Settlement Conference Program Statistics for Fiscal Year 2015-16 Virginia Judicial Settlement Conference Program Statistics for Fiscal Year 2015-16 Retired Circuit Court Judges Bringing Calm to the Storm Bringing Resolution to Conflict Virginia Judicial Settlement Conference Program Statistics for Fiscal Year 2009-10

Referred Cases 1,222 cases were referred to settlement conference. 1,160 conferences were paid for in Fiscal Year 2015-16. 915 cases have been captured and are graphically displayed on the following charts. 305 cases are pending receipt of reports or actual conference. 2 cases were cancelled before reaching conference.

Categories of Case Types

Agreement Rate 53.4% of referred cases successfully reached an agreement either during or soon after the conference Note: This does NOT include pending cases

The average length of a conference is 3.4 hours. Length of Conferences The average length of a conference is 3.4 hours.

Referring Circuit Courts Virginia Beach has referred 14.8% of the cases during Fiscal Year 2015-16 68.9% of all FY15-16 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). 31.1% of the cases in FY15-16 were referred by 70 other courts across Virginia. A total of 80 circuit courts referred cases during the fiscal year.

Number of Cases Referred By Top 10 Courts