Norfolk Circuit Court, Virginia Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

When a non-suit is taken or the case settles, counsel must notify the Clerk as provided in Norfolk Circuit Court Civil Rule 2(A)(6).

Upon the taking of a non-suit or settlement of the case, counsel will notify the Clerk as provided in Norfolk Circuit Court Civil Rule 2(A)(6).

CRITICALCriminal cases

The required notice to the Criminal Docket Clerk may be made by mail or telephone.

If counsel appointed in that Court is not on the Circuit Court's list of appointed attorneys, the appointment will not carry over to the trial in Circuit Court unless three working days before Grand Jury Day the attorney requests and receives the approval of the Circuit Court judge supervising the court-appointed list and notifies the Criminal Docket Clerk by mail or telephone.

CRITICAL

Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

757-793-3641

When a filed case is ready to be set for trial, attorneys and self-represented litigants must contact the Civil Docket Clerk or the applicable Judicial Docket Administrator.

Once a case has been filed with the Clerk and is ready to be set for trial, attorneys or prose litigants need to contact either: CIVIL DOCKET CLERK 757-793-3641

CRITICAL

Contact

Phone

Phone

757-664-4594

A case pre-assigned to a judge must be set with the Judicial Docket Administrator.

All cases that are pre-assigned to a certain judge must be set with the Judicial Docket Administrator: MRS. WENDY SPIVEY 757-664-4594

CRITICAL

For a brief supporting or opposing a demurrer, plea, or motion in an unassigned case, counsel must ask the docket administrator to assign the hearing to a Judge.

If a brief is filed in support of or in opposition to any demurrer, plea, or motion in any unassigned case, counsel must request that the docket administrator assign the hearing of such matter to a Judge.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Any attorney moving to withdraw from a case should notify the Court, in writing, as expeditiously as possible, with a clear statement of the reason, to ensure that new counsel is quickly appointed or retained.

Any attorney moving to withdraw from a case should notify the Court, in writing, as expeditiously as possible, with a clear statement of the reason, to ensure that new counsel is quickly appointed or retained.

WARNING

When a nonsuit is taken or the case settles, counsel must notify the Clerk and the Commissioner as provided in Norfolk Circuit Court Civil Rule 2(A)(6).

Upon the taking of a non-suit or settlement of the case, counsel will notify the Clerk and the Commissioner as provided in Norfolk Circuit Court Civil Rule 2 (A)(6).

WARNINGCriminal cases

Counsel in guilty-plea, sentencing, or probation-violation cases are expected to arrive punctually; if delayed, they should notify the judge or clerk's office and opposing counsel, if possible, giving the reason and likely arrival time.

Counsel appearing in cases listed on the docket as guilty pleas or for sentencings or probation violations are expected to arrive punctually unless they have notified the judge or the clerk's office and opposing counsel, if possible, of the reason for the delay and the likely time of arrival.

INFO

Contact

Email

The listed email address is provided for criminal matters.

Criminal Matters:[email protected]

INFO

Counsel may request by letter to the Chief Judge, with good cause, that a case be assigned, either when the case is filed or later.

At the time a case is filed, or at any time thereafter, any counsel may, by letter to the Chief Judge giving good cause, request that a case be assigned. If the Chief Judge grants the request the docket administrator will assign the case to a Judge.

INFO

Scheduling-order forms may be requested from the Clerk.

The Clerk has forms for scheduling orders available upon request.

INFO

Contact

Email to clerk

The listed email address is provided as a contact for the Clerk of Court.

EMAIL [email protected]

INFO

Contact

Email

The listed email address is provided for general information.

General Information:[email protected]

INFO

Contact

Phone to clerk

Phone

(757) 389-8942

The Clerk's Office is open from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; the listed phone number is (757) 389-8942.

Clerk's Office Hours 8:45AM - 4:45PM PHONE (757) 389-8942

INFO

Uncontested divorce hearings are held Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. and are scheduled through the Clerk.

Uncontested divorces are heard Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. and set through the Clerk.

INFO

Contact

Email

The listed email address is provided for civil matters.

Civil Matters:[email protected]