Overworked Counties
Where the Problems Have been Finding Attorneys

County Number of Court Appointed Attorneys Number of Cases Cases per Attorney Work Differential Avg cost per case Average Attorney Billing Percent dedicated to CPCS Work
Bristol1912279811933%$319.11$38,08977%
Hampden2212600111831%$358.01$42,12085%
Worcester2392643711123%$307.07$33,96769%
Berkshire50527910617%$327.74$34,60370%
Suffolk4484673410416%$419.91$43,80489%
Plymouth1721751010213%$361.92$36,84475%
Essex30028542956%$361.91$34,43270%
Franklin40300775-17%$322.43$24,23949%
Barnstable101732272-19%$388.43$28,15957%
Middlesex5053488969-23%$385.76$26,65154%
Hampshire94542558-36%$482.26$27,83356%
Norfolk2961527152-43%$357.41$18,43937%
Massachusetts265723921590$368.17$33,14767%

Legend:
Blue background counties have a higher workload (cases per court appointed attorney) than the average Massachusetts workload
Pink background counties have a lower workload (cases per court appointed attorney) than the average Massachusetts workload
County County where court appointed attorney receives payment from CPCS
Number of Court Appointed Attorneys Number of Court Appointed Attorneys living in County, from CPCS response to FOIA request.
Number of Cases Number of Cases from CPCS FY04 report to legislature, page 2
Cases per Attorney # of cases divided by number of attorneys in county
Work Differential % of additional or fewer cases taken by the average court appointed attorney in this county, compared to state average of 90 cases.
Avg cost per case Average billing per case, as reported in CPCS FY04 report to legislature, page 3
Average Attorney Billing Number of cases taken on average times average billing per case
Percent dedicated to CPCS Work Average Attorney Billing divided by average billilng rate of $34.29, uplifted by 25% for time that cannot be billed for, divided by 1,800 hours, expressed as a percentage.