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Date : 6/27/2025

Fiscal Year End Panel Claim Payments

Due to year end activities, panel claims processed and submitted to the court for payment between June 12 and June 26, 2025, will be processed July 2 with anticipated payment received by July 7, 2025.  Claims processed and submitted for payment after June 26, 2025 will be processed under the normal schedule.

Date : 1/31/2024

Regularly scheduled maintenance will occur on the first Monday of each month between 12:00 - 4:00am.

The claims portal will be unavailable during this time.

Date : 9/21/2023

Interim Claim or Supplemental Interim Claim - Submit Before Opinion Issues

ADI cannot recommend payment on an Interim Claim or a Supplemental Interim Claim after the Court of Appeal issues the opinion.  After an opinion issues, payment only on a Final Claim can be recommended.  Please prepare an Interim Claim or a Supplemental Interim Claim well before the Court of Appeal has submitted the case for decision.

Date : 3/13/2023

TrueFiling Fees - Avoiding Exorbitant Fees When Filing Writ Petitions & Petitions for Review

When initiating a new case by filing an original petition -- including a writ petition or petition for review -- select "File" and follow the on-screen prompts for making a submission.

Note: Whether filing a petition for review in a criminal, juvenile (delinquency or dependency), or civil commitment case, select "Criminal Petition for Review" as the "Case Type".  Selecting "Civil Petition for Review" will result in a $750 filing fee.

Date : 1/23/2024

Links to Important Documents

Date : 5/19/2025

Contact Us:

Operator: 619-696-0282. Phone hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding court holidays.

Claim payment status queries.

The JCC does not guarantee payment within a certain amount of time. They strive to pay claims under $10,000 in 20 business days and claims $10,000 and above in 30 business days. Please wait to contact Omar Palacio (OAP@adi-sandiego.com) about the status of a payment until the applicable time period has passed.  Do not contact the JCC about status of payment.

Paralegal Assistance:  Please contact the paralegal with the corresponding terminal digit (last digit of the case number).

Din Villa at ddv@adi-sandiego.com  -- Digits 0, 9

John Diaz at jjd@adi-sandiego.com  -- Digits 1, 2

Shane Schooter at sps@adi-sandiego.com  -- Digits 3, 4

Ida Shamsaasef at ias@adi-sandiego.com --  Digits 5, 6

Roya Enami at ree@adi-sandiego.com  -- Digits 7, 8

General Questions or Concerns:  Contact Kathy Hall at klh@adi-sandiego.com 

For Claims Assistance:  Please contact the claims processor with the corresponding terminal digit (last digit of the case number).

Omar Palacio at oap@adi-sandiego.com  -- Digit 0

John Diaz at jjd@adi-sandiego.com  -- Digits 1, 2

Shane Schooter at sps@adi-sandiego.com  -- Digit 3

Kathy Hall at klh@adi-sandiego.com  -- Digits 7, 8

Ida Shamsaasef at ias@adi-sandiego.com -- Digit 6

Din Villa at ddv@adi-sandiego.com  -- Digit  5

Roya Enami at ree@adi-sandiego.com  -- Digit 4

Lori Olthoff at lmo@adi-sandiego.com  - Digit 9

General Questions or Concerns  Contact Kathy Hall at klh@adi-sandiego.com  

For help unlocking passwords and other technical problems in CMS, please email CMSSupport@adi-sandiego.com.