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Attachment 1- Questionnaire

Organization Name: _________________________________

Name of Person Completing This Form: _______________________________________

Email: __________________________________

Phone:____________________________________

Note: This form is a llable PDF. Feel free to add pages if the spaces provided are too small for your response.

1a Yes

No

If "yes" attach a copy of your salary scale to this form.

1b If "yes" is it based on years of experience?

Yes

No

1c If your salary scale is based on years of experience:

1c(1) When do you start counting experience (for example, at graduation from law school)?

1c(2) If an attorney at hiring is not a recent graduate, do you count any prior work as "experience"?

Yes

No

1c(3) If yes, what work do you count?

If you have a written salary policy, attach it to this form.

The Commission and Procuring Agency seeks information to help it determine if the hourly rates used by non-pro t civil legal services organizations fully cover actual costs of providing a full range of high-quality legal services to low income individuals, families and groups.

Does your organization use a salary scale for sta5 attorneys that spend at least 75% of their working hours providing any legal service to clients? (Check One)

If you do not use a salary scale for the above described attorneys, brie9y describe how you set salaries for these attorneys.

Annual Salary Range

Low High

3a Recently licensed

3b One year experience

3c Three years' experience

3d Five years' experience

3e Eight years' experience

3f Ten years' experience

3g 15 years or more

4 What factors do you use to set salaries above the lowest shown in the above table?

5 Do you plan to increase the salaries of these attorneys in calendar year 2026 or 2027?

5a Yes

No

5b If yes, by what percentage?

5b(1) In 2026

5b(2) In 2027

6a Yes

6b No

7 Do you employ any non-attorneys who spend at least 75% of their working hours providing a legal service to clients?

7a Yes

7b No

As of the rst pay period in 2026, what range of annual salaries do you pay to attorneys that spend at least 75% of working hours providing any legal service to clients?

Number of attorneys in this range

Do you employ any attorneys who do not spend at least 75% of their working hours providing any legal service to clients?

If yes, attach a list of these attorneys' titles (for example, Executive Director, Director of Litigation, etc.) and brie9y describe how these attorney's salaries are determined.

Annual Salary Range

Low High

8a Recently hired

8b One year experience

8c Three years' experience

8d Five years' experience

8e Eight years' experience

8f Ten years' experience

8g 15 years or more

9a Number of hours /week

10a Number days oEce is closed

11 Number attorney leave days per year:

Vacation Sick Leave Any Other Leave

11a Recently licensed

11b One year experience

11c Three years' experience

11d Five years' experience

11e Eight years' experience

11f Ten years' experience

11g 15 years or more

Are leave days di5erent for non-attorneys who spend at least 75% of their time providing a legal service to clients?

12a Yes

12b No

12c If "yes, brie9y explain what the di5erence is, and why there is a di5erence

What range of salaries do you pay to non-attorneys that spend at least 75% of working hours providing any legal service to clients?

Number of non-attorneys in this range

What is the expected number of working hours per week for attorneys who spend at least 75% of their time providing any legal service to clients? (for example, 40 hours/week)

Number of days per year that your oEce is closed (Count federal and state holidays and any other closed days, such as the period between Christmas and New Years)

Personal Leave

13 What was the total amount spent on salaries for each of the groups below in calendar year 2025?

13a

13b Any other attorneys employed by your organization

13c

14a Total expenses

14b Were any signi cant expenses not included in the above total?

Explain

14 c

Explain

15 Anything else the Commission should know about your expenses?

16Anything you'd like to add to the above?

Attorneys who spent at least 75% of their time providing a legal service to clients

Any non-attorneys who spend at least 75% of their time providng a legal service to clients

What was the total amount of your organizations expenses (including all employees, all bene ts, all rents, etc) in calendar year 2025?

Were there any signi cant expenses from prior years included in the above total ? (Bills from December rountinely paid in January should not be considered "signi cant")

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