Southern District of Florida · S.D. Fla. · 11th Circuit

CJA eVoucher Timekeeping
for S.D. Fla. Panel Attorneys

PanelTime™ is the only AI tool that converts your CJA timesheet — handwritten, Word, Excel, Google Docs, or PDF — into an eVoucher-ready file automatically. No manual data entry. No service codes to look up.

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Abbreviation

S.D. Fla.

Divisions

Miami · Fort Lauderdale · West Palm Beach · Fort Pierce · Key West

Circuit

11th Circuit

About the District

Southern District of Florida — Federal Court Overview

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida covers the southernmost portion of Florida, including Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Monroe, and several other counties. The court operates five divisions — Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Fort Pierce, and Key West — with the main courthouse located at the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse in downtown Miami.

S.D. Fla. consistently ranks among the nation's busiest federal courts for criminal filings, with a docket shaped by its international gateway location. Drug trafficking (particularly from South America and the Caribbean), immigration offenses, international fraud and money laundering, and export control cases are common. CJA panel attorneys in this district frequently handle cases with complex factual records, foreign-language materials requiring interpreter services, and significant travel across the district's five divisions.

CJA panel administration in the Southern District is supported through the court's CJA office. Panel attorneys submit CJA-20 vouchers through the national eVoucher platform for attorney compensation. PanelTime™ works with both CJA-20 and CJA-21 voucher types and handles the full range of service codes used in this district.

How it works

From timesheet to eVoucher in three steps

Works with any format S.D. Fla. panel attorneys already use.

Upload your timesheet — handwritten notes, Word, Excel, Google Docs, PDF, or any format you already use, as long as it has a date, description, and hours. (see requirements)

PanelTime™ reads your entries — automatically assigns the correct eVoucher service codes, sorts services from expenses, and builds a clean import file. No service code lookup needed.

Import into S.D. Fla. eVoucher with one click. Use our free Chrome extension to automatically populate your expenses tab as well. Services and expenses, done.

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Review, correct, and submit — you stay in control. PanelTime™ only works from what you recorded. It removes the manual retyping step; the voucher is still yours to approve.

Common questions

S.D. Fla. panel attorneys ask

Does PanelTime™ work with the S.D. Fla. eVoucher system?

Yes. PanelTime™ produces a CSV formatted for the national eVoucher platform used by all 94 federal districts, including all five S.D. Fla. divisions — Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Fort Pierce, and Key West.

Do I need to know the CJA service codes?

No. PanelTime™ reads your time entry descriptions and assigns the correct eVoucher service codes automatically. You review the result before importing and can correct anything.

My case involved travel across multiple divisions and interpreter expenses — can PanelTime™ handle that?

Yes. PanelTime™ separates travel and other expenses from time entries automatically. Our free Chrome extension then imports your expenses into eVoucher with one click.

Can I use my existing handwritten timesheet?

Yes — take a photo or scan it and upload the image or PDF. As long as your sheet has a date, description of work, and hours, PanelTime™ can read it.

Does this work for CJA-21 service providers in S.D. Fla.?

Yes. For investigators, interpreters, and experts filing CJA-21 vouchers, include your hourly rate on the timesheet — for example, "RATE = $85" — and PanelTime™ calculates compensation automatically.

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