Tazewell County Circuit Court, Virginia Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

Contact

Email

All civil-case scheduling must be conducted by email only.

ALL scheduling of civil cases SHALL be completed via email ONLY.

CRITICAL

To schedule a criminal motion hearing, trial, or plea, the attorney must contact the Clerk’s Office and opposing counsel about available dates and should choose a date convenient with the criminal docket.

When scheduling hearings on motions, trials or pleas in criminal cases, the attorney desiring to schedule such matter must contact the Clerk’s Office and opposing counsel for available Court dates. The attorney desiring to schedule the matter should then schedule the case on a date that is convenient with the Court’s criminal docket.

CRITICAL

Civil trial dates must be scheduled with the Court’s Administrative Assistant.

The calling of cases for setting trials, for a criminal case shall be when the case is called on the criminal docket; for a civil case, the trial date shall be scheduled with the Court’s Administrative Assistant.

CRITICAL

For civil motion hearings or trials scheduled outside Docket Call, the attorney must ask opposing counsel for available dates and should then contact the Judge's Administrative Assistant to secure a date when opposing counsel is available.

b. When scheduling hearings on motions or trials in civil cases at any time other than Docket Call, the attorney desiring to schedule such matter must contact opposing counsel for available Court dates. The attorney desiring to schedule the matter should then contact the Judge's Administrative Assistant to secure a trial or hearing date on one of the dates on which opposing counsel is available.

INFO

The Clerk's Office is open from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Clerk's Office Hours 8:00AM - 4:00PM

INFO

Contact

Phone to chambers

If the parties cannot agree on a criminal trial or hearing date, they may set it by telephone conference with the Court.

If no agreement is reached concerning the setting of the trial or hearing date, the parties may set the date by telephone conference with the Court.