![]() ![]() Petitioners assert that Wisconsin is now facing a “constitutional crisis” because fewer and fewer experienced attorneys are willing to take SPD appointments at $40 per hour, a compensation rate that fails, in many cases, to cover overhead expenses. ![]() At that time, the Legislature set the SPD private bar rate at $35 per hour. ![]() The rate has remained largely unchanged since 1978 when the SPD was established. The Wisconsin Legislature sets the SPD private bar rate under Wis. Private attorneys who take SPD appointments receive $40 per hour, which is the lowest rate in the country. John Birdsall said the State Public Defender (SPD) appoints nearly 40 percent of its cases to the private bar based on conflicts that preclude staff representation. Visit the State Bar’s Facebook page for more photos of this event, or click here.Īp– State Bar of Wisconsin President Fran Deisinger opened today's Board of Governors' meeting with a moment of silence in memory of attorney Sara Quirt Sann, one of four people killed in the Wausau area March 22 by the estranged husband of her client.ĭuring the meeting at the State Bar Center in Madison, the board voted to support a forthcoming petition to increase to $100 the hourly rate paid to private bar attorneys who take appointments from the State Public Defender's Office.ĭist. John Birdsall presents a petition on the hourly rate for court-appointed attorneys. ![]()
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