1. Settlement Conference Program Statistics for Fiscal Year 2011-12
Virginia Judicial
Settlement Conference Program
Statistics for Fiscal Year
Retired Circuit Court Judges
Bringing Calm to the Storm
Bringing Resolution to Conflict
Virginia Judicial
Settlement Conference Program
Statistics for Fiscal Year

2. Referred Cases 1,221 cases were referred to settlement conference.
1,101 conferences were paid for in Fiscal Year
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.

3. Categories of Case Types

4. Agreement Rate
63% of referred cases successfully reached an agreement either during or soon after the conference
Note: This does NOT
include pending cases

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

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

7. Number of Cases Referred By Top 10 Courts