Bringing Resolution to Conflict
Virginia Judicial
Settlement Conference Program
Statistics for Fiscal Year 2009-10
Virginia JudicialSettlement Conference
Program
Statistics for Fiscal Year 2010-11
Retired Circuit Court Judges
Bringing Calm to the Storm
Referred Cases 1,203 cases were referred to settlement conference.
1,066 conferences were paid for in Fiscal Year 2010-11.
770 cases have been captured and are graphically displayed on the following charts.
394 cases are pending receipt of reports or actual conference.
39 cases were cancelled before reaching conference.
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Categories of Case TypesMiscellaneous
3.1%Commercial
13.8%
Domestic49.2%
Tort/ Personal Injury33.8%
Tort/ PI Domestic Commercial Miscellaneous
Agreement Rate
63.4% of referred cases successfully reached an agreement either during or soon after the conference
Note: This does NOT include pending
cases
62.0%
1.4%
36.6%
Reached at time of conference
Reached after, but as result of conference
Not Reached
Length of Conferences
The average length of a conference is 3.2 hours.
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Referring Circuit Courts Virginia Beach has referred 16% of the
cases during Fiscal Year 2010-11.
73% of all FY10-11 cases were referred by 10 courts in the Tidewater Area (Hampton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, James City/Williamsburg, Norfolk, Newport News, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, York and Chesapeake).
27% of the cases in FY10-11 were referred by 68 other courts across Virginia.
A total of 78 circuit courts referred cases during the fiscal year.
Number of Cases Referred By Top 10 Courts
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Virginia Beach
Newport News
Hampton
Chesapeake
Norfolk
York
Portsmouth
JCC/ Wmsbg
Henrico
Suffolk
Other Courts
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