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Because I was in the lawyer's office work, so, for American lawyer fees are clear.

America has two recognized high-income groups: lawyers and doctors. Of course, there are many other operating income is also high, this is the story of the big class to calculate. So, as their customers, pay is very high. So, the lawyer is how much do you charge?

Generally speaking, there are four kinds of lawyers:

• Charge by the hour
• In each case the fixed price
• Advance deposit, according to the actual hours
• Contingent fees

Charges by the hour is the most common charges. If not to explain free consultation, speak good charge by the hour, be careful that you talk to a lawyer about good interview, you sit down and talk to an attorney, began charging. You'd better not off the reel to speak some irrelevant words, because every minute in the counting your money. Note the billing by the hour to other matters, in the following payment in advance the content description.

In fact, if you are at a fixed price to charge you, as a lawyer on the case, and as he spends time to count the price.

Advance deposit, calculated this way by the hour, if not specified on the contract, in general, the prepaid deposit, if the actual settlement after the remaining words, are non refundable, so, you should pay attention to you and the lawyer's fee contract. If you advance purchase, you don't want to please the lawyer's words, you don't expect to advance back, unless you sign the contract with unless specified. Hour by hour, according to lawyers equitable in your case in time, including lawyers and paralegals time. Even a phone call or send an e-mail, all accounting charges. Customers in this case, call the lawyers, talk time to count the money. This is basically a lawyer bills sent it to you, you will know how much time. In general, I rarely met Americans on our bills sent to challenge; but for the customer is Chinese, basically they will say it is wrong, the time is much, among them, some people will say we counted more than two times, some people will say we counted more than three times at least. They complain to complain, but still have to press our bills to pay, because, they have prepaid so, don't worry about not received the money. As long as the advance payment has run out of words, the case will stop there motionless, even if it requires a court appearance, also want to wait for the customer payment to the account, will continue to work. For individual have good credit customers, perhaps a few days, but this situation is less. Things that come back, if not have special situation, the relatively good credit customers, always take the prepayment run out to fill. For the payment, I for those Chinese customers, in the case before, always have to spend a lot of time to explain how to charge.

Prevailing charges, is that winning the lawsuit, will charge. The general is for some civil procedure, involving compensation cases. For example, insurance, accidental injury, medical accident. In general, the amount involved is relatively large. The lawyer and the customer is usually divided into three seven, namely, to win the amount, lawyer with 30%. There are very few get 40%. Play this kind of case, a lawyer to write in the paper on the amount of claim for compensation, will the lion opened its mouth: can write much write much, to win as many as. Anyway, to write more and not to break the law. Many people regard this lawyer do "garbage law".

For billing by the hour, American lawyer's different: different areas, different charge; experience is different, the charges are different; the lawyer floor size, charges are not the same. The difference between their great value: from $50 to $1000 per hour. According to statistics USA Lawyers Association, the national average charge is $284 per hour; the average fee of northeast American is US $319 per hour; the fee is $296 per hour; the central charge is $264. If only the lawyer lawyer below 10, the average rate of $262, large law firm (more than 150 lawyers), average hourly fee is 333 dollars. While the lawyer assistant took time to count every hour on the hour, from $50 to $100, some even 150 dollars. Before my lawyer to customer's my time is $100 per hour. Our law firm lawyers, collect fees from $200 to $400 per hour.

In this way, you get a American lawyer, about how much money to spend, you have a ballpark figure?