If we only say what cases lawyers represent to make money, the civil cases with large subject matter, clear facts and one-time debts or property disputes will make the most money. Because the lawyer's fee is charged according to the size of the litigation object, the bigger the object, the higher the fee.
The following are the government-guided prices and the relevant regulations on lawyers' fees in Shanghai.
I. Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees
Article 5 A law firm shall provide the following legal services in accordance with the law, and implement government-guided prices:
(1) Acting as an agent in civil litigation cases;
(2) Acting as an agent in administrative litigation cases;
(3) Acting as an agent for state compensation cases;
(four) to provide legal advice to criminal suspects in criminal cases, to represent complaints and accusations, to apply for bail pending trial, and to act as the defendant's defender, private prosecutor or agent ad litem of the victim;
(5) Acting as an agent for appeals in various litigation cases.
The fees charged by law firms for providing other legal services shall be subject to market-regulated prices.
Article 6 The benchmark price and fluctuation range of government-guided prices shall be formulated by the competent price departments of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the judicial administrative departments at the same level.
Two, "Shanghai lawyer service charges government guidance price standard"
The government-guided price standards for lawyers' service charges in this Municipality are as follows:
1. Piece rate
(1) Acting as an agent in criminal cases
1. Providing legal advice and acting as an agent to appeal, accuse and apply for bail pending trial in the investigation stage: 1500- 10000 yuan/piece;
2. Review and prosecution stage: 2000- 10000 yuan/piece;
3. Preliminary stage: 3000-30000 yuan/piece.
Those who represent criminal cases of private prosecution or act as victims' agents shall be charged as appropriate with reference to the above standards.
(2) Acting for civil and administrative litigation and state compensation cases that do not involve property relations: 3000- 12000 yuan/piece.
2. Charge in proportion to the amount.
Acting as an agent in civil and administrative litigation and state compensation cases involving property relations can be accumulated according to the amount of litigation subject matter in the following proportions:
The proportion of part of the fee below 65438+ 10,000 yuan (including 65438+ 10,000 yuan) is 8%- 12%, and less than 3,000 yuan can be charged at 3,000 yuan;
6.5438+10,000 yuan to 6.5438+10,000 yuan (including 6.5438+10,000 yuan), the proportion of some expenses is 5%-7%;
6.5438+00,000 yuan to 6.5438+00,000 yuan (including 6.5438+00,000 yuan), part of the cost is 3%-5%;
65.438+million yuan to 65.438+0 billion yuan (including 65.438+0 billion yuan) accounted for 65.438+0%-3%;
1 100 million yuan or more is charged at a rate of 0.5%- 1%.
Four. Expense description
(1) If a criminal suspect or defendant in a criminal case involves several charges or criminal facts at the same time, they may be prosecuted one by one according to the charges or criminal facts involved.
The civil litigation part of criminal incidental civil litigation cases shall be charged according to the standards of civil litigation cases.
(two) civil and administrative litigation cases involving both property relations and non-property relations, can be calculated according to the higher.
A counterclaim case can be determined through consultation with the client according to the cost of the case.
(3) Acting as an agent in all kinds of litigation cases, in accordance with the standards of first instance.
(four) major, difficult and complicated litigation cases can be determined within 5 times of the prescribed standards after consultation between the law firm and the client. The identification standards and related measures for major, difficult and complicated cases shall be formulated separately by the Municipal Lawyers Association and reported to the municipal price department and the municipal judicial administrative department for the record.
(5) Unless otherwise specified, the above charging standards refer to the charging standards in the first instance of litigation cases. If a case is independently represented in the second instance, death penalty review, retrial and execution, the charging standard at the first instance stage shall be implemented. If it represents the previous stage, it will be charged by half from the latter stage.