I am a relatively young lawyer in Philadelphia. What is the current status of court appointments and is the system ending?
The court-appointed system in Philadelphia and elsewhere throughout the state is terribly underfunded. In the federal court, until recently, the fees were $125 an hour. This fee has been reduced to $110 an hour because of the failure of the U.S. Congress and President Obama to work out mandatory budget cuts. These fees are still too low, but far greater than anything offered by the Pennsylvania court-appointed system.
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