You can briefly explain the basic case on the phone first and answer the lawyer's inquiry concisely and clearly. The lawyer will make a preliminary analysis and judgment of your case on the phone and discuss with you whether your dispute must be litigated or whether the lawyer must intervene.
If you need a lawyer's help after the initial telephone consultation, you can make an appointment to meet the lawyer by telephone. Usually, the place where the lawyer meets the client will be arranged in the law firm, but if it is convenient for both parties, it can also be agreed in the coffee shop or other public places through consultation. If you plan to hire a lawyer, you can prepare the lawyer's fee.
Two. Appointment with a lawyer
After making an appointment with the lawyer, please bring all your relevant materials and meet with the lawyer at the appointed time and place. You should check the lawyer's practice certificate of People's Republic of China (PRC) first to avoid being cheated.
After carefully reviewing the materials and asking about the basic case, the lawyer will give you the following reply:
1, the basic legal relationship of your dispute, and whether your expected request has legal basis.
2. Predict the theoretical legal consequences and litigation risks of your case, and let you sign the risk notice of the entrusted law firm.
3. Inform lawyers of the items and standards of government guidance fees, and agree on the amount and payment method of legal service fees accordingly.
Extended data:
To formally hire a lawyer as a defender in criminal cases or an agent in civil and administrative cases, certain procedures must be completed before it can be established. These procedures are mainly:
1. Go to the law firm to handle the entrustment formalities. If a law firm thinks that it can accept the employment, it shall sign a contract for hiring lawyers with the parties, go through the entrustment formalities, clarify the rights and obligations of the parties and the law firm, specify the name of the lawyer entrusted by the law firm to handle the case, and be signed and sealed by the parties and the law firm, indicating the date of conclusion of the contract.
2. If a law firm entrusts another person to represent a lawyer, it shall submit the certificate of attorney to the law firm before accepting the entrustment.
3. Pay the lawyer's fee. Lawyer's legal service is a kind of paid service, and the parties must pay a certain lawyer's fee when hiring a lawyer. Generally speaking, according to the provisions of the Trial Measures for Lawyers' Fees, law firms charge fees to the parties within the prescribed scope according to the complexity of undertaking business, the length of time required and the number of litigation objects.
Of course, law firms can provide legal aid to clients who really can't afford to pay their lawyers' fees by reducing or exempting them, using them for free or charging as little as possible.
At present, lawyers are not allowed to accept employment privately and collect fees themselves. If you want to hire a lawyer, you must go through the formalities in a law firm. However, if the client appoints a lawyer by name, he can ask the law firm. In general, law firms can meet this requirement.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Code of Practice for Lawyers
Jianhe County People's Government-People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law