Private defense attorneys who represent indigent clients in federal court are not getting paid for nearly three months — until Oct. 1. The U.S. Courts announced on July 3 that federal funding for the ...

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 U.S. federal government shutdown this week is continuing to delay payments to defense lawyers who have been waiting for months to be compensated for their work. The U.S. Courts announced on July 3 ...

(FOX40.COM) — Private attorneys who represent low-income defendants in federal court said they haven’t been paid in more than four months, and now, with the ongoing government shutdown, there’s still ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The federal program that pays court-appointed private attorneys who represent criminal defendants has run out of money, leaving thousands of attorneys across the country working ...

Their work is mandated by the Constitution, but their pay has been shorted by Congress. The money used to pay private attorneys appointed to represent defendants in Charlotte, North Carolina and ...

California defense attorneys facing the threat of eviction. Some paying for case-related expenses out of pocket. Others forced to stop taking federal court appointed cases to ensure financial survival ...

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 ...