With the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and at least one other Philadelphia legal institution pushing back on a proposal to fund recently-approved rate increases for Philadelphia’s court-appointed indigent defense lawyers, it appears the long-awaited raise has fallen through—at least for now.
Late last month, the First Judicial District issued an order raising the rates for court-appointed attorneys for the first time in 20 years. The order, however, comes with an estimated $5 million price tag, and no funding source has been identified.
