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Cost of an Assault Attorney | Criminal Defense Attorney Who Represented a Criminal Complaint for Assault and Other Charges and Recovered 100 Million Won

The client who inquired about the cost of an assault attorney suffered assault and intimidation after a secret was discovered by the other party.

The client entrusted the representation of the criminal complaint to an assault attorney and recovered 100 million won.

1. Cost of an Assault Attorney | The Background of the Client's Case

cost of an assault attorney assault intimidation special assault special intimidation extortion


The client who inquired about the cost of an assault attorney was a man in his sixties who had a personal secret that he did not wish to disclose to others.

The trouble began when this secret was discovered by the suspect (hereinafter the other party).

The other party demanded 100 million won in exchange for keeping the client's secret.

Having suffered intimidation and assault in this process, including statements such as “I will tell everyone your secret” and “if you do not bring the money, I will kill you,” the client raised 100 million won by going into debt and handed it over to the other party.

The other party, however, continued thereafter to contact the client periodically and to engage in intimidation and the like.

One day, the other party even called the client out to a secluded place late at night, drew a box cutter from his pocket, and demanded additional money.

Suffering severe stress, the client resolved to take legal action to prevent the other party from approaching him and his family, and inquired about the cost of an assault attorney.

2. Cost of an Assault Attorney | Three Forms of Assistance Provided by the Attorney

Assault attorney fees, drafting a complaint, criminal complaint, assault victim attorney consultation


The assault attorney quickly grasped the client's situation.

The attorney then clearly analyzed the facts of the client's case and devised a strategy by which firm legal measures could be taken against the other party while protecting the safety of the client and his family.

Attorney's Assistance 1) Support With Gathering Evidence and Preparing the Complaint

The assault attorney established the unlawfulness of the other party's conduct through evidence gathered in cooperation with the 🔗Evidence Investigation Center.

The principal evidence gathered in this process was as follows.

• CCTV records from the scene of the incident

• Records of the intimidating text messages

• The client's hospital treatment records following the assault

• Records of cash withdrawals and loans from the bank

• Materials establishing the client's emotional suffering (psychological counseling materials)


Through the above evidence, the assault attorney emphasized that all of the charges against the other party were established in accordance with the elements of the offenses, actively argued the necessity of a custodial investigation and protective measures for the client, and provided support so that the complaint could be well drafted as a matter of law.

Attorney's Assistance 2) Coordination of Protective Measures

Even on the day of the police investigation, the other party was sending intimidating text messages to the client.

Accordingly, the assault attorney emphasized that the client was under severe anxiety and stress and actively coordinated protective measures with the investigating officer, such as patrols of the client's residence and registration of the client's particulars with the 112 situation room.

The attorney also actively coordinated an appropriate timing for detention that would protect the safety of the client and his family, and provided assistance so that the client would be safe throughout the period of the legal response.

Attorney's Assistance 3) Establishing a Strategy to Recover the 100 Million Won in Harm

The assault attorney applied for a compensation order procedure with respect to the 100 million won extorted from the client through assault and intimidation.

In this process, the attorney organized the evidence gathered earlier and submitted it together with the application for a compensation order, and also applied for a compensation order for the treatment costs and consolation money relating to the assault that the client had suffered.

Attorney's Assistance 4) Psychological Counseling Support

Until the client inquired about the cost of an assault attorney and received assistance, the client had continuously suffered intimidation and assault of a high degree for a period of more than a year.

Having suffered the crimes for more than a year, the client was experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and severe anxiety.

The assault attorney helped the client to alleviate his emotional suffering in cooperation with the 🔗Psychological Counseling Center.

The assault attorney also compiled materials such as the client's psychological counseling report and expert opinions obtained from the Psychological Counseling Center and submitted them as evidence establishing how greatly the client had suffered.

3. Cost of an Assault Attorney | The Outcome of the Assistance: Recovery of 100 Million Won and Indictment Under Detention

The client who inquired about the cost of an assault attorney received protective measures immediately after the questioning of the complainant and was thus able to secure his safety quickly.

After the complaint was filed, the process of arresting and detaining the other party proceeded smoothly, and the client was returned the entire 100 million won that had been extorted through intimidation.

In addition, the other party was indicted while in detention, so the client was able to proceed with the legal process even more safely.

4. Cost of an Assault Attorney | The Key Issues and Level of Punishment in the Case

In the case of the client who inquired about the cost of an assault attorney, the key issues were assault and intimidation.

However, because it was a case in which various other matters were intertwined in a complex manner, it was necessary to clearly draw out the issues and devise a strategy.

In general, criminal cases often involve not a single issue but several issues, so care must be taken in mounting a legal response.

Summary of Legal Information

As mentioned earlier, the client's case involved various issues intertwined in a complex manner.

To begin with assault, assault means any unlawful exercise of physical force against the body, and a person who commits such an assault against another person's body may be subject to imprisonment for not more than two years, a fine of not more than five million won, detention, or a minor fine.

Intimidation, which involves communicating harm to a victim and causing the victim to feel actual threat and fear, is a matter punishable by imprisonment for not more than three years, a fine of not more than five million won, detention, or a minor fine under Article 283 of the Criminal Act.

Where, in this connection, a person displays the collective force of a group or a multitude or carries a dangerous object and commits intimidation, special intimidation is established, and the person may be subject to imprisonment for not more than seven years or a fine of not more than ten million won.

Coercion, which many people confuse, is an offense provided for in Article 324 of the Criminal Act; it is established where a person, through assault or intimidation, obstructs another's exercise of a right or compels another to do something the other is not obligated to do, and the person may be subject to imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than thirty million won.

Understanding the Protective Measures System

Providing protection to the victim of a crime where the victim suffers, or is at risk of suffering, harm from the perpetrator during the criminal proceedings is referred to as the protective measures system.

Such protective measures are carried out under the following statute.


Article 13 of the Act on the Protection of Specific Crime Informants (Measures for Personal Safety)

(1) Where a crime informant or the like, or a relative or the like thereof, is at risk of suffering retaliation, a prosecutor or the chief of a police station may, for a certain period, have a public official belonging to the relevant prosecutors' office or police station take measures necessary for personal safety (hereinafter “measures for personal safety”), or may request the chief of the police station having jurisdiction over the residence or present location of the person concerned to take measures for personal safety. In such a case, the chief of the police station who receives the request shall, in the absence of special grounds, take measures for personal safety immediately.


Protection is provided ranging from temporary personal security to tailored patrols of the victim's residence and accompaniment when the victim appears before a court or an investigative agency to give a statement.

Personal protection may be received primarily by the victim who is at risk of suffering retaliation from the perpetrator, as well as by informants, witnesses, persons providing reference statements, and their family members, and one may make an inquiry to the victim liaison officer at each police station or to the victim support office at the prosecutors' office.

Understanding the Criteria for the Cost of an Assault Attorney

An attorney's fee varies depending on the type of case, its difficulty, and whether it serves the public interest.

The cost of an assault attorney such as this includes the retainer, which is a fee paid in advance to the attorney upon entrusting the case, and the success fee, which is calculated as a certain percentage based on the result, such as the judgment.

The principal factors that determine the cost may be summarized as follows.

Difficulty

Where additional assistance, such as a settlement or the gathering of evidence according to the charges, is required

Complexity

Varies according to the gravity of the matter, whether there is detention, and the stage of the response

Time Required

Calculated differently based on the time required according to the gravity of the matter


Various other factors may also affect the cost of an assault attorney.

5. Cost of an Assault Attorney | If You Are Hesitant About Litigation

If you regard the cost of an assault attorney as the cost of protecting your future, concluding the case quickly through assistance, as the client in the case did, may be a wise choice.

The criminal law specialist attorneys of Daeryun, the ninth-largest law firm in the Republic of Korea (based on 2025 National Tax Service value-added tax filings), provide assistance tailored to the circumstances of their clients.

• Devising a tailored, step-by-step response strategy for the client after reviewing the case

• Accompaniment at and attendance during police and prosecution investigations

• 🔗
Evidence Investigation Center and systematic gathering and submission of evidence in cooperation therewith


If you currently require representation in a criminal complaint, we invite you to begin a discussion with a 🔗criminal law specialist attorney.

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