Attorney Interim Agreement Expert Services Provider Interim Agreement

Procedure for Requesting Interim Payments Generally, authorization to submit interim vouchers will be limited to situations where compensation is anticipated to be in an amount in excess of the maximum allowed under provisions of subsections (d)(2) or (e)(3) of the Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. 3006A. The following procedures apply to all attorneys and experts appointed or authorized to provide services under the CJA that are requesting authorization to submit interim vouchers. - Authorization to submit interim vouchers must be obtained from the United States district and circuit courts prior to the submission and/or processing of any interim voucher(s). - The CJA Payee (an attorney or expert services provider) requesting authorization to submit interim vouchers must make a showing that because of the complexity and/or extended nature of the case it would be a financial hardship to go without compensation, thereby making the authorization of interim vouchers necessary and appropriate. This showing should be in letter or memo form addressed to the United States District Court Judge or Magistrate and submit to the CJA Administration. The CJA Administration will then prepare a proposed Interim Agreement and forward it on to the district court judge, along with the CJA Payee's request. As administrative forms both the request and the interim agreement will not be made part of the case file, and will not be available to the public or other parties in the case. - Once the request is approved by both the district court and the circuit court (this process will take a minimum of three weeks), the CJA Payee will be sent a copy of the authorization at which point a voucher for the time already spent on the case can be submitted. After the initial voucher, the CJA Payee should submit vouchers each month for the entire previous month (1st through the 31st) -- Each Interim voucher will be reviewed by CJA Administration -- An amount equal to 1/3 of the total amount of compensation will be withheld from each Interim voucher. The CJA Payee will be paid 2/3 of the total amount of compensation plus all expenses claimed for that month -- At the conclusion of the case, the CJA Payee should submit a final voucher. After approval by the district court judge or magistrate and the chief judge of the circuit court, all previous amounts withheld will be paid, along with the total amount of the final voucher