Bringing Resolution to Conflict Virginia Judicial Settlement Conference Program Statistics for Fiscal Year Virginia Judicial Settlement Conference Program Statistics for Fiscal Year 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 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.

Categories of Case Types

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

Length of Conferences The average length of a conference is 3.2 hours.

Referring Circuit Courts  Virginia Beach has referred 16% of the cases during Fiscal Year  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