Southern District of Indiana · S.D. Ind. · 7th Circuit

CJA eVoucher AI Billing Tool
for S.D. Ind. 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. Ind.

Divisions

Indianapolis · Terre Haute · Evansville · New Albany

Circuit

7th Circuit

About the District

Southern District of Indiana — Federal Court Overview

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana covers the southern portion of the state and is headquartered at the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Indianapolis. The district also holds court in Terre Haute, Evansville, and New Albany. Indianapolis handles the great majority of federal criminal appointments. S.D. Ind. sits within the Seventh Circuit and serves a region anchored by Indianapolis — the state capital and the largest city in Indiana — along with the Ohio River communities of the south and the Wabash Valley to the west.

The district's federal criminal docket includes drug trafficking, firearms offenses, public corruption, financial fraud, and gang-related prosecutions. Indianapolis generates significant white-collar and organized crime matters. Terre Haute is home to the Federal Correctional Complex, which adds federal crimes committed within correctional institutions to the district's docket. The CJA panel in S.D. Ind. is supported by the Federal Public Defender's office in Indianapolis. Panel attorneys regularly handle multi-defendant drug conspiracy cases with substantial pretrial periods. PanelTime™ reads any timesheet format and converts the full record to an eVoucher-ready file automatically.

CJA panel attorneys in S.D. Ind. submit compensation through the national eVoucher platform using CJA-20 vouchers. PanelTime™ is the AI billing tool for Indianapolis and southern Indiana federal panel attorneys — eliminating manual service code entry at every stage.

How it works

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

Works with any format S.D. Ind. 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 S.D. Ind. 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

S.D. Ind. panel attorneys ask

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

Yes. PanelTime™ produces a CSV formatted for the national eVoucher platform used in all 94 federal districts, including S.D. Ind. at Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Evansville, and New Albany.

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 to Terre Haute, Evansville, or New Albany?

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. Ind.?

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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