CJA eVoucher AI Billing Tool
for D.P.R. Panel Attorneys

The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico covers the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and is headquartered at the Clemente Ruiz Nazario United States Courthouse in San Juan. D.P.R. sits within the First Circuit and serves a territory of approximately 3.2 million United States citizens — making it one of the most populous jurisdictions in the federal court system. Puerto Rico's federal courts operate under Article III of the Constitution, and D.P.R. judges are appointed under the same process as judges in the fifty states.

The district carries one of the largest federal criminal dockets in the country, driven in part by Puerto Rico's geographic position as a transit point between South America and the continental United States. Drug trafficking — particularly cocaine and heroin moving through Caribbean maritime and air routes — is the dominant federal criminal matter in D.P.R. The district also prosecutes firearms offenses at a very high rate; federal firearms law applies in Puerto Rico in the same manner as in the states, and D.P.R. regularly handles a significant volume of illegal firearms cases alongside drug matters. Financial fraud, public corruption, and organized crime cases round out the docket. CJA panel attorneys in D.P.R. often carry heavy caseloads with complex multi-defendant drug conspiracy matters. PanelTime™ reads any timesheet format — including bilingual or mixed-language timesheets — and converts the full record to an eVoucher-ready file automatically.

CJA panel attorneys in D.P.R. submit compensation through the national eVoucher platform using CJA-20 vouchers. PanelTime™ is the AI billing tool for Puerto Rico federal panel attorneys — converting San Juan timesheets to eVoucher-ready files without manual service code entry.