Bringing Resolution to Conflict

Virginia Judicial

Settlement Conference Program

Statistics for Fiscal Year 2009-10

Virginia JudicialSettlement Conference

Program

Statistics for Fiscal Year 2009-10

Retired Circuit Court Judges

Bringing Calm to the Storm

Referred Cases 1,187 cases were referred to settlement conference during Fiscal Year 2009-10.

1,095 conferences were paid for in Fiscal Year 2009-10.

761 cases have been captured and are graphically displayed on the following charts.

415 cases are pending receipt of reports or actual conference.

11 cases were cancelled before reaching conference.

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Categories of Case TypesMiscellaneous

2.5%Commercial

18.0%

Domestic43.7%

Tort/ Personal Injury35.8%

Tort/ PI Domestic Commercial Miscellaneous

Agreement Rate

58.7% of referred cases successfully reached an agreement either during or soon after the conference

Note: This does NOT include pending

cases

57.7%

1%

41.3%

Reached at time of conference

Reached after, but as result of conference

Not Reached

Length of Conferences

The average length of a conference is 3.3 hours.

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Cases

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Referring Circuit Courts Virginia Beach has referred 17% of the

cases during Fiscal Year 2009-10.

70% of all FY09-10 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).

30% of the cases in FY09-10 were referred by 72 other courts across Virginia.

A total of 82 circuit courts referred cases during the fiscal year.

Number of Cases Referred By Top 10 Courts

307

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Virginia Beach

Newport News

Hampton

Chesapeake

JCC/ Wmsbg

York

Spotsylvania

Stafford

Henrico

Norfolk

Other Courts