Dennis Jacobs, Chief Judge

Karen Greve Milton, Circuit Executive

The Criminal Justice Act Committee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is now accepting applications for service on the Court's Criminal Justice Act Panel. Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday April 21, 2008.    Click here for a copy of the release. Click here for a copy of the application.

Letter / Checklist for Newly Appointed CJA Attorneys

Effective 3/23/07 - "The Court will not reimburse CJA appointed counsel for any costs associated with the production of briefs and appendices other than copying and binding of the necessary copies of those documents, the original text of which, including covers, table of contents, table of cases, and any necessary certifications, should be prepared by counsel using appropriate word processing and formatting in compliance with the requirements of federal and local rules of appellate procedure (e.g., Fed. R. App. 32; Local R. 32). All bills submitted for reimbursement for copying and binding of briefs performed by a printing house or copying service must be fully itemized and must indicate each component of the total charge for such services. Failure to provide such itemized bills will result in those costs being disallowed."

• Implementation of Hourly Rate Increases
• CJA Form 20 - Appointment of and Authority to Pay Court Appointed Counsel, pdf fillable
• Instructions for CJA Form 20
• CJA Form 20-I, pdf fillable
• Important Notice to CJA Attorneys and Trial Attorneys of Criminal Defendants
• Notice to Court Appointed Counsel of Public Disclosure of Attorney Fee Information
• Attorney Statement (in Support of CJA Compensation Exceeding the Statutory Maximum)
• Out of Court Hourly Worksheet, pdf fillable
• Other Expense Worksheet, pdf fillable
• District Court Worksheet, MS Word fillable
• District Court Worksheet, Word Perfect fillable
• Affidavit/Affirmation for Removal of Record