The hourly pay rates for lawyers who represent indigent defendants in federal criminal cases, which were temporarily reduced last year, have been restored, effective March 1, 2014. In addition to restoring the previous hourly panel attorney rates, the FY 2014 spending plan for the Defender Services account provides sufficient funding to pay all FY 2014 panel attorney vouchers without deferring any payments into FY 2015. The hourly rates also include a one-percent increase, consistent with the one percent Employment Cost Index increase for all federal employees. As a result, for work performed on or after March 1, 2014, hourly panel attorney rates will increase to $126 for non-capital representations and $180 for capital representations.
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Update Date: February 13, 2014
Creation Date: February 13, 2014