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%

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36.6%

Reached at time of conference

Reached after, but as result of conference

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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