Eastern District of Pennsylvania · E.D. Pa. · 3rd Circuit

CJA eVoucher AI Billing Tool
for E.D. Pa. 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

E.D. Pa.

Location

Philadelphia · Allentown · Reading

Circuit

3rd Circuit

About the District

Eastern District of Pennsylvania — Federal Court Overview

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania serves the eastern portion of Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, Bucks, Berks, Lancaster, and Lehigh counties — a jurisdiction of more than six million people. The main courthouse is the James A. Byrne United States Courthouse in Philadelphia. E.D. Pa. is the largest federal court in the Third Circuit and one of the busiest in the Northeast.

The district's federal criminal docket is substantial and wide-ranging. Philadelphia's court handles significant volumes of drug trafficking, firearms offenses, organized crime, public corruption, healthcare fraud, and financial crimes. The CJA panel in E.D. Pa. is large and active, with the Federal Public Defender's office — including CJA Panel Administrator Sabrina Easterling — providing panel support and eVoucher guidance. Panel attorneys in E.D. Pa. often handle complex, document-heavy cases that generate lengthy timesheets spanning many months of work.

CJA panel attorneys in E.D. Pa. 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 — upload your timesheet and get an import-ready file in seconds.

How it works

From timesheet to eVoucher — E.D. Pa. panel attorneys

Works with any format E.D. Pa. 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 E.D. Pa. 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

E.D. Pa. panel attorneys ask

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

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

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.

My case involved months of pretrial litigation with many entry types — can PanelTime™ handle that?

Yes. PanelTime™ reads and correctly categorizes all standard CJA service types — research, motions, hearings, client contact, trial — regardless of how they appear on your timesheet.

What about expenses — copies, parking, expert fees?

PanelTime™ separates 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 the Eastern District?

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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