I. Should the attorney’s fees be paid in advance or in deferred? 1. It is okay to pay the lawyer's fees in advance or later, because this is determined based on the negotiation between the two parties. A normal entrustment is to pay first and then go through the entrustment procedures. If it is a risk agent, you must first go through the entrustment procedures, and then pay after the case is won. If you lose, there will be no payment. But risk agents charge higher fees. Generally above 10. As for whether attorney fees should be paid in advance or later, laws and regulations do not clearly stipulate. This must be determined through negotiation between the parties and the attorney. In practice, lawyers can agree to pay up front; they can also choose to pay later; they can also choose to pay part first and part later. After the law firm accepts the client's entrustment and assigns a lawyer to handle the case, it will stipulate in the agency contract the lawyer's fees, case fees and other matters, and implement the lawyer's relevant charging standards and payment methods according to the agreement, usually based on a certain proportion of the subject amount. Charge a fee. Typically, attorney fees are required to be paid upon signing of the contract or within a few days of signing the contract. 2. But it must comply with the requirements of risk agency, which means that when the lawyer accepts the entrustment, he only charges a low basic fee, and the rest of the service remuneration is determined by the lawyer and the client based on the goals and effects that the entrusted matter should achieve, as well as the payment of lawyer service fees. The time, proportion and other requirements must be agreed in advance. If the agreed requirements are met, the fees will be paid as agreed; if the agreed requirements are not met, no fees will be paid. In short, the charging standards are determined through negotiation between the lawyer and the client based on the specific circumstances. 3. There are two ways to pay attorney fees. One is to pay when entrusting a lawyer to sign a contract. This is paid according to the proportion of attorney fees and is a detailed method formulated by each locality. The other is to pay after the litigation process is completed, which is a risk. For agents, the fees are higher. The parties can negotiate with the lawyer regarding the specific method of payment of attorney's fees, whether to pay before the case starts or after the trial. Generally speaking, whether the lawyer's fees should be paid first or later depends on the professional level of the lawyer. If the lawyer is more professional and responsible, then you can pay first. If you are worried about the success or failure of the lawsuit, then you can pay half of the fees first and the case is over. Pay some fees later.
2. What are the standards for attorney fees? 1. Charging standards for civil cases (1) For ordinary civil, economic, and administrative cases that do not involve property disputes, the fee will be between 6,000 and 10,000, depending on the complexity of the case, the time required for the work, and other factors. Charges shall be collected through mutual negotiation; if foreign-related civil, economic, or administrative cases do not involve property, the charges shall not involve agency fees. If property is involved, the agency fee shall not be less than 20,000 yuan. (2) For legal document cases, for writing, revising, and reviewing legal documents, the fee for each document will be negotiated between 600 and 2,000 yuan, depending on the nature, difficulty, time-consuming and other factors of the legal document. (3) Lawyer’s testimony: Depending on the nature of the legal document, the time required and other factors, the fee will be negotiated at 2,000-10,000 yuan per piece. (4) Notarization Lawyers may charge different fees for notarization, ranging from 1,500 to 3,000 yuan per case. (5) Lawyer's letter and legal opinion. We issue a lawyer's letter or legal opinion for the client. The fee is negotiated based on the difficulty of the matter, purpose, time required for the work and other factors. Each negotiation fee is between 1,500 and 20,000 yuan. . Charging standards for criminal cases (1) Investigation stage (including self-investigation by the procuratorate): 6,000-18,000 yuan; (2) Prosecution stage: 6,000-30,000 yuan; (3) Trial stage: 8,000-50,000 yuan; (4) Acting for criminal private prosecution, The fee for civil litigation is negotiable between 6,000-60,000. The fee is negotiable between 60,000. (5) For major and difficult cases involving national security crimes, gang-related and drug-related crimes, the agency fee will be charged at twice the above standards.
3. Fee standards for civil and commercial cases (1) Cases where the subject amount in dispute is less than RMB 100,000: a service fee of RMB 7 is charged; (2) Cases where the subject amount in dispute is more than RMB 100,000 but not more than RMB 1 million: a service fee of RMB 6 is charged ; (3) For cases where the subject matter in dispute is between RMB 1 million and RMB 1 million: a service fee of RMB 6 will be charged; (3) For cases where the subject matter of dispute is RMB 1 million or more but less than RMB 5 million: a service fee of RMB 6 will be charged; ; (4) If the subject matter of the dispute is more than 5 million yuan but less than 10 million yuan: 5 service fees. (5) If the amount of the subject matter in dispute is between 10 million yuan and less than 50 million yuan: a service fee of 1 will be charged; (6) If the amount of the subject matter in dispute is more than 50 million yuan: a service fee will be charged. Note: The above are the charging standards for attorney fees in different cases. For travel expenses, transportation expenses, accommodation expenses, long-distance telephone charges and other expenses that need to be paid abroad in the case, the expenses borne by the client can be reimbursed in real terms. In our daily life, for different types of cases, lawyers need to strictly follow the "Charging Measures" when collecting fees. The method and time for consulting lawyers to collect fees are determined by both parties through negotiation, and there may be Some charge the lawyer first, and some charge the lawyer later.