Mainly depends on what kind of crime, what kind of lawyer you want to find. Some lawyers charge more than 200,000 yuan, so no matter what the case, the fees are very high. Some lawyers can do it for 20 thousand yuan. If the case is simple, the cost may be lower, such as 10000 yuan or 5000 yuan, depending on your financial situation. If the conditions are good, you'd better pay a higher price and find the best lawyer. If the economy is not too affluent, you can find a general lawyer.
The investigation, examination, prosecution and trial can be charged in stages or at one time, and the specific charging standards can be up and down in consultation with lawyers.
Second, how to hire a defense lawyer
First of all, you need to know when you can hire a lawyer.
According to the law, a criminal suspect can hire a lawyer to provide him with legal advice and apply for an agent to appeal or accuse him from the day when the investigation organ makes the first inquiry or takes compulsory measures. During this period, the role of hiring a lawyer is not to defend, but to provide effective legal help to criminal suspects who are in trouble and helpless, so that they can understand the legal provisions and their rights they want to know. If the suspect is arrested, the lawyer hired can apply for bail for him to get him out of custody.
Secondly, you need to know how to find the right lawyer.
According to the law, lawyers can undertake civil, criminal and administrative cases, that is to say, any practicing lawyer can handle criminal cases. Being able to handle criminal cases does not mean being able to handle criminal cases skillfully. Lawyers are divided into professions like doctors. Some are good at civil economic disputes, while others are good at criminal cases. Lawyers who are good at handling criminal cases will be more comfortable in handling cases because they are familiar with criminal procedures and know more about relevant criminal laws and regulations (because they often handle criminal cases, defense lawyers will have smoother contacts in the corresponding handling organs).
You may ask, I have never encountered such a thing in my life. How can I find lawyers who are good at handling criminal cases? Briefly introduce several feasible methods before:
First of all, you can ask your friend if he has a familiar lawyer (such as a legal adviser or even a private lawyer who has helped his friend win a lawsuit), and then you can know a lawyer who is good at defending through this lawyer;
Second, you can go to the law majors of well-known local colleges and universities to find experts and scholars who study criminal law and criminal procedure law (most of these scholars are practicing lawyers). These experts and lawyers have a high theoretical level, and they can often achieve unexpected results in handling cases (such scholars will go to the case-handling organs for professional theory training and teaching, so the contact will be smoother);
Third, you can search for relevant professional lawyers online, and check their professional strength by reading their past case handling results before you intend to entrust them.
Finally, you need to know how to negotiate the relevant fees with the lawyer.
Just like doing business, lawyers have to pay commissions, which is also commonly known as attorney fees. The determination of this fee needs to be negotiated with the lawyer you hired. In practice, criminal cases are prosecuted in stages, including investigation stage, examination and prosecution stage and trial stage, and the trial stage is divided into first instance stage and second instance stage.
Generally speaking, you can pay the fees in stages (according to the lawyer's case, you can decide whether to continue to hire this lawyer in the next stage. If the case ends in the previous stage, there is no need to entrust a lawyer), or you can negotiate with a lawyer and pay the fees for several stages at a time (one-time fees are cheaper than phased entrustment). If you have confidence in lawyers, you can consider entrusting them in this way. For handling cases in different places, you must also pay a certain amount of travel expenses.
After accepting the entrustment, the lawyer should sign a written entrustment contract with you, and you should sign a power of attorney as the basis for the lawyer to accept the entrustment. After handling the entrustment formalities, you should keep in touch with the lawyer at any time to understand the process of handling the case, and you can attend the trial if necessary.