FY24 COST PER FELONY LETTER FOR OLA.PDF

Office of Legal Advocate 
 
Steve Koestner 
Director  
 
222 North Central Avenue,  
Suite 154 
Phoenix, AZ 85004 
 
P: 602.506 4111 
F: 602.506 3100 
 
Maricopa.gov 
 
Memo To: 
Honorable Joseph Welty, Presiding Judge 
Honorable Jack Sellers, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 1 
Honorable Thomas Galvin, Vice Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 2 
Honorable Bill Gates, Board of Supervisors, District 3 
Honorable Clint Hickman, Board of Supervisors, District 4 
Honorable Steve Gallardo, Board of Supervisors, District 5 
Michael Cimino, Chief Adult Probation Officer 
 
From:  Steve Koestner, Legal Advocate 
Date:  September 30, 2024 
Subject: Legal Advocate Cost per Case Annual Report 
Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes Section 11-584(B)(2), I am submitting 
to you this document which provides the average cost of defending a felony 
case in this law office.  Our felony costs, which average $4,313.78 per case, 
include complex cases and capital cases.   
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. 
 
 
 
 
 
cc: 
Jen Pokorski, County Manager 
 
Juanita Garza, Clerk of the Board 
 
Raymond Billotte, Court Administrator 
 
 
 
Division 
 Direct Expenses 
Plus Administrative 
Allocation 
Cases 
Assigned
1 
 Cost Per 
Case  
Adult Felony 
       $9,711,982.15  
2,608 
    
$4,313.78  
 
 
 
 
 
7,491,357.65 
5,979 
1,263.72  
1"Cases Assigned" are calculated as total cases opened during the time period, minus cases closed during 
the time period with the following dispositions: no complaint, administrative transfer, withdrawal due to 
workload, withdrawal due to conflict, withdrawal due to lack of client contact/participation, and withdrawal due 
to retention of private counsel.