4th Cir. Admin. Order 1986-33 — Third Amended Administrative Order No. 86-33 Compensation for Court Appointed Attorneys - Criminal Cases · BenchPath

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4th Cir. Admin. Order 1986-33 — Third Amended Administrative Order No. 86-33 Compensation for Court Appointed Attorneys - Criminal Cases

High confidence· verified July 26, 2026Administrative Orders4th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order 1986-33 (Duval Clerk repository)

Summary

13 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1986-33 (a further document filed under the same order number).

Applies to

Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1986-33 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • That the rates for court appointed attorneys in criminal cases as provided in all previous [ie., Second Amended, Amended, and Original] Administrative Orders No. 86-33 shall be replaced as follows: • 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) |: • 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 • For all work performed by court appointed attomeys § in criminal appeals, compensation shall be at the rate of Hfty dollars ($50.00) per hour, not to exceed • 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. • 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. 1989) (clarifying when it is appropriate to depart from statutory fee guidelines); 717 So.2d 206 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998) (explaining trial court’s inherent power to award above statutory cap, but that trial court has no authority to increase hourly rate above that imposed by the chiefjudge of the circuit); • That this Third Amended Administrative Order shall take effect immediately, and remain in effect until further Order ofthe Court. { C. • That this Third Amended Administrative Order shall be recorded in the Official

Source of truth

That the rates for court appointed attorneys in criminal cases as provided in all previous [ie., Second Amended, Amended, and Original] Administrative Orders No. 86-33 shall be replaced as follows:

Official source: Duval County Clerk of Courts — Fourth Circuit administrative orders
Source health: Healthy · checked July 26, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 26, 2026benchpath-duval-variants-2026-07-26

Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: bd9707f57bffff63a3ac8ce959fd5c1ee78deb324fa92a87f1457930aed5b7b9. Extracted from the order's own text layer. One of several documents the Clerk publishes under order number 1986-33.