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• eCJA VPS - Electronic CJA Voucher Processing System (eCJA VPS) Project Contract Awarded

Training

• Training/Seminars Offered by Defender Services.

Forms

• Application for Admission - to the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the Northern District of West Virginia
• CJA Panel Worksheet - Excel spreadsheet for recording time & expenses, updated on January 11, 2006 with new hourly and mileage rates.
• CJA Attorney Payee Registration Form - CJA Panel Attorney payee registration form.
• CJA Rates History Updated January 6, 2011 - This document lists the mileage, hourly, and maximum rates allowed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts for all years between 1998 and the present.
• CJA Reference Sheet Updated January 6, 2011 - This document is a quick reference guide to the mileage, hourly, and maximum rates allowed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts for all years between 1996 and the present. Plus a few other helpful tips.
• AO Memo - CJA Rates - This document from the AO outlines the new rates for 2010.
• CJA 7 - Order Terminating Appointment of Counsel and/or Authorization for Distribution of Available Private Funds (2/84)
• CJA 20 Memo - A quick note from Lisa Coleman, CJA Panel Administrator.
• Quick link to CJA-20 and Worksheets.
• CJA 20 - Authority to Pay Court Appointed Counsel (5/99)
• CJA 21 - Request And Authorization For Expert Services (5/99). Instructions are available on this site.
• CJA 23 - Financial Affidavit (5/98)
• CJA 24 - Request and Authorization For Transcript (5/99)
• CJA 25 - Notice to CJA Panel Attorney Regarding Availability of Investigative, Expert, and Other Services (6/94)
• CJA 26 - District Court - Supplemental Information Statement for a Compensation Claim in Excess of the Statutory Case Compensation Maximum (10/00)
• CJA 26A - District Court - Guidance to Attorneys in Drafting the Memorandum Required for a Compensation Claim in Excess of the Case Compensation Maximum (4/00)
• CJA 27 - Court of Appeals - Supplemental Information Statement for a Compensation Claim in Excess of the Statutory Case Compensation Maximum (10/00)
• CJA 27A - Court of Appeals - Guidance to Attorneys in Drafting the Memorandum Required for a Compensation Claim in Excess of the Case Compensation Maximum (4/00)
• CJA 28H - Other Services Summary Budget Worksheet for Non-capital Representations with the Potential for Extraordinary Cost (4/04). Instructions are available for this document.
• CJA 30 - Death Penalty Proceedings/Authority to Pay Court Appointed Counsel (5/99)
• CJA 31 - Death Penalty Proceedings/Authorization and Voucher for Expert and Other Services (5/99)