Whether in civil, administrative or criminal proceedings, the parties may entrust one or two entrusted agents to participate in the proceedings on their behalf.
The entrusted agent may be a lawyer or a relative of the party concerned. However, the maximum number of clients cannot exceed two.
Lawyer fee standard:
The charges for criminal cases are determined case by case at all stages of handling cases.
In the investigation stage, each piece costs 2000- 1 ten thousand yuan.
In the stage of review and prosecution, the charge for each piece is 2000- 10000 yuan.
In the first trial stage, each piece costs 4000-30000 yuan.
The above charging standards are not limited.
Lawyers' service fees shall be charged for cases of second instance, death penalty review, retrial, appeal and criminal private prosecution according to the charging standard at the first instance stage.
A law firm represents multiple stages of a case, and reduces fees as appropriate from the second stage.
If the victim files a criminal incidental civil action case, the lawyer's service fee shall be charged according to the charging standard of civil action case.
If a criminal suspect and defendant are involved in several crimes or several criminal facts at the same time, they may be prosecuted separately according to the crimes or criminal facts involved.
There are specific standards for attorney fees, which are closely related to the following factors:
Specific circumstances of the case: mainly refers to the complexity of the case, such as single crime or joint crime, single crime or several crimes, involving one criminal fact or multiple criminal facts, and so on.
The specific circumstances of the case directly determine the difficulty of legal affairs and other necessary handling expenses, which is the primary factor in determining the lawyer's fee.
Different clients have different requirements for lawyers' work, and the most typical one is the number of interviews in the investigation stage. Some clients will ask lawyers to increase the number of unnecessary meetings in addition to the number of meetings needed in the case, which directly increases the workload and other costs of lawyers, resulting in an increase in lawyer fees. The specific requirements of the client are an important factor in determining the lawyer's fee.
The specific situation of lawyers: the differences in social reputation and work level of lawyers determine the differences in their work value and fees. The lawyer's specific situation is the key factor to determine the lawyer's fee.
Generally speaking, lawyers with high degree of specialization, experienced lawyers and in-depth professional research have high gold content in their work, more secure case handling effect and higher lawyer fees. Whether the lawyer's fee is reasonable should be considered from the above three aspects, and should not be measured by "how much is it generally".
Legal basis:
Article 58 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * The parties and their legal representatives may entrust one or two persons as agents ad litem.
The following persons may be entrusted as agents ad litem:
(1) Lawyers and grassroots legal service workers;
(2) Close relatives or staff members of the parties concerned;
(three) citizens recommended by the community, units and relevant social groups where the parties are located.