What is the main source of income for litigation lawyers?

A friend asked me to introduce the lawyer's income, so I wrote something briefly. Generally speaking, the main income of litigation lawyers includes agency fees (or wages), consulting fees, writing documents, consulting fees and other income.

1, commission lawyer. Lawyers pay management fees (office expenses, rent, etc.). ) go to the law firm, pay the insurance yourself, and find the source of the case yourself. , and can work in a law firm and use the name of the law firm. If the client's agency fee is 20000 yuan, how much will he get? Generally speaking, the law firm will take 20-40%, and the rest will be its own after deducting personal income tax. It's just a case you did, and you may only get half of it. Of course, in the past, many lawyers took private jobs (not included in the accounts of law firms), but now this situation is rare. Commission lawyers are common in primary and secondary schools and are suitable for individuals with sufficient case sources and outstanding ability.

2. paid lawyers. The law firm pays salaries, pays insurance and assigns cases. The level of salary has a great relationship with the level of urban economic development and the personal ability of lawyers. Some only pay a fixed salary, some pay a fixed salary plus a bonus (for example, a case of 200), and some pay a bonus at the end of the year according to the number and quality of cases you do. The salary is more suitable for new lawyers who have no fixed source of cases. Many large law firms adopt the corporate model, with a clear division of labor. Lawyers are responsible for the source of cases, lawyers are responsible for litigation, and lawyers are responsible for non-litigation. Paid lawyers are suitable for lawyers who have no fixed source of cases, need to accumulate experience, or want to develop in a particular profession.

The consulting fee paid by enterprises can be said to be the "basic salary" of many commission lawyers. Generally speaking, the legal advisory unit talks on its own, and some units are cooperative units of the law firm, and the law firm arranges you to do services without extra income (generally, paid lawyers provide services on behalf of the law firm). According to the scale, service scope and service quality of consulting units, the consulting fee for one year ranges from 10,000 yuan to tens of millions, which is closely related to the scale of law firms, lawyers' professional ability and service level. Some lawyers have more and more consulting units, and some lawyers can give up the consulting units given to them by law firms.

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There are complaints, lawyers' letters, etc. According to the city size and economic development, it is generally 200-2000 copies.

Legal consultation is divided into free and charged, and it is free to receive consultation when legal aid is on duty (but it is a good source channel for new lawyers. Although the general theme of the case is not too big, it can be practiced to solve the problem of food and clothing); At the law firm, it depends. After understanding the general situation, the party receiving the consultation shall inform the party of the consultation fee. If the client finally decides to hand over the case to you, there is generally no consulting fee.

The fees vary from place to place, about several hundred yuan/hour, and the consultation for ordinary cases takes less than half an hour.

Case source fee. Some cases are inconvenient for you to come forward, so you can give them to other lawyers and friends. After the case is completed, you will pay the introduction fee of the source of the case, which is generally about 10% of the agency fee. Of course, this is mutual. The Friendship Committee introduced the case to you, and you paid the case source fee as usual.

Court fees. There is a conflict in the case of a lawyer friend. Please help me to appear in court. Generally 1000 starts, and 2000 is the normal price, which varies according to the size and complexity of the case.

Rebate of XX Company. I usually use it for security, so I won't say much.

Finally, let's talk about the partners in the law firm. Partners have the right to control the operating income of the law firm (the overall income of the law firm, excluding rent, office, personnel insurance, wages, etc.). ), the partners of the law firm use it to expand their business and share it according to the partnership agreement. And generally speaking, the commission of a partner in a case will be much higher than that of an ordinary commission lawyer, for example, the average commission lawyer is 70%, and the partner can have 85% or even higher. So the partner is the goal of our legal person!