District of Minnesota · D. Minn. · 8th Circuit

CJA eVoucher AI Billing Tool
for D. Minn. 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. Minn.

Divisions

Minneapolis · St. Paul · Duluth · Fergus Falls · St. Cloud

Circuit

8th Circuit

About the District

District of Minnesota — Federal Court Overview

The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota covers the entire state and operates five divisions — Minneapolis (Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse), St. Paul (Warren E. Burger Federal Building), Duluth, Fergus Falls, and St. Cloud. Minneapolis and St. Paul handle the overwhelming majority of federal criminal appointments. D. Minn. sits within the Eighth Circuit and serves a state of more than five million people.

Minnesota's federal criminal docket is active and wide-ranging. The Twin Cities metro generates substantial drug trafficking cases — fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin cases are common — alongside firearms offenses, financial fraud, public corruption, and gang-related prosecutions. D. Minn. has also seen significant human trafficking prosecutions. The CJA panel is coordinated through the court's CJA office, and panel attorneys regularly handle multi-defendant cases with complex timesheets. PanelTime™ reads the complete timesheet in a single upload, no matter how many entries, and produces a ready-to-import eVoucher file automatically.

CJA panel attorneys in D. Minn. submit compensation through the national eVoucher platform using CJA-20 vouchers. PanelTime™ is the AI billing tool built for federal CJA panel attorneys — eliminating service code lookups and manual data entry across all five divisions of the district.

How it works

From timesheet to eVoucher — D. Minn. panel attorneys

Works with any format D. Minn. 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. Minn. 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. Minn. panel attorneys ask

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

Yes. PanelTime™ produces a CSV formatted for the national eVoucher platform used in all 94 federal districts, including D. Minn. at Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Fergus Falls, and St. Cloud.

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 travel expenses to Duluth, Fergus Falls, or St. Cloud?

PanelTime™ separates mileage 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 Minnesota?

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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