CJA eVoucher AI Billing Tool
for S.D. Iowa Panel Attorneys

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa covers the southern half of the state, with courthouse locations in Des Moines (the primary courthouse, the United States Courthouse on Walnut Street), Davenport, and Council Bluffs. S.D. Iowa sits within the Eighth Circuit and serves a region anchored by Des Moines — Iowa's capital and largest city, a major insurance and financial services center — along with the Quad Cities area of Davenport and Bettendorf on the Mississippi River border with Illinois, and Council Bluffs at the Nebraska border across the Missouri River from Omaha.

The district's federal criminal docket is shaped by its position along two major interstate corridors: I-80, the transcontinental highway running east-west through Des Moines and Council Bluffs, and I-74, connecting the Quad Cities region to the broader Midwest. Drug trafficking — methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl transported along I-80 from the West Coast to the Midwest — generates a substantial volume of federal prosecutions throughout the district. Council Bluffs, sitting directly across the river from Omaha, sees criminal cases connected to the larger Omaha metropolitan drug market. The Davenport courthouse handles drug, firearms, and fraud matters from the Illinois-Iowa border region. Des Moines sees the full range of federal criminal matters including financial fraud, public corruption, and organized drug distribution. PanelTime™ reads any timesheet format and converts the full record to an eVoucher-ready file automatically.

CJA panel attorneys in S.D. Iowa submit compensation through the national eVoucher platform using CJA-20 vouchers. PanelTime™ is the AI billing tool for southern Iowa federal panel attorneys — converting timesheets from Des Moines, Davenport, and Council Bluffs to eVoucher-ready files without manual service code entry.