Recognized in the United States, there are two kinds of high income people, lawyers and doctors.Of course, there are a lot of other work income is also high, now is only to calculate.So, as their customers, paying nature is very high.So, how does lawyer charge?
Generally speaking, the lawyer fees have four major categories:
Charge by the hour
A fixed price per one case
Down payment, according to the actual hours
Prevailing fees
Charge is the most common way by the hour.If not is prior to free consultation, speak well is charge by the hour, be careful of is you talk to lawyer about good interview, you sit down and talk to a lawyer, began to billing.You'd better not gush about some trivial matters, because every minute count your money.Other matters should be paid attention by the hour, the instructions are in the down payment the content below.
In fact, if is according to the fixed price charge, when lawyers on the case, is also the time it takes him about them to calculate the price.
Down-payment, calculated by the hour this way, if not have indicated in the contract, in general, the prepaid deposit, if according to the actual settlement after the left, it is not a refund, so you have to pay attention to you and lawyer fee contract.If you after the down payment, you don't want to please the lawyer, don't expect you can returned the imprest gold, unless you sign a contract, except where noted.Is calculated by the hour, according to lawyers' in your time in this case, including lawyers and lawyers assistant's time.Even if a call or send an email, billing,.Customers during this case, call me Lawyer, talk time is also money.The time is basically by the lawyer to send the bill to you in the past, you will know how to calculate time.In general, I seldom speak to americans of all of our bills in question;But for customers are Chinese, they will basically said the bill is wrong, time is much, among them, some people will say we calculate twice as much, some people will say we count for at least three times more.They complained to complain, but still have to press our bills to pay, because they have the cause of the advance payment, so, don't worry about not receive money.As long as the imprest gold ran out, the case will stay there motionless, even if it needs to appear in court, and make advance payment to the account, such as customer will continue to handle a case.For individual has a good reputation, customers may grace for a few days, but the situation is less.Also true that if not have special case, the credibility of a good customer, always very actively to run out of the advance payment.For this kind of payment method, I for those Chinese customers, before open the case, always need to spend a lot of time explaining how to charge.
Successful way to charge, it is the case won, will charge.Is usually for some civil lawsuit cases involving compensation.For example, insurance, accidental injury, medical accident, etc.In general, the amounts involved is larger.Lawyers into usually favour with customers, win to the amount of money namely, lawyer with 30%.Also there are very few get 40%.Lawyer to write out the lawsuit, amount of compensation in the form paper, will open a mouth: lion can write how much will write how much, to win as much.Anyway, write more and not breaking the law.Many people do this lawyer tube "junk" lawyer.
For billing by the hour, the United States attorney's social status have different, different areas, charge is different;Experience is different, the charge is also different;The lawyer floor size, charge is different also.Their price difference is very big: from between $50 to $1000 per hour.According to the American bar association, the national average fee is $284 per hour;In the northeast of the average fee is $319 per hour;Western fee is $296 per hour;The central rate of $264.If there are only 10 below the lawyer floor, the average rate of $262, big lawyer (more than 150 lawyers), average hourly rate of $333.The lawyer assistant of the time it takes to also want to count, between $50 to $100 per hour, some even $150.Before my lawyer to customers in the middle of calculating my time is $100 per hour.I have a lawyer floor of lawyer, collect fees from between $200 to $400 per hour.
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