Wisconsin Administrative Code
Public Defender Board
Chapter PD 4 - Private Attorney Payment
Section PD 4.06 - Annual attorney hours
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) Beginning in calendar year 1995, the state public defender may only reimburse a private attorney for 2080 hours worked in a single calendar year. This rule applies regardless of the year in which the bill for legal services is presented.
(2) An attorney who predicts, based on current and foreseeable workload, that exceptional circumstances will cause his or her billable hours in any calendar year to exceed 2080, may seek advance approval from the state public defender board for payment of additional hours. An application for advance approval must be made in writing, and must include an itemization of hours billed in the calendar year, an itemization of hours worked on pending cases, and the exceptional circumstances justifying payment for excess hours.
(3) An attorney who is denied payment for hours worked under sub. (1) may appeal to the state public defender board, pursuant to the procedures set forth in s. PD 4.03, for a review of the denial of payment. Such appeal must include documentation of the exceptional circumstance justifying payment.