May 11, 2018 ... Wisconsin pays private attorneys $40 an hour to represent indigent ... A long-haul  defense lawyer makes do with Wisconsin's lowest-in-nation pay ... The State  Public Defender represents indigent criminal defendants from its ...
Oct 22, 2018 ... A declining number of public defenders and the lowest pay rate in the country is  resulting in delayed cases throughout Wisconsin. ... decades and is the lowest in  the nation. In many cases, the $40-an-hour rate paid for lawyers to represent  indigent defendants doesn't even cover a lawyer's overhead costs.
May 24, 2017 ... Wisconsin's $40-per-hour rate for private lawyers accepting indigent ... John  Birdsall, a Milwaukee criminal defense lawyer and co-author of the ...
May 3, 2017 ... The Wisconsin SPD is a state agency with 374 full-time public defenders ... For  this work, private bar attorneys are paid $40 per hour ($25 per hour for ... to  criminal defense lawyer John Birdsall, who heads the Indigent Defense ... In  other words, attorneys who represent alleged criminals are paid the lowest.
Jun 28, 2018 ... Wisconsin Supreme Court takes a small step to address pay for lawyers ... to  raise the nation's lowest pay for lawyers who represent indigent criminal ... the  public defender's office can't find private lawyers for $40 an hour.
Wisconsin pays criminal defense lawyers who represent the indigent $40 per hour, "the lowest in the country."