CPCS Funds Depleted to Pay Court Appointed Attorneys Action on Supplemental Funding Needed
On April 25th, the Committee for Public Counsel Services announced that it had exhausted its Fiscal Year 2012 appropriation in Line Item 0321-1510 necessary to pay private counsel for legal services rendered on behalf of the commonwealth for the representation of indigent persons. Although the exact date upon which CPCS would exhaust those funds was not known in advance, the fact that the committee would run out of money did not come as a surprise. It was universally recognized that the Legislature and the Governor did not adequately fund this account when the FY 12 budget was approved last year and that a supplemental appropriation would be needed. more..
FY 2013: CPCS Presentation to Joint Ways & Means Committee 
Fiscal Year 2013 Budget - Update on Governor's Budget Proposal
An informational report was submitted to the CPCS Committee prior to their Tuesday, February 7, 2012 meeting. The purpose of the report was to answer Committee member questions that had been raised at the previous meeting and to provide them background information on the current CPCS expansion plan. more...
UNRELENTING ATTACK UPON PRIVATE BAR
GOVERNOR PATRICK RENEWS PURGE OF PRIVATE BAR & CPCS CALL FOR 50% PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
MACAA CALL TO ARMS!
MACAA will be calling for an emergency meeting of its board in view of the Governor's renewed call to wipe out the private bar's involvement in indigent representation.
As you all know, this is the same effort put forward by Governor Patrick over the past several years, which has led to increasing numbers of public employees and ever-increasing costs to the taxpayers for rent, salaries and generous state benefit packages.
We met this head-on last year and will do so again this year.
To do so we need support. We need your membership. This is your livelihood at stake and the quality of legal representation for those who have no voice.
Please, join MACAA. We need your voice and your membership - NOW!