Southern District of Ohio  ·  S.D. Ohio  ·  6th Circuit

CJA eVoucher AI Billing Tool
for S.D. Ohio 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
S.D. Ohio
Divisions
Columbus · Cincinnati · Dayton
Circuit
6th Circuit
About the District

Southern District of Ohio — Federal Court Overview

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio covers the southern half of the state with three divisions — Columbus (Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse), Cincinnati (Potter Stewart United States Courthouse), and Dayton. Columbus and Cincinnati each handle substantial federal criminal dockets and are relatively equal in size and activity. S.D. Ohio sits within the Sixth Circuit and serves a population of more than six million people across one of the most economically and demographically diverse regions of the Midwest.

The district's federal criminal docket includes drug trafficking (Ohio's southern corridor has been heavily impacted by opioid-related prosecutions, with fentanyl and heroin cases prevalent in all three divisions), firearms offenses, financial fraud, public corruption, and cybercrime. Cincinnati's court has handled significant multi-defendant drug conspiracy cases. The CJA panel in S.D. Ohio is coordinated through the court's CJA office, with an active Federal Public Defender's office operating in Columbus and Cincinnati. Panel attorneys regularly carry complex cases with long pretrial periods and extensive time records. PanelTime™ reads any timesheet format and converts it to a ready-to-import eVoucher file in seconds.

CJA panel attorneys in S.D. Ohio submit compensation through the national eVoucher platform using CJA-20 vouchers. PanelTime™ is the AI billing tool that eliminates the manual service code lookup and data entry step across all three S.D. Ohio divisions.


How it works

From timesheet to eVoucher — S.D. Ohio panel attorneys

Works with any format S.D. Ohio panel attorneys already use.
1
Upload your timesheet — handwritten notes, Word, Excel, Google Docs, PDF, any format as long as it has a date, description, and hours. (see requirements)
2
AI reads and codes your entries — PanelTime™ assigns the correct eVoucher service codes automatically and separates services from expenses.
3
Import into S.D. Ohio eVoucher with one click. Use the free Chrome extension to fill your expenses tab automatically. Services and expenses, done.
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

S.D. Ohio panel attorneys ask

Does this AI billing tool work with the S.D. Ohio eVoucher system?
Yes. PanelTime™ produces a CSV formatted for the national eVoucher platform used in all 94 federal districts, including S.D. Ohio at Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton.
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 between Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton?
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 S.D. Ohio?
Yes. Include your hourly rate on the timesheet — e.g., "RATE = $85" — and PanelTime™ calculates compensation automatically for CJA-21 vouchers.

Free templates

Print-ready timesheets for S.D. Ohio panel attorneys

Designed for easy data entry and clean uploads to PanelTime™.

CJA-20
Attorney Timesheet
Services and expenses — print, fill by hand or type, then upload.
⬇ Download PDF
CJA-21
Service Provider Timesheet
Includes hourly rate field — services and expenses combined.
⬇ Download PDF

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