At present, there are no laws and regulations prohibiting whether lawyers from the same law firm can defend multiple defendants in the same case.
The current laws and regulations only restrict individual lawyers to act as defenders for two suspects who commit the same crime.
* * * The same crime is divided into general crime and special crime, that is, criminal group. General * * * crime refers to a relatively fixed criminal organization composed of two or more intentional crimes and three or more joint crimes, which is a criminal group. A principal offender is one who organizes or leads a criminal group in criminal activities or plays a major role in joint crimes.
The ringleaders who organize and lead a criminal group shall be punished according to all the crimes committed by the group. In addition, the principal offender should be punished according to all the crimes he participated in, organized or directed. * * * In addition to the principal offender, accessory and coerced accomplice, there are instigators who instigate others to commit crimes.
Legal basis:
Article 34 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * A criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day when he is interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or takes compulsory measures; During the investigation, only lawyers can be entrusted as defenders. The defendant has the right to entrust a defender at any time. When interrogating a criminal suspect for the first time or taking compulsory measures against him, the investigation organ shall inform him that he has the right to entrust a defender. The people's procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receiving the case materials transferred for examination and prosecution, inform the criminal suspect that he has the right to entrust a defender. The people's court shall, within three days from the date of accepting the case, inform the defendant of the right to entrust a defender. If a criminal suspect or defendant requests to entrust a defender while in custody, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall promptly convey it. If a criminal suspect or defendant is in custody, his guardian or near relative may also entrust a defender. After accepting the entrustment of a criminal suspect or defendant, the defender shall promptly inform the case-handling organ.