Fees charged by lawyers in general criminal cases

How much is the lawyer's fee for general criminal cases? The answer is that the charging standard for criminal cases is 3,000 yuan. The method and amount of lawyer's fees shall be determined by the lawyer and the client through consultation within a certain range. How to charge for a specific case and how much the lawyer's fee should be determined through consultation with the lawyer.

The reference standards for criminal attorney fees are as follows:

(1) The charging standard for criminal cases is piecework charging at all stages of handling cases.

1. In the investigation stage, the charge for each piece is 5000- 10000 yuan.

2. In the stage of review and prosecution, the charge for each piece is 5000- 10000 yuan.

3. The charge for each piece in the first trial stage is 10000-30000 yuan.

4. Cases with particularly difficult family life and meeting the conditions of local legal aid will fall into the above criteria.

(2) In cases of second instance, death penalty review, retrial, appeal and criminal private prosecution, the lawyer's service fee shall be charged according to the charging standard in the first instance.

(three) the law firm represents multiple stages of a case, and reduces the fees as appropriate from the second stage.

(4) If the victim files a criminal incidental civil action case, the lawyer's service fee shall be charged according to the charging standard of civil action case.

(5) If a criminal suspect or defendant is involved in several crimes or criminal facts at the same time, he may be punished for several crimes according to the crimes or criminal facts involved.

The following cases are determined by the law firm and the client through consultation, and the charging standard is not higher than 5 times of the above fees:

(a) the legal relationship of the case is complex, and the lawyer's handling time is obviously longer than that of similar cases;

(two) the case involves difficult professional issues, and the professional level of lawyers is significantly higher than that of similar cases;

(3) Major foreign-related cases and cases with significant social impact.

In the process of handling the case, the expenses such as appraisal fee, information inquiry fee and copying fee that need to be paid to the case-handling unit shall be borne by the client.

Travel expenses for handling cases in different places, such as transportation and accommodation, shall be borne by the client, settled and reimbursed according to actual expenses, and a certain amount of lump sum may also be negotiated.

Related factors affecting attorney fees

(a) the specific circumstances of the case, the specific circumstances of the case, mainly refers to the complexity of the case, such as a single crime or joint crime, one crime or several crimes, involving one criminal fact or multiple criminal facts, and so on. The specific circumstances of the case directly determine the difficulty of legal affairs and other necessary handling expenses, which is the primary factor in determining the lawyer's fee.

(II) Specific requirements of clients Different clients will have different requirements for lawyers' work, and the most typical one is the number of interviews in the investigation stage. Some clients will ask lawyers to increase the number of unnecessary meetings in addition to the number of meetings needed in the case, which directly increases the workload and other costs of lawyers and leads to an increase in lawyer fees. The specific requirements of the client are an important factor in determining the lawyer's fee.

(3) The specific situation of lawyers. The different social reputation and working level of lawyers determine the different work value and fees. The lawyer's specific situation is the key factor to determine the lawyer's fee.

To sum up, generally speaking, those with high degree of specialization, rich experience, in-depth professional research, very high gold content in their work, and the effect of handling cases must be guaranteed, the fees of these lawyers will be higher. As for whether the lawyer's fee is reasonable, we should consider it from the above three aspects, that is to say, we can't take "how much is the general fee" as the standard.

Legal basis:

Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Charges Article 3 Lawyers' service charges shall follow the principles of openness, fairness, voluntary compensation, honesty and credibility. Law firms should facilitate the people, strengthen internal management, reduce service costs, and provide convenient and high-quality legal services for clients.

Article 4 The fees for lawyers' services shall be guided by the government and regulated by the market.

Article 5 A law firm shall provide the following legal services in accordance with the law, and implement government-guided prices:

(1) Acting as an agent in civil litigation cases;

(2) Acting as an agent in administrative litigation cases;

(3) Acting as an agent for state compensation cases;

(four) to provide legal advice to criminal suspects in criminal cases, to represent complaints and accusations, to apply for bail pending trial, and to act as the defendant's defender, private prosecutor or agent ad litem of the victim;

(5) Acting as an agent for appeals in various litigation cases.

The fees charged by law firms for providing other legal services shall be subject to market-regulated prices.

Article 6 The benchmark price and fluctuation range of government-guided prices shall be formulated by the competent price departments of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the judicial administrative departments at the same level.