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9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Administrative orders change without notice; the circuit's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, captured live 2026-08-03 from the Duval Clerk's store; whitespace normalised only. • The fee for representation by a court appointed attomey of a defendant who has been indicted by a Grand Jury for Murder in the First Degree shall be three thousand and Hve hundred dollars ($3,500.00) so long as the appointed attorney represents the defendant Hom the time of the initial appointment until conclusion of the case at the trial level. • Payment ofthis fee shall not require documentation of hours or services performed and shall be paid regardless of the manner in which the case is concluded. • This compensation shall not apply if the appointed attomey is permitted to withdraw prior to completion of the case, at which time the presiding Judge ofthe Division in which the case is pending shall determine the appropriate fee based on that schedule iiirther defined in this Order applicable to representation in non-capital felonies. • For all work performed by court appointed attomeys in non—capital felony cases up to eight (8) hours, a flat fee of four hundred dollars ($400.00) shall be paid, without the requirement of documentation of services performed. -- 1 of 3 -- (c) |: • For all work performed by court appointed attomeys I o in misdemeanor cases up to five (5) hours, a flat fee of three hundred dollars ($300,00) shall be paid, without the requirement of documentation of services performed. • For all work performed by court appointed gl attomeys in juvenile delinquency cases in each case, regardless ofthe hours of services performed, a flat fee of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00) shall be paid, without the requirement of E documentation of services performed. m (e) |: • H.¤u.r1y.&.t¢s 'That, for representation exceeding eight (8) hours in non-capital felony cases and exceeding Eve (5) hours in misdemeanor cases, documentation of all services performed shall be ' required and compensation shall be at the rate of Hfty-Eve dollars ($55.00) per hour for in or out of court work, and sixty-five dollars ($65.00) per hour for actual trial. • As stated in previous Administrative Orders, the Judge presiding over the case shall determine what work constitutes "actual trial" work. • That the amount of total compensation for representation per case per defendant shall not exceed the limitations set forth in Florida Statute § 925.036(2), unless the presiding Judge expressly finds (based on documentation of all services performed) that the case involves extraordinary circumstances and unusual representation that merits a fee departure award in excess ofthe statute’s fee guidelines, necessary to ensure eff`ective representation. |, 537 So.2d 1376 (Fla.
The fee for representation by a court appointed attomey of a defendant who has been indicted by a Grand Jury for Murder in the First Degree shall be three thousand and Hve hundred dollars ($3,500.00) so long as the appointed attorney represents the defendant Hom the time of the initial appointment until conclusion of the case at the trial level.
Reviewer note: Composed from the clerk's own bytes during the 4th's ledger close 2026-08-03 (sha256 342ac236f1c05366…).
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1987-09.