Southern District of New York · S.D.N.Y. · 2nd Circuit

CJA eVoucher Timekeeping
for S.D.N.Y. Panel Attorneys

PanelTime™ is the only AI tool that converts your CJA timesheet — handwritten, Word, Excel, Google Docs, or PDF — into an eVoucher-ready file automatically. No manual data entry. No service codes to look up.

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Abbreviation

S.D.N.Y.

Locations

Manhattan · White Plains

Circuit

2nd Circuit

About the District

Southern District of New York — Federal Court Overview

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York — known informally as the "Mother Court" — is one of the most prestigious and historically significant federal courts in the country. Based at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in lower Manhattan, with a second courthouse in White Plains, S.D.N.Y. covers New York, Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan counties.

The Southern District's federal criminal docket includes some of the most complex cases in the nation: large-scale securities fraud, organized crime, public corruption, terrorism, and major narcotics conspiracies. CJA panel attorneys in S.D.N.Y. often handle lengthy, document-intensive cases with extensive time entries spanning months or years. PanelTime™ handles high-volume timesheets just as easily as short ones — upload the whole sheet and it reads every entry.

CJA panel administration in S.D.N.Y. is managed through the court's CJA office, overseen by the Second Circuit's CJA Case Budget Attorney. Panel attorneys submit compensation through the national eVoucher platform using CJA-20 vouchers for attorney time and expenses.

How it works

From timesheet to eVoucher in three steps

Works with any format S.D.N.Y. panel attorneys already use.

Upload your timesheet — handwritten notes, Word, Excel, Google Docs, PDF, or any format you already use, as long as it has a date, description, and hours. (see requirements)

PanelTime™ reads your entries — automatically assigns the correct eVoucher service codes, sorts services from expenses, and builds a clean import file. No service code lookup needed.

Import into S.D.N.Y. eVoucher with one click. Use our free Chrome extension to automatically populate your expenses tab as well. 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 manual retyping step; the voucher is still yours to approve.

Common questions

S.D.N.Y. panel attorneys ask

Does PanelTime™ work with the S.D.N.Y. eVoucher system?

Yes. PanelTime™ produces a CSV formatted for the national eVoucher platform used by all 94 federal districts, including S.D.N.Y. at the Manhattan and White Plains courthouses.

My case involves hundreds of time entries over many months — can PanelTime™ handle that?

Yes. PanelTime™ reads your full timesheet regardless of length. Upload the whole document and every entry is sorted, coded, and ready to import.

Do I need to know the CJA service codes?

No. PanelTime™ reads your time entry descriptions and assigns the correct eVoucher service codes automatically. You review and correct before importing.

What about expenses — travel, copies, expert fees?

PanelTime™ separates expenses from time entries automatically. Our free Chrome extension then imports your expenses into eVoucher's expenses tab with one click.

Does this work for CJA-21 service providers?

Yes. For investigators, interpreters, and experts, include your hourly rate on the timesheet — for example, "RATE = $100" — and PanelTime™ calculates compensation automatically.

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