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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 Clint Hickman, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 4
Honorable Jack Sellers, Vice Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 1
Honorable Thomas Galvin, Board of Supervisors, District 2
Honorable Bill Gates, Board of Supervisors, District 3
Honorable Steve Gallardo, Board of Supervisors, District 5
Michael Cimino, Chief Adult Probation Officer
From: Steve Koestner, Legal Advocate
Date: October 23, 2023
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 $5,548.09 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
$8,650,798.97
1,783
$5,548.09
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.