Download or read book The Effect of Methods and Rates of Compensation on Services Provided by Attorneys Representing Indigent Criminal Appellants written by Richard E. Priehs and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book Michigan Court Rules written by Kelly Stephen Searl and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Attorneys Fees in Workmen s Compensation written by Milton Brooke and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essays on Compensation Incentives and Representation written by Andrew Ji-Hoon Lee and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation consists of three essays on compensation, incentives, and representation in the United States criminal justice system. The first two chapters study flat fee compensation structures for publicly financed defense lawyers, their implications for case outcomes of indigent defendants and lawyer effort, and their role in distorting incentives away from effective legal representation in the spirit of the Sixth Amendment. The third chapter examines whether pre-arrest diversion programs impact later-life outcomes, such as recidivism, among first-time misdemeanor offenders. In Chapter 1, I empirically examine whether compensation structures for court-appointed attorneys impact case outcomes of indigent defendants. I study this question in the context of a natural experiment in North Carolina, in which six counties were arbitrarily chosen to change compensation for assigned counsel from a schedule of statewide hourly rates to a flat fee per case disposed. Linking detailed administrative on attorney pay records with court records for the universe of indigent criminal cases in the state, I find that moving from hourly to flat fee pay resulted in a higher incidence of adverse case outcomes: defendants were 11% more likely to be convicted and 37% more likely to be incarcerated, a result driven by an increase in guilty pleas. In Chapter 2, I investigate two potential mechanisms through which compensation structures for court-appointed attorneys may impact case outcomes of indigent defendants. Examining the intensive margin response on effort, I find evidence that lawyers reduce their effort under flat fee pay: lawyers spend 11% fewer hours on each case, dispose of cases 25% sooner, and are 36% more likely to dispose of a case on the same day as their first meeting with the defendant. Second, I examine selection of lawyers on the extensive margin, but do not find evidence that moving to flat fee pay significantly impacted lawyer composition in the treated counties. In Chapter 3, I turn my attention to the long-term impacts of criminal records, which can create barriers to employment, housing, and higher education throughout an individual's life. I focus on the pre-arrest misdemeanor diversion program (MDP) in Durham County, NC, which has been offered to first-time offenders from 2014 to the present day. Key features of the program include rehabilitative treatment (such as mental health counseling) in lieu of arrest and prosecution, a clean criminal record for participants upon successful completion, and law enforcement officer discretion in diverting first time offenders as an alternative to arrest. I propose two empirical strategies to study the impact of pre-arrest diversion on later-life outcomes, particularly future criminal behavior, of first-time offenders. First, I propose a regression discontinuity approach that exploits cutoffs at (1) the start of the program in March 2014 for 16-17 year old offenders and (2) an expansion of the program to 18-21 year old offenders in October 2015. Second, I propose an instrumental variables design that leverages as-if random assignment of offenders to law enforcement officers, who vary in their probability of diverting first-time offenders in lieu of arrest
Download or read book Compensation Plans for Law Firms written by James D. Cotterman and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2010 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This newly updated fifth edition of Compensation Plans for Law Firms examines the continually evolving compensation landscape and the concepts that will affect your law firm most. You'll take an extensive look at the world of law firm compensation, including: -- Compensation theory --The art and science of compensation -- Partner and shareholder compensation -- Of Counsel compensation -- Associate Compensation -- Paralegal compensation --Staff Compensation -- Bonuses, increases, and incentives -- Debt, taxes, retirement, and withdrawal -- Evaluations, fairness and flexibility --And much more! Learn Where Your Firm Stands The book also features valuable data from the leading legal consulting firm Altman Weil's annual and triennial surveys on law firm performance and compensation, retirement and withdrawal and compensation systems. Charts and graphs help you see where your firm stands on salaries and bonuses, and it gives you detailed analyses of compensation plans for everyone in your firm. Compare your compensation system to law firms across the country. This one volume provides you with your primary research source leading you to auxiliary sources for further information as appropriate. They can support your current compensation system, or help you reevaluate your current methods of compensation. Careful advance consideration is essential to the success of your compensation plan. Using this valuable reference you can develop a compensation plan that conveys fairness, simplicity, and flexibility and strike the perfect balance within your firm.
Download or read book ABA Standards for Criminal Justice written by American Bar Association and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Project of the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, Criminal Justice Section"--T.p. verso.
Download or read book An Analysis of the Performance of Federal Indigent Defense Counsel written by Radha Iyengar and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The right to an equal and fair trial regardless of wealth is a hallmark of American jurisprudence. To ensure this right, the government pays attorneys to represent financially needy clients. In the U.S. federal court system, indigent defendants are represented by either public defenders who are salaried employees of the court or private attorneys, known as Criminal Justice Act (CJA) attorneys, who are compensated on an hourly basis. This study measures differences in performance of these types of attorneys and explores some potential causes for these differences. Exploiting the use of random case assignment between the two types of attorneys, an analysis of federal criminal case level data from 1997-2001 from 51 districts indicates that public defenders perform significantly better than CJA panel attorneys in terms of lower conviction rates and sentence lengths. An analysis of data from three districts linking attorney experience, wages, law school quality and average caseload suggests that these variables account for over half of the overall difference in performance. These systematic differences in performance disproportionately affect minority and immigrant communities and as such may constitute a civil rights violation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act."--Abstract.
Download or read book Reports of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the United States written by Judicial Conference of the United States and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Daily Washington Law Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1902- include decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and various other courts of the District of Columbia.
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Download or read book An Analysis of the Performance of Federal Indigent Defense Counsel written by Radha Plumb and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The right to an equal and fair trial regardless of wealth is a hallmark of American jurisprudence. To ensure this right, the government pays attorneys to represent financially needy clients. In the U.S. federal court system, indigent defendants are represented by either public defenders who are salaried employees of the court or private attorneys, known as Criminal Justice Act (CJA) attorneys, who are compensated on an hourly basis. This study measures differences in performance of these types of attorneys and explores some potential causes for these differences. Exploiting the use of random case assignment between the two types of attorneys, an analysis of federal criminal case level data from 1997-2001 from 51 districts indicates that public defenders perform significantly better than CJA panel attorneys in terms of lower conviction rates and sentence lengths. An analysis of data from three districts linking attorney experience, wages, law school quality and average caseload suggests that these variables account for over half of the overall difference in performance. These systematic differences in performance disproportionately affect minority and immigrant communities and as such may constitute a civil rights violation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
Download or read book Current Law Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 1642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Securing Reasonable Caseloads written by Norman Lefstein and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the criminal justice system to work, adequate resources must be available for police, prosecutors and public defense. This timely, incisive and important book by Professor Norman Lefstein looks carefully at one leg of the justice system's "three-legged stool"public defenseand the chronic overload of cases faced by public defenders and other lawyers who represent the indigent. Fortunately, the publication does far more than bemoan the current lack of adequate funding, staffing and other difficulties faced by public defense systems in the U.S. and offers concrete suggestions for dealing with these serious issues.
Download or read book Penalizing Poverty written by Helen A. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 30 years ago the United States Supreme Court upheld an Oregon statute that allowed sentencing courts, with a number of important procedural safeguards, to impose on indigent criminal defendants the obligation to repay the cost of their court appointed attorneys. The practice of ordering recoupment or contribution (application fees or co-pays) of public defender attorney fees is widespread, although collection rates are unsurprisingly low. Developments since the Court's decision in Fuller v. Oregon show that not only is recoupment not cost-effective, but it too easily becomes an aspect of punishment, rather than legitimate cost-recovery. In a number of jurisdictions, defendants are ordered to repay the cost of their attorney regardless of their ability to pay and without any notice or opportunity to be heard. Many are ordered to pay as a condition of probation or parole, which means they pay under threat of incarceration. In these jurisdictions, recoupment violates the Sixth Amendment, as well as the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses. Constitutional problems are exacerbated by the potential for ethical violations: public defenders may have conflicts of interest when they are required to both submit bills to the court and object to those bills on behalf of their clients. And too often defendants are not warned at the outset that they may be responsible for attorney fees or how those fees will be calculated. In any other context, a client is entitled under the ethical rules to a clear statement of the basis for the fee at the time the lawyer is engaged. In addition, the thirty years since Fuller have verified that recoupment is bad policy because it imposes punishing debt without real fiscal benefit. It is time to abandon practices that penalize defendants for being poor and exercising their right to counsel.
Download or read book Index to Legal Periodicals Books written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
