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Attorney Conflicts Panel

Table 2
Historical Fiscal Year Payments by Type of Litigation

*Note: Tables 1 and 2 reflect 2020-21 year-to-date case referral activity and expenditures as of March 31, 2021.

From Fiscal Year 2012-13 through 2018-19, the ACP experienced a sharp increase in conflict assignments
involving complex and high exposure issues. The rate of new conflict case assignments to the ACP increased in
2019-20 and is on pace to reach 30 referrals in 2020-21. There also remains a high number of ongoing cases that
will be active during 2021-22 as the global pandemic delayed all jury trials that had been previously scheduled. In
addition, a new ACP was established in the first half of 2021, which will increase hourly fees and add a new
category of litigation for Workers’ Compensation that will have the potential to double the current annual number of
case referrals. The budget impact of this new category of litigation, as well as the increase in hourly fees, will not be
realized until the middle of 2021-22.

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