Ala. Admin. Code r. 355-9-1-.06 - Billing Standards
(a)
Time recorded on a fee itemization submitted with a fee declaration form shall
be in increments of 0.10 hours (six minutes), as follows:
1 to 6 minutes - 0.1 hours
7 to 12 minutes - 0.2 hours
13 to 18 minutes - 0.3 hours
19 to 24 minutes - 0.4 hours
25 to 30 minutes - 0.5 hours
31 to 36 minutes - 0.6 hours
37 to 42 minutes - 0.7 hours
43 to 48 minutes - 0.8 hours
49 to 54 minutes - 0.9 hours
55 to 60 minutes - 1.0 hours
(b) Opening, closing, and final billing of a
case file will be paid a maximum of 0.5 hours in total. Should the total time
for the aforementioned activities exceed 0.5 hours due to circumstances beyond
the control of the attorney or for other reason, the attorney may petition the
director to approve payment of time in excess of 0.5 hours.
(c) Time spent by qualified law clerk or
paralegal working at the direction of appointed counsel must be billed at the
paralegal rate of $20.00 per hour.
(d) An Attorney other than appointed comlsel
may bill at the statutory rate on the indigent matter provided that;
(1) the attorney is working at the direction
of appointed counsel;
(2) the
attorney's assistance was required by circumstances beyond the control of
appointed counsel and
(3) the name
of the attorney must be noted on the fee declaration.
(e) In juvenile and youthful offender cases,
names or any personally identifiable information of the child or parties to the
matter must be redacted. Fee declarations containing this information,
including uploaded supporting documents, will be denied and appointed counsel
must re-file for payment.
(f)
Non-overhead expenses in excess of $300.00 must be approved by court order in
advance of being incurred. To be reimbursed, appointed counsel must submit a
fee declaration supported by copy of court order, invoices and receipts.
Non-overhead expenses may be billed on an interim basis. All reimbursement will
be in accordance with Alabama Law and The State of Alabama Fiscal Policy and
Procedure.
Notes
Author: C. Roberts
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, ยง 41-4-322(h).
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