CJA eVoucher AI Billing Tool
for D. Mont. Panel Attorneys

The United States District Court for the District of Montana is a single federal district covering the entire state, with courthouse locations in Billings (the primary courthouse), Butte, Great Falls, Helena (the state capital), and Missoula. D. Mont. sits within the Ninth Circuit and serves the fourth-largest state by land area — encompassing the eastern Montana prairies and the Bakken oil fields, the vast agricultural plains around Great Falls and Havre, the Rocky Mountain Front communities of Helena and Butte, the university city of Missoula in western Montana, and the southeastern communities of Billings (Montana's largest city) in the Yellowstone River valley. The district borders Canada to the north and serves a region containing Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park (Montana portion), and millions of acres of National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands.

The district's federal criminal docket is shaped by Montana's expansive geography, its large Native American reservation population, and significant federal land presence. Drug trafficking — particularly methamphetamine distributed through the I-90 and I-94 corridors — generates a steady volume of federal prosecutions. The district includes seven federally recognized Native American tribes and eight reservations (including the Crow Nation, Northern Cheyenne, Blackfeet Nation, Fort Peck, Fort Belknap, Rocky Boy's, Flathead, and others), and crimes on tribal lands — including assault, drug offenses, and child sexual abuse — constitute a significant portion of the criminal docket. Federal land and natural resource crimes, firearms offenses, and financial fraud also appear regularly. PanelTime™ reads any timesheet format and converts the full record to an eVoucher-ready file automatically.

CJA panel attorneys in D. Mont. submit compensation through the national eVoucher platform using CJA-20 vouchers. PanelTime™ is the AI billing tool for Montana federal panel attorneys — converting timesheets from Billings, Missoula, and across the district to eVoucher-ready files without manual service code entry.