Criminal case specialists who aid judiciary-funded defense lawyers are cutting costs and refusing assignments after four ...

ARIELLE. STEVE. MONICA, LAWYERS ARE CALLING THIS A CRISIS BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, THOSE ATTORNEYS AREN’T GETTING PAID UNTIL OCTOBER. NOW, WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE IS THAT THE PROGRAM THAT USUALLY PAYS ...

The federal government shutdown is entering its fourth week, but for attorneys like Heather Shaner, the pinch of not having a ...

The U.S. federal government shutdown continues to delay payments to defense lawyers waiting for months to be compensated for ...

Private attorneys assigned to take federal indigent defense cases in Oregon are owed more than half a million dollars for case work done since July.

Washington — Just over a year ago, federal judges, defenders and a group of lawyers who represent criminal indigent defendants gathered at the U.S. courthouse in Baltimore to hear federal Judge Myron ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Some defense lawyers in San Diego are going months without pay after the government’s budget to pay them, has run out. Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorneys are appointed ...

Private attorneys who represent low-income defendants in federal court said they haven’t been paid in more than four months, ...

Despite passing a bill to increase wages for private defense attorneys in Massachusetts, lawmakers did not sufficiently address the crisis that’s rocked the state’s court system this summer, the ...

Defense attorneys across the country who represent federal criminal defendants who can't afford an attorney might not get a paycheck for months. Lawyers said the attorneys won't get paid until October ...