Each district has a CJA Panel Attorney District Representative (pdf), selected from among the members of the CJA panel, with the approval of the chief judge.

CJA Panel Attorney District Representatives

• lead their district CJA panel
• attend the annual National Conference of CJA Panel Attorney District Representatives
• serve as liaison between the CJA panel and the federal defender organization, the court and the AO’s Office of Defender Services
• comment on proposed legislation relating to the CJA
• work toward improving the quality of representation as well as the conditions under which panel attorneys provide representation