Appointed coun-sel there receive a flat fee for pretrial prepara-tion—$1,333 if the case is resolved without a trial and $2,000 if the case goes to trial. If the case goes to trial, appointed lawyers receive $200 for up to three hours of court time and $400 per day for more than three hours.The Rand study con-cluded that court-appointed lawyers in Philadel-phia effectively earn around $2 an hour, far below current minimum wage.ppointed coun-sel there receive a flat fee for pretrial prepara-tion—$1,333 if the case is resolved without a trial and $2,000 if the case goes to trial. If the case goes to trial, appointed lawyers receive $200 for up to three hours of court time and $400 per day for more than three hours.