Bringing Resolution to Conflict

Virginia JudicialSettlement Conference

Program

Statistics for Fiscal Year 2009-10

Virginia JudicialSettlement Conference

Program

Statistics for Fiscal Year 2011-12

Retired Circuit Court Judges

Bringing Calm to the Storm

Referred Cases 1,221 cases were referred to settlement conference.

1,101 conferences were paid for in Fiscal Year 2011-12.

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

327 cases are pending receipt of reports or actual conference.

30 cases were cancelled before reaching conference.

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Categories of Case TypesMiscellaneous

1.8%Commercial

10.4%

Domestic55.7%

Tort/ Personal Injury32.1%

Tort/PI Domestic Commercial Miscellaneous

Agreement Rate

63% of referred cases successfully reached an agreement either during or soon after the conference

Note: This does NOT include pending

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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 2011-12. 71% of all FY11-12 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).

29% of the cases in FY11-12 were referred by 65 other courts across Virginia.

A total of 75 circuit courts referred cases during the fiscal year.

Number of Cases Referred By Top 10 Courts

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Newport News

Chesapeake

Hampton

Norfolk

Portsmouth

JCC/Wmsbg

York

Gloucester

Henrico

Other Courts