Obtaining Expert Funding in Indigent Cases INFORMATION IN THIS CHAPTER: l 25 CHAPTER Justifying extraordinary expenses Example language for an ex parte motion for expert funds l INTRODUCTION In cases involving indigent clients, you may have a need to get funding approved by a judge or other funding source. This varies by jurisdiction and other vagaries of the funding sources for indigent clients in federal and state cases. Essentially all power to fund defense experts flows from a statute, such as 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(e), or from the