Middle District of Tennessee · M.D. Tenn. · 6th Circuit

CJA eVoucher AI Billing Tool
for M.D. Tenn. 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

M.D. Tenn.

Divisions

Nashville · Columbia · Cookeville

Circuit

6th Circuit

About the District

Middle District of Tennessee — Federal Court Overview

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee covers the central portion of the state and is headquartered at the Estes Kefauver Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Nashville. The district also maintains divisions in Columbia and Cookeville. M.D. Tenn. sits within the Sixth Circuit and serves the Nashville metropolitan area — the state capital and one of the fastest-growing cities in the country — along with surrounding counties stretching from the Tennessee-Alabama border to the Cumberland Plateau.

The district's federal criminal docket reflects Nashville's rapid growth and its position as a major regional hub. The docket includes drug trafficking, firearms offenses, public corruption, financial fraud, healthcare fraud, and human trafficking matters. Nashville's economic expansion has generated increasing volumes of financial crime cases. The CJA panel in M.D. Tenn. is managed through the court's CJA office and supported by the Federal Public Defender's office in Nashville. Panel attorneys regularly handle cases spanning multiple months with mixed service types — pretrial work, hearings, trial preparation, and trial time often spread across a single large timesheet. PanelTime™ reads any format and converts the full record to an eVoucher-ready file automatically.

CJA panel attorneys in M.D. Tenn. submit compensation through the national eVoucher platform using CJA-20 vouchers. PanelTime™ is the AI billing tool for Nashville federal panel attorneys — upload your timesheet and get an eVoucher-ready file without manual data entry.

How it works

From timesheet to eVoucher — M.D. Tenn. panel attorneys

Works with any format M.D. Tenn. 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 M.D. Tenn. 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

M.D. Tenn. panel attorneys ask

Does this AI billing tool work with the M.D. Tenn. eVoucher system?

Yes. PanelTime™ produces a CSV formatted for the national eVoucher platform used in all 94 federal districts, including M.D. Tenn. at Nashville, Columbia, and Cookeville.

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 Columbia or Cookeville?

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 M.D. Tenn.?

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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