How much is a criminal lawyer? The standards of law firms vary from place to place. The following is for reference only. (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 several criminal facts at the same time, they can be prosecuted separately according to the crimes or criminal facts involved. The following cases are charged according to the standard not higher than 5 times of the above-mentioned charging standard after consultation between the law firm and the client: (1) The legal relationship of the case is complicated, 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 such as transportation expenses and accommodation expenses for handling cases in different places shall be borne by the client, settled and reimbursed according to actual expenses, and a certain amount of lump sum can also be negotiated. Rights of defense lawyer: 1. Defenders have the right to defend independently according to facts and laws, and are not subject to illegal interference by people's courts, people's procuratorates and other organs, groups and individuals. 2. The defense lawyer can consult and extract this case file to understand the case and evidence materials. The court shall provide necessary facilities and places for lawyers to read papers. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's court, may also know the case. 3. The defense lawyer can meet and communicate with the defendant in custody. A defense lawyer may employ the staff of the Legal Advisory Office and a special letter of introduction with a fixed format to meet the defendant in the detention center or its supervision place. The personnel in the detention place should pay attention to the way and try to avoid adding the content of the defendant's conversation, so as not to affect the defendant's full exercise of his right to defense. 4. A defense lawyer can hold a letter of introduction from the Legal Advisory Office, visit relevant units and individuals, and investigate the case; The relevant units and individuals shall give support. 5. When trying a case, the people's court shall reserve the time needed for the defender to prepare for court appearance. The defender has the right to apply for a statutory postponement of the trial, and the court shall consider it within the statutory closing time. 6. In the court trial stage, the defender has the right to participate in the court trial and may ask the presiding judge questions about witnesses and experts; You can also ask questions directly to witnesses, expert witnesses and defendants with the permission of the presiding judge; Can cross-examine the readings and statements in court and all kinds of evidence materials; You can apply to notify new witnesses to appear in court, obtain new material evidence, re-evaluate or conduct an inquest; You can argue with the prosecutor, and so on 7. The people's procuratorate shall attach a copy of the indictment to the defender in all cases of public prosecution. In the first case, if the people's procuratorate protests according to law, it shall also attach a book to the court and give it to the defense lawyer. In all cases with legal reasons for defense, the judgments and rulings made by the courts of first and second instance shall be sent to the defense lawyers. 8. Before the judgment or ruling comes into effect, the defense lawyer may meet with the defendant and ask for his opinions on the judgment or ruling when he deems it necessary. With the consent of the defendant, an appeal can be made against the judgment or ruling. 9. Defenders may refuse to continue to defend the defendant if they find that he has concealed major criminal facts and still refuses to confess after being patiently taught by the defender. 10. After accepting the entrustment and being appointed as the defender, the defense lawyer has the obligation to defend the defendant and be responsible to the end, unless the defendant insists not to continue his defense. Lawyers must defend according to facts and laws, and shall not falsify evidence or collude with the defendant in fraud, misinterpret the law to confront the trial and evade punishment. They have the obligation to keep the state secrets and personal privacy they come into contact with in defense strictly confidential, appear in court on time and abide by the rules of the court. 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 such as transportation expenses and accommodation expenses for handling cases in different places shall be borne by the client, settled and reimbursed according to actual expenses, and a certain amount of lump sum can also be negotiated. If your situation is complicated, the website also provides online consultation service for lawyers, and you are welcome to have legal consultation.