a lawyer in ordinary civil cases:
1. can reduce the risk of litigation, litigation involves a lot of legal expertise, therefore, hired a lawyer, you can fully control and prevent litigation risk.
2. As a plaintiff to hire a lawyer can be a comprehensive claim, as the defendant can be equal to the rights of the other party. Lawyers in a comprehensive understanding of the case, the losses suffered by the victim, a comprehensive compensation, and guidance to the parties or by the lawyer complete collection of evidence, in order to maximize the possibility of their own request to be supported. As the defendant's attorney can also fight against it, to defend the legitimate rights and interests.
3. Hiring a lawyer reduces the suffering of the client. Ordinary people rarely deal with the court, especially when it comes to unreasonable opponent, an ordinary person is difficult to accept such a reality, after hiring a lawyer can be fully entrusted to the lawyer to deal with, a lot less annoying. The lawyer is more likely to win the case, the claim is more adequate.
Two, the role of lawyers in criminal cases:
1. If the person is in criminal detention, the immediate family to get the criminal detention notice, then friends and relatives can not see the person concerned, for the person concerned, any situation, friends and relatives can not be understood, then only to appoint a lawyer to meet with the person concerned to meet the person concerned, to understand the case situation.
2. Lawyers can access, copy and case-related litigation documents and evidence, the more understanding of the case, the more favorable for the parties. At the same time if the reason is sufficient, but also for the client to obtain bail pending trial. The result of the criminal case will often be more serious, entrusted to the lawyer can better protect the legal rights and interests of the parties, the case plays a key role.
Third, the role of lawyers can be:
1. Accept natural persons, legal persons or other organizations entrusted to act as legal adviser.
2. Accept civil cases, administrative cases of the parties entrusted to act as an agent to participate in litigation.
3. Accepting the entrustment of criminal suspects and defendants in criminal cases, or accepting the assignment of legal aid institutions in accordance with the law, acting as a defender, and accepting the entrustment of the private prosecutor in a private prosecution case, the victim in a public prosecution case, or the close relatives of the victim, to act as an agent and take part in the litigation.
4. Accepting entrustment to act as an agent for complaints in all kinds of litigation cases; accepting entrustment to participate in mediation and arbitration activities.
5. Accepting commissions, providing non-litigation legal services; answering inquiries about the law, writing litigation documents and other documents related to legal affairs.
Legal basis:
The Chinese people's **** and state lawyers law
Article 33 of the lawyer as a defender, have the right to hold a lawyer's license, law firm certificate and power of attorney or legal aid letter, in accordance with the provisions of the criminal procedure law, meet with the criminal suspects and defendants in custody or under residential surveillance. Defense lawyers are not subject to wiretapping when they meet with criminal suspects or defendants.
Article 34 A lawyer acting as a defender shall, from the date of the people's procuratorate's examination and prosecution of the case, have the right to inspect, extract and copy the case file materials of the case.
Article 35 of the entrusted lawyer according to the needs of the case, may apply to the people's procuratorate, the people's court to collect and retrieve evidence or apply to the people's court to notify the witnesses to testify in court. Lawyers investigate and obtain evidence on their own, with a lawyer's license and law firm, you can investigate the relevant units or individuals with the undertaking of legal affairs.