FY24 Attorney Workload Data

Now that the MIDC is receiving reasonably timely and accurate reporting on attorney workloads, we will release statewide attorney workloads one to two times per year. Though we recognize that this data is not at all “real-time,” we hope it will nevertheless be helpful in allowing systems to gauge the general annual workloads of their attorneys who work in other systems.

We present the data in two formats. The Excel document has multiple worksheets and is filterable so that users can manipulate the data in various ways. The PDF document is simpler and does not include the lists of every system in which each attorney works, but it provides an easy, quick reference for users who are less comfortable with Excel. Here are some important caveats and explanations to use the data most effectively:

• FY24 was experimental, in some senses. Keep this in mind when viewing data. Many local funding units had issues reporting an accurate breakdown of assignments and docket hours in the first few quarters of FY24. FY24 reporting also did not include separate reporting for Probation Violations (PVs), did not split misdemeanors between traffic and non-traffic, did not split non-life felonies into low-severity and high-severity, and did not require salaried attorneys to report docket hours.
• Attorney names are sometimes reported differently by different funding units. The MIDC had to select a single-name format for all attorneys who work across systems. Please reach out to the MIDC if you see a name that is not the name that the attorney currently uses.
• The Standard 7 qualification levels were voluntarily to report in FY24. Also, some funding units reported different qualification levels for the same attorney. On the Excel spreadsheet, the FullDataFY24 shows how the attorney was qualified in each funding unit, but the Totals tabs report only the highest level. The PDF also only reports the highest level.
• An attorney’s Std6% in the data shows how close they are to the statewide workload maximum established by the MIDC in Standard 6. It is shown as a percentage, so an attorney with a 100 Std6% is exactly at the annual maximum for the year. An attorney at 80 is at 80% of the annual maximum. For FY24, this figure only reflects the data that was available to the MIDC. It was not appropriately weighted for probation violations and traffic misdemeanors, and it does not include docket hours for salaried attorneys. Future versions of this document for FY25 and beyond will properly factor in that data.

 *Note: Please see the first tab on the worksheet in the Excel document for additional information on viewing each tab and utilizing the filter feature.

Navigate the Excel document here: FY24Full_For Distribution

View the .pdf document here: 2024 Attorney Workload Data_Final