lawyers' associations may not have websites. You can check them on the website of the judicial department of the province (autonomous region).
The enquiry telephone number of lawyer management office of Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice is 020-8635 1 132, that of Guangdong Lawyers Association is 020-834935 17, and that of Zhongshan Public Law Office is 0760-83057 10.
Extended information: The basic feature of the lawyer profession is to have the necessary legal professional knowledge. To provide legal services as its function. Protected and managed by the state. Different lawyers have different lawyer's practice licenses; Different practice licenses have different scope of practice; Different scopes of practice have different rights and obligations.
There are two conditions for practicing as a lawyer:
First, you should have a lawyer's qualification certificate; The second is to have a lawyer's practice license. Among them, the lawyer's practice certificate needs annual registration.
According to the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Justice, only those with lawyer qualification certificates may not engage in any paid legal service activities in the name of lawyers.
The identification of the authenticity of the lawyer's practice license number can be inquired by the judicial administrative department or the law firm where he practices, or by the website of the local lawyers association.
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lawyer's Practice Certificate