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INCREASED CJA RATES - Effective January 1, 2010
$125/hr - Non-Capital
$178/hr - Capital

INCREASED Case Compensation Maximum
$9700 - Felony Trials
$6900 - Appeals


The Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Texas, is located in the vibrant city of Houston with four branch offices operating in Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Laredo and McAllen.  The district employs fifty-five Assistant Federal Public Defenders, thirteen investigators and thirty-seven support staff members.  The district also has three Computer Systems Administrators district-wide who keep the offices current with the latest technology, as well as assist in high tech cases.

The caseload consists of offenses involving narcotics, fraud, bank robbery, counterfeiting, theft, immigration and civil rights violations, pornography, assault on federal property, and homicides.

  District Bulletin

  • Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association presents: FEDERAL LAW AT THE FRENCH QUARTER
    MARCH 4-5, 2010
    HOTEL MONTELEONE
    NEW ORLEANS, LA
  • 10 CLE, 1.0 Ethics
  • ** CJA Attorneys will only be charged $100 tuition.
    - view AGENDA
    - Register Online

2010 Sentencing Advocacy Workshop
  • 2010 Sentencing Advocacy Workshop
    MARCH 18-20, 2010
    HOTEL MONTELEONE
    NEW ORLEANS, LA
    (click image to view Agenda)
 
 
Announcements

  • INCREASED CJA Rates - January 1, 2010
    $125/hour - Non-capital Representation
    $178/hour - Capital Representation
  • INCREASED Case Compensation Maximum- January 1, 2010
    $9700 - Felony Trials
    $6900 - Appeals
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
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