Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 9 (2026)

Division standards

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Section 9. The committee shall establish standards for the public defender division and the private counsel division which shall include but not be limited to:

(a) vertical or continuous representation at the pre-trial and trial stages by the attorney either assigned or appointed, whenever possible;

(b) required participation by each attorney in an approved course of training in the fundamentals of criminal trial practice, unless the attorney has a level of ability which makes such participation unnecessary;

(c) specified caseload limitation levels;

(d) investigative services;

(e) a method for the provision of social services or social service referrals;

(f) availability of expert witnesses to participating counsel;

(g) clerical assistance, interview facilities, and the availability of a law library and model forms to participating counsel; and

(h) adequate supervision provided by experienced attorneys who shall be available to less experienced attorneys.

(i) qualifications for vendors for the services provided in clauses (d), (e) and (f) and a range of rates payable for said services, taking into consideration the rates, qualifications and history of performance; provided, however, that such ranges may be exceeded with approval of the court. Payment of such costs and fees shall be in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-seven A to G, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and sixty-one.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case: Care & Prot. of Georgette, 785 N.E.2d 356 (Mass. 2003).

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Care & Prot. of Georgette, 785 N.E.2d 356 (Mass. 2003). “The Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) has, under G. L. c. 211D, § 9, promulgated performance standards that apply to appointed counsel in State intervention cases.”

Edwards, 984 N.E.2d 276 (Mass. 2013). · cites it 2× “74, § 8, after both § 27C and G. L. c. 211D, § 9, but we discern nothing from either its language or its legislative history to suggest that it changes either the legal standard or the judicial role regarding the authorization of payment of expert fees for indigent individuals.”

Commonwealth v. Matranga, 914 N.E.2d 17 (Mass. 2009). · cites it 2× “See G. L. c. 211D, §9 (f), (i). Payment of costs and fees to experts “shall be with the provisions of [the indigency statute].”

Commonwealth v. Jordan, 733 N.E.2d 147 (Mass. App. Ct. 2000). “See particularly rule 1.7(a) & (b), 426 Mass. 1330 -1331 (1998), which provides that a lawyer shall not represent a client “if the representation of that client may be materially limited by the lawyer’s responsibilities to another client or to a third person .”

Machado v. Leahy, 17 Mass. L. Rptr. 263 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2004). · cites it 3× “Pursuant to G.L.c. 211D, §9, CPCS has authority to establish a range of rates payable for vendors for investigative services, social services or social service referrals, and expert witnesses, “taking into consideration the rates, qualifications and history of performance;…”

Machado v. Comm. for Pub. Couns. Servs., 654 N.E.2d 328 (Mass. App. Ct. 1995). “*181 CPCS establishes standards, G. L. c. 211D, § 9; monitors compliance with those standards, G.”

Comm. for Pub. Couns. Servs. v. Middlesex & Suffolk Cnty. Dist. Courts (Mass. 2026). “G. L. c. 211D, § 9. In addition to centralizing the system for appointing counsel, G.”

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Commonwealth v. Jordan, 733 N.E.2d 147 (Mass. App. Ct. 2000). “See particularly rule 1.7(a) & (b), 426 Mass. 1330 -1331 (1998), which provides that a lawyer shall not represent a client “if the representation of that client may be materially limited by the lawyer’s responsibilities to another client or to a third person .”

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