Local Programs

The FDRP's Board of Governors has approved local programs which administer the FDRP on a region-by-region basis. These local programs are run by bar associations or by the court system's regional Administrative Judges. All local programs have been carefully reviewed to ensure that they will resolve fee disputes in a fair, impartial, and efficient manner. 

The cost of utilizing the FDRP varies from program to program. You can find out about local program fees by checking the local program rules. Local programs charge about the same or less than it costs to file a case in court.

To find out which local program should handle a fee dispute, identify the county in which the majority of the legal services in the case were performed from the list below. This is usually (but not always) the county where the lawyer's office is located.

1st Judicial District (New York County)

2nd Judicial District (Kings County)

3rd Judicial District (Albany, Columbia, Greene,  Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster Counties)

4th Judicial District (Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, St. Lawrence, Warren and Washington Counties)

5th Judicial District (Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Onondaga and Oswego Counties)

6th Judicial District (Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Otsego, Schuyler, Tompkins and Tioga Counties)

7th Judicial District (Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates Counties)

8th Judicial District (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming Counties)

9th Judicial District (Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties)

10th Judicial District (Nassau & Suffolk Counties)

11th Judicial District (Queens County)

12th Judicial District (Bronx County)

13th Judicial District (Richmond County)