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23 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 2004-08.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Administrative orders change without notice; the circuit's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• 2004-23 for information regarding compilation and maintenance of the Registry of conflict counsel, categories of eases to be handled by conflict counsel, qualifications the attorney must meet to be placed on the Registry and appointed to certain types of cases, and how the Registry is utilized. • Private court-appointed counsel shall be compensate·d by the Justice Administrative Commission ("JAC") as provided in section 27.5304, Florida Statutes, and the General Appropriations Act. • The speciic flat fee amounts for compensation shall be established annually in the General Appropriations Act. • If the attorney is representing a defendant charged with more than one offense in the same ease, the attorney shall be compensated at the rate provided for the most serious offense for which he or she represented the defendant. • JAC shall review an intended billing by private court-appointed counsel for attorney’s fees based on a flat fee per case for completeness and compliance with contractual and statutory requirements. • An intended billing that seeks compensation for any amount exceeding the flat fee established fer a particular type of representation, as prescribed in the General Page 2 of l0 OR BK 15149 PAGE 2467 Appropriations Act, shall comply with section 27.5304(l2), Florida Statutes. • The attorney shall submit a bill to JAC for attorney’s fees, costs, and related expenses within 90 days after the disposition of the case at the lower court level, notwithstanding any appeals. • Pursuant to section 27.5304(l l)(b), Florida Statutes, if court-appointed counsel is allowed to withdraw from representation prior to the full performance of his or her duties through the completion of the case, and the Court appoints a subsequent attorney, the total compensation for the initial and any and all subsequent attorneys, may not exceed the flat fee established under this section and the General Appropriations Act, except as provided in section 27.5304(l2), Florida Statutes. • Upon a determination by the Court that a person who has retained counsel is indigent, to the extent that he or she does not have adequate funds to pay the due process costs associated with the representation, retained counsel shall be entitled to recover said due process costs from the State of Florida. • The Court’s determination of indigency shall be conducted in the same manner as provided by statute for appointment of counsel. • An attorney may be reimbursed for costs associated with obtaining documents with limited exceptions. ln order to obtain reimbursement, the expense must be supported by a court order, indicating the amount authorized to obtain such documents. • Court Reporters- Conflict counsel shall obtain only court reporter services utilized by the courts, the state attorney, and the public defender in this circuit. • All court reporter per diem charges, reporting fees and transcription fees shall not exceed the rate as set forth annually in the General Appropriations Act. • It shall not be necessary for counsel to file a motion with the Court to secure the services of a court reporter. • Payment shall be made for court reporter services in accordance with JAC contract procedures for payment ofdue process costs. c. • Witness Fees- Conflict counsel shall pay, by check, any applicable witness fees to witnesses subpoenaed for deposition, hearing or trial. • Transcripts- Once the matter is set for trial, conflict counsel shall be permitted to order the transcript of any sworn testimony ofa Category A witness’ without a court order. • Counsel shall obtain prior court approval, for any other witness transcript or to obtain any transcript before the case is set for trial. • The court reporter transcription fees shall not exceed the rate as set forth annually in the General Appropriations Act. • Payment shall be made for court reporter transcription services in accordance with JAC contract procedures for payment of due process costs. e. • However, in the event that conflict counsel determines that such services of an interpreter are necessary to the representation, he or she shall tile a motion with the Court certifying that need in order to obtain an order authorizing an interpreter’s services. • Thereafter, counsel shall be entitled to obtain services through Court Administration, without further leave of court in accordance with it’s contract or contracts for court interpreter services.4 Payment shall be made for interpreter services in accordance with JAC contract procedures for payment of due process costs. f. • Investigators and other Paraprofessionals- Conflict counsel 3Pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.220(b)(l)(A)(i), Category A witnesses shall include (l) eyewitnesses, (2) alibi witnesses and rebuttal to alibi witnesses, (3) witnesses who were present when a recorded or unrecorded statement was taken from or made by the defendant or co-defendant, (4) investigating officers, (5) witnesses known by the prosecutor to have any material information that tends to negate the guilt of the defendant as to any offense charged, (6) child hearsay witnesses, and (7) expert witnesses who have not provided a written report and a curriculum vitae or who are going to testify to test results or give opinions that will have to meet the test set forth in Frye v.
2004-23 for information regarding compilation and maintenance ofthe Registry of conflict counsel, categories of eases to be handled by conflict counsel, qualifications the attorney must meet to be placed on the Registry and appointed to certain types of cases, and how the Registry is utilized.
Reviewer note: Composed from the clerk's own bytes during the 4th's ledger close 2026-08-03 (sha256 515ef9d7e0ce11e4…). Text layer cleaned 2026-09-08 (Phase 3a): page markers removed; wording untouched. Verbatim from the order, captured live 2026-08-03 from the Duval Clerk's store; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.