claim Guidelines
| Category | Guidelines |
|---|---|
| Communications | 3.5 hours |
| Record Review | 50 pp/hour |
| Motions | |
| Extension of Time | 0.5 hour |
| Augment | 1.5 hours |
| Other Motions | reasonable time |
| Appellant's Opening Brief | |
| Statement of Facts | 1/2 record review time up to 10 hours |
| Briefed Issues | |
| • Very Simple | up to 4.0 hours |
| • Simple | 4.0 hours |
| • Simple/Average | >4 hours and <8.0 hours |
| • Average | 8.0 hours |
| • Average/Complex | >8 hours and <13.5 hours |
| • Complex | 13.5 hours |
| Unbriefed Issues | |
| • Low Simple | up to 0.5 hour |
| • Simple | 0.5 hour |
| • Simple/Average | >0.5 and <2.5 hours |
| • Average | 2.5 hours |
| • Average/Complex | >2.5 hours and <5.0 hours |
| • Complex | 5.0 hours |
| Reply Brief | 1/3 AOB recommendation |
| Supplemental Brief | AOB issue standards |
| Review of Opposing Counsel Brief | 2.5 hours (0 hours if Wende) |
| Petitions | |
| Habeas | 12.0 hours |
| Petition for Rehearing | 6.0 hours |
| Petition for Review | 10.0 hours |
| Other Petitions | reasonable |
| Response or Answer | reasonable |
| Review Response | reasonable |
| Reply to Response | 1/3 of the petition time |
| Oral Argument | 7.5 hours |
| Travel | reasonable |
| Review Opinion | 1.5 hours (0.2 hour if Wende) |
| Administrative Tasks | 1.0 hour (line 22; only on final) |
| Other Services | |
| Review Superior Court File | 2.0 hours |
| Consult Project | 4.0 hours (assisted cases); 2.0 hours (independent cases) |
| Misc. | reasonable |
| Associate Counsel | same as attorney rate |
| Expenses | |
| Photocopying | $0.10 per page |
| Postage | actual, if reasonable |
| Telephone | actual, if reasonable |
| Travel | state employee travel rules |
| Computerized Research | ordinary research not compensable |
| Paralegal/Law Clerk | $25 per hour |
| Expert Witness, Investigator, Translator, etc. | actual cost, up to local prevailing rate |