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service to all defendants referred herein in accordance with the terms of this Agreement until representation of such defendant is complete, as provided in Paragraph 1 of this Agreement. This Agreement shall apply to all referrals made through December 31, 2026, unless the contract is terminated earlier, in which case the contract shall apply to all referrals made until 5:00 p.m. on the date of termination of the contract. 10. Caseload Standards. The caseload limits set forth in this agreement include a case weighting system for establishing caseloads, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference. Over the course of any 31-day period the Contracting Attorney (and any associated or employed counsel) shall not handle a caseload of more than 10 cases as weighted, or an average number of 10 per month. DWLS3 cases and Probation Violation cases count as one half of a case. 11. Compensation for Assigned Cases. The Contracting Attorney shall be paid as follows: The sum of seventy-four thousand eight hundred dollars ($74,800) for eleven months, paid in equal monthly installments on the second Monday of the month. • Bench Trial: Shall be paid an additional $200 per diem for bench trial. The Contracting Attorney shall provide invoices to the Kittitas County Department of Public Defense for all trial per diem pay. Those invoices will be provided within 30 days of the last day of trial. • Jury Trial: Shall be paid an additional $400 per diem for jury trial. The Contracting Attorney shall provide invoices to the Kittitas County Department of Public Defense for all trial per diem pay. Those invoices will be provided within 30 days of the last day of trial. Attorney billing statements for assigned cases shall include the defendant's name, all charges, and affiliated case number(s) that were assigned by the court for the defendant. 12. Compensation for Arraignment and First Appearance Calendars. The Contracting Attorney or any associate or employed attorney shall be paid $350.00 for each Monday morning arraignment calendar at 9:00 a.m. Attorney billing statements for Arraignment will include the date and docket time of the attorney's appearance in court along with the monetary billing amount associated with that docket. 13. Policy as it refers to appointments: • After court hearings with disposition (with the exception of SOPs/DPs) the Court will automatically withdraw the attorney from the case upon the filing of a notice of appeal or 30 days after the final (appealable) decision of the Court, as the case may be. Attorney does not need to sign a withdrawal. • On SOP/DPs- CAA may submit a motion to withdraw from the matter. If CAA withdraws from the case and the case is subsequently set for a probation review hearing, attorney include re- appointment as a new case.