How much does an Criminal lawyer earn
A Criminal lawyer earns between $2.310 and $10.032 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.801 and a median salary of $2.776 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.
Our research is based on the salaries of 46 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).
| Monthly Salary | Annual Salary | Salary Per Week | Hourly Salary | |
| Average wage | 3.801 | 45.613 | 950 | 32 |
| 1º Quartile | 2.310 | 27.720 | 578 | 19 |
| Median Salary | 2.776 | 33.313 | 694 | 23 |
| 3º Quartile | 7.651 | 91.812 | 1.913 | 65 |
| Higher Salary | 10.032 | 120.387 | 2.508 | 85 |
Professional job categories
- Science and arts professionals
- professionals in the legal sciences
- lawyers, attorneys, notaries
- lawyers
Related Positions:
Main workplaces
Lawyers they work in law firms, in agricultural, commercial, industrial, service and public administration companies, as statutory, salaried or self-employed. They perform their duties unsupervised, indoors and during daytime hours. Eventually, they work under pressure, leading to a stressful situation.
What does it take to work in the field of Lawyers
The exercise of these occupations requires complete higher education and the examination by the OAB of the civil domicile status of the bachelor of law.
Functions and activities of Criminal lawyer
Lawyers must:
Activities
- issue information on legal rules;
- follow up third-party cases for client interest;
- demonstrate persistence;
- identify problems;
- prepare documents arising from corporate acts;
- analyze legislation for updating and implementation;
- intervene in the course of the process;
- show urbanity in personal dealings;
- request measures from the magistrate or public prosecutor;
- master written expression;
- promote meetings;
- expose to the interested party the possibilities of success;
- update yourself;
- monitor third-party cases for client interest;
- evaluate documentary and oral evidence;
- manage your own office;
- gather basic documentation;
- form a team of professionals;
- demonstrate active listening skills;
- inform the customer about the progress of services;
- exchange professional experiences;
- assist companies, persons and entities;
- carry out administrative hearings;
- manage customer portfolio;
- inform the client about the progress of services;
- maintain emotional control;
- demonstrate creativity;
- show critical thinking;
- arbitrate interests of the parties;
- implement legal solutions;
- appeal of decisions;
- monitor results;
- express to the interested party the acceptance and refusal of the services;
- advise board decisions;
- choose the action strategy;
- gather basic documentation;
- evaluate rules and procedures internal to the company;
- meet legal deadlines;
- collect information relevant to the issue;
- research the legal possibility of the case;
- check the existence of conflicts of interest;
- show synthesis capacity;
- act ethically;
- firm agreements;
- define the scope of the audit;
- mediate matters;
- firm agreements;
- analyze business models;
- contribute to the drafting of bills;
- formalize technical-legal opinion;
- monitor investment projects under legal aspects;
- interview people involved in the audited area;
- follow up third-party cases in the interest of the client;
- prepare reports;
- carry out due diligence;
- ensure the maintenance and integrity of customer assets;
- receive and give discharge;
- propose actions;
- instruct the party;
- monitor cases of third parties for client's interest;
- listen to the interested party;
- follow legal deadlines;
- join international expert committees;
- advise national negotiations;
- monitor the performance of corporate acts;
- integrating national expert committees;
- point out risks and solutions;
- analyze, facts, reports and documents;
- participate in collective bargaining;
- act promptly;
- show a sense of humor;
- protect industrial property;
- show verbal eloquence;
- develop body expression;
- dispute actions;
- show patience;
- conduct civil hearings;
- interpret the legal norm;
- provide lectures;
- develop positive interpersonal relationships;
- monitor third-party cases in the interest of the client;
- elaborate business contracts;
- advise international negotiations;
- demonstrate tolerance;
- demonstrate convincing ability;
- follow contractual deadlines;
- agree the rules for the provision of services;
- meet contractual deadlines;
- evaluate the possibility of accepting the services;
- support a question orally;
- request measures with the magistrate or public prosecutor;
- demonstrate interpretive ability;
- use the work of technical assistants;
- choose the strategy of action;
- show logical reasoning;
- act in the jury;
- provide expert services;
- hold labor hearings;
- represent against individuals and authorities;
- conduct common criminal hearings;
- obtain authorization from the customer;
- show negotiation skills;
- obtain customer authorization;
- control work of professionals and subcontracted offices;
- implement legal solutions;
Sectors that hire Criminal lawyer the most in the job market
- justice
- general public administration
- repair and maintenance of other personal and household objects and equipment
- activities of associations for the defense of social rights
- manufacture of alcohol
- retail trade of new parts and accessories for motor vehicles
- attorney services
