Chicago Tribune

Some federal defense lawyers not getting paid for months as funding runs dry

Private defense attorneys who represent indigent clients in federal court are not getting paid for nearly three months — until Oct. 1. The U.S. Courts announced on July 3 that federal funding for the ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Federal fund to bolster public defender’s office runs out; private attorneys see pay delayed

Earlier in July, the U.S. Judiciary ran out of funds to pay private defense attorneys who augment the Office of the Public Defender by representing indigent federal felony defendants for an hourly ...
MassLive

‘Funding crisis’ means private attorneys who take federal public defense cases won’t be paid for months

SPRINGFIELD — As the state grapples with a work stoppage over pay for private attorneys who represent indigent defendants, the system that ensures representation for those in federal court is also in ...
kcra.com

Sacramento defense attorneys face months without pay due to funding halt

SECOND DAY OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. A FINANCIAL CRISIS. WE’VE MISSED THREE MONTHS OF PAYCHECKS WITH NO END IN SIGHT, IS HITTING HARD FOR 40 SACRAMENTO DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WHO ARE PART OF THE CRIMINAL ...

Federal public defenders have gone without pay since July

Federal public defenders have been working without pay since July, when funding for the program ran out. That has left those representing federal defendants who don’t have resources to hire their own ...