District of Hawaii · D. Haw. · 9th Circuit

CJA eVoucher AI Billing Tool
for D. Haw. Panel Attorneys

PanelTime™ reads your CJA timesheet — handwritten, Word, Excel, Google Docs, or PDF — and converts it into an eVoucher-ready file automatically. AI assigns the service codes. No manual data entry.

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Abbreviation

D. Haw.

Location

Honolulu (Oʻahu)

Circuit

9th Circuit

About the District

District of Hawaii — Federal Court Overview

The United States District Court for the District of Hawaii covers the State of Hawaii and is headquartered at the Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu. D. Haw. sits within the Ninth Circuit and is geographically the most remote federal district in the contiguous federal court system, serving an island state spanning more than 1,500 miles across the central Pacific Ocean. Federal criminal matters arise primarily from Honolulu and the other populated islands of Maui, Hawaiʻi (the Big Island), Kauaʻi, and Molokaʻi.

The district's federal criminal docket includes drug trafficking (Hawaii is a significant Pacific transit point for methamphetamine, and ice — crystal meth — cases are prominent on the docket), firearms offenses, financial fraud, immigration crimes, and crimes on federal military installations including Pearl Harbor Naval Station and Hickam Air Force Base (Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam). The island geography generates unique logistical issues for CJA panel attorneys — inter-island travel by air is often required for client meetings or proceedings held on neighbor islands, generating travel expenses that must be carefully documented and itemized. PanelTime™ reads any timesheet format and separates travel expenses from time entries automatically.

CJA panel attorneys in D. Haw. submit compensation through the national eVoucher platform using CJA-20 vouchers. PanelTime™ is the AI billing tool for Hawaii federal panel attorneys — converting Honolulu timesheets (including inter-island travel records) to eVoucher-ready files without manual service code entry.

How it works

From timesheet to eVoucher — D. Haw. panel attorneys

Works with any format D. Haw. panel attorneys already use.

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

AI reads and codes your entries — PanelTime™ assigns the correct eVoucher service codes automatically and separates services from expenses.

Import into D. Haw. eVoucher with one click. Use the free Chrome extension to fill your expenses tab automatically. 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 retyping step; the voucher is still yours to approve.

Common questions

D. Haw. panel attorneys ask

Does this AI billing tool work with the D. Haw. eVoucher system?

Yes. PanelTime™ produces a CSV formatted for the national eVoucher platform used in all 94 federal districts, including D. Haw. in Honolulu.

Do I need to know the CJA service codes?

No. The AI reads your descriptions and assigns the correct eVoucher service codes automatically. You review every assignment before importing and can adjust anything.

Can I use my existing handwritten or typed timesheet?

Yes — photo, scan, PDF, or typed document all work. As long as your sheet has a date, description, and hours, PanelTime™ can read it.

What about inter-island airfare and travel to neighbor islands?

PanelTime™ separates airfare and travel expenses from time entries automatically. The free Chrome extension imports your expenses into eVoucher's expenses tab with one click.

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

Yes. Include your hourly rate on the timesheet — e.g., "RATE = $85" — and PanelTime™ calculates compensation automatically for CJA-21 vouchers.

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