人身自由和生命权是公民最根本的权利，当其受到刑事指控时，刑事辩护是保护其自由权和生命权最有力的法律措施。 刑事辩护是元都所的核心业务之一，拥有一批具有雄厚的刑事司法机关工作背景和经验的刑辩律师，凭借他们多年的刑事法学研究和办案经验，在刑事辩护领域取得了优异的成绩，在刑事辩护业界和社会上享有了一定的知名度。出色代理了上百起中央和地方国家机关干部及国有公司高管人员受贿、贪污、挪用公款等经济罪案和渎职罪案，代理了多起在北京市和外省市有重大影响，媒体广泛关注的刑事案件的辩护工作，多起案件取得了无罪、不起诉或从轻、减轻处理以及二审改判的结果。

Criminal Defense
Right of personal liberties and right of life are the fundamental rights of citizens. When citizens are prosecuted, criminal defense is the strongest legal measure of protecting right of personal liberties and right of life. Criminal defense is one of Yuandu’s core business areas. Yuandu has a group of lawyers who have rich working experience in criminal judicial organs, armed with solid knowledge of criminal law and working experience. They have gained brilliant achievements in criminal defense field and enjoy popularity in criminal defense circle as well as in the whole society. They have successfully defended for more than 100 officials of central and local government organs as well as top-level management personnel of state-owned enterprises, represented many criminal cases which were of great influence in Beijing or in other Provinces and cities. lighter punishment or mitigation of punishment below the minimum statutory prescript or revision of judgment in second instance. Practice areas： Counseling of Criminal Laws Interviewing Defendant and Providing Legal Counseling Service in Stage of Investigation Appealing, Accusing on behalf of Clients Applying for Recognizance upon Bail on behalf of Clients Investigating, Trial of First Instance and Trial of Second Instance Defending in Retrial Instituted through Adjudic Procedure atory Supervision.
 

元都在该领域提供的服务主要包括：
刑事法律咨询；
侦查阶段会见被告人；
代为申诉、控告；
代为申请取保候审；
在审查起诉、一审、二审阶段调查 取证、阅卷、为被告人辩护。