The Court’s Criminal Justice Act webpage is a resource for counsel and experts to find current information such as the Court’s CJA Plan, the Guidelines for Administering CJA & Related Statutes, Announcements, the eVoucher log-in link, and the National CJA Voucher Training Materials, as well as rates and contact details.

Announcements:

• As of the week of July 7, 2025, Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorney funds have been depleted. Panel payments will be deferred until funds become available. Please continue to file CJA vouchers as normal during the payment deferrals so that payments can be disbursed as soon as funding is available.
   
• The Southern District of Ohio is seeking applications from lawyers seeking to become CJA panel members.  For more information, please see the Court’s announcement located here.  The CJA Panel Application may be found here:
   
• The Southern District of Ohio is seeking applications from lawyers seeking to become CJA panel mentees. For more information, please see the Court’s announcement located here.

IMPORTANT:  Job Aids for Release 6.11 and VMS v1.0 are available below.

• Attorneys: confirm that your expert has both a CJA eVoucher account AND a Login.gov account before creating/submitting a voucher. 

• Offices with multiple individuals working on the panel, experts, and/or mentees: review the Authorized Agent Job Aid to consider who will be designated as your authorized agent.  They must have a Login.gov account and/or their own CJA eVoucher account.