At present, there are several types of lawyer's agency, including general agency and risk agency.
General agency means that a lawyer represents a certain stage of a case, such as the first or second trial of a lawsuit or the arbitration stage, and should pay the agreed lawyer's fee regardless of the verdict.
Risk agency means that lawyers charge legal fees according to the trial results of cases or a certain proportion of recovered property.
That is, if the lawsuit wins, the lawyer will charge more, and if the lawsuit loses, the lawyer will charge less.
According to local conditions, the proportion of risk agents generally does not exceed 30%.
1. charging standard for civil litigation, administrative litigation and state compensation cases: (1) 2,000-30,000 yuan/piece for cases not involving property relations.
Up and down fluctuation range: 20% but less than 2000 yuan will be charged as 2000 yuan.
(2) If the property relationship is involved, the accumulated expenses shall be charged in installments according to the following rates of the disputed subject matter: 6% of the subject matter, and the rate is below 6,543,800 yuan (including 6,543,800 yuan); 10-5% of RMB 500,000 (including RMB 500,000); 50- 1 ten thousand yuan (including 1 ten thousand yuan) 4%; 1-5 million yuan (including 5 million yuan) 3%; 500-100000 yuan (including100000 yuan) 2%; 10-50 million yuan (including 50 million yuan)1%0.5% for more than 50 million yuan.
Up and down fluctuation range: 20%, but if the accumulated charge is less than 2000 yuan, it will be charged as 2000 yuan.
(3) Time charge: 1. Charging standard: 200 yuan-2,000 yuan per hour. The law firm and the client shall agree on the time charging standard and settlement method within the above scope.
2. Up and down fluctuation range: 20% (4) For cases with counterclaims, counterclaims can be reduced according to the above criteria as appropriate.
(five) the case sent back for retrial, handled by the original lawyer, can be reduced or exempted according to the original fee standard.
(6) The maximum agency fee for risk agency shall not be higher than 30% of the contract amount, except for legal services with market-regulated prices.
Two. Fees for handling criminal cases: (1) Investigation stage (including self-investigation by procuratorate): 2000-20000 yuan/piece; (2) Review and prosecution stage: 2,000-20,000 yuan/piece; (3) Trial stage (one trial level): 2000-20000 yuan for first-instance cases in grass-roots courts/5000-50000 yuan for first-instance cases in intermediate courts or above; (4) Providing legal aid and retrial defense at the appeal stage: 2,000-20,000 yuan for retrial cases in grass-roots courts/5,000-50,000 yuan for retrial cases in courts above the intermediate level (including intermediate courts); (5) Private prosecution agent: 2,000-20,000 yuan/piece; (6) In criminal incidental civil litigation cases, the criminal part shall implement the above standards, and the civil part may reduce the fees with reference to the charging standards for civil cases.
(seven) the case sent back for retrial, handled by the original lawyer, can be reduced or exempted according to the original fee standard.
(8) The above-mentioned items can also refer to the above-mentioned charging standards for civil cases.
(9) The floating range of the above standard: 20%, but if the fee is less than 2,000 yuan, it will be charged at 2,000 yuan.
Three, for major, complex and difficult civil litigation, administrative litigation, state compensation cases and foreign-related cases, law firms can negotiate with clients to determine the amount of fees according to the above standards, but the maximum shall not exceed 2 times of the above standards, and for major, complex and difficult criminal litigation cases, the maximum shall not exceed 3 times of the above standards.
A law firm may not ask its clients to raise their fees on the grounds that the case is significant, complicated or difficult.