A. Expert Witnesses. Reasonable compensation for expert witnesses necessary to preparation and presentation of the defense case shall be provided. Expert witness fees should be maintained and allocated from funds separate from those provided for defender services. Requests for expert witness fees under Court Rule 3.1(f) should be made through an ex parte motion. The defense should be free to retain the expert of its choosing and in no cases should be required to select experts from a list pre-approved by either the court or the prosecution.

B. Administrative. Contracts for public defense services should include the administrative costs associated with providing legal representation. These costs may include travel, telephones, law library, financial accounting, case management systems, the reporting requirements imposed by these standards and other costs necessarily incurred in the day-to-day management of the contract.

C. Services. Contracts for public defender services should include the support services associated with legal representation, including, but not limited to, secretarial and office support, paralegals, mental health services, social services, and investigators. (Ord. 2668 § 5, 2007)