HOURLY RATE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT PANEL ATTORNEY
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006

The Fiscal Year 2006 Defender Services appropriation (Public Law 109-115) included funds to raise the non-capital hourly panel attorney compensation rate from $90 to $92, and the maximum hourly capital rate from $160 to $163 (for federal capital prosecutions and capital post-conviction proceedings), for attorneys appointed to represent eligible persons under the Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A, and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, codified in part in 21 U.S.C. § 848(q).

The new hourly compensation rates effective January 1, 2006 are:

Non-capital hourly rate:            $92.00
Capital hourly rate:                  $163.00

Where the appointment of counsel occurred before the effective date of January 1, 2006, the new compensation rates apply to that portion of services provided on or after January 1, 2006.