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1 2 Supreme Court of Virginia Table of Contents Virginia Judicial Branch ...... 4 Virginia Courts Structure ...... 5 Magistrate System Organizational Chart ...... 6 State of the Judiciary Address ...... 7 O ce of the Executive Secretary ...... 13 Judicial Administration ...... 13 Educational Services ...... 14 Fiscal Snapshot FY2016 ...... 14 Awards and Honors ...... 20 Policy-Making Bodies ...... 21 Judicial Council of Virginia ...... 22 Committees of the Judicial Council of Virginia ...... 23 Committees of the Judicial Conference of Virginia ...... 24 Committee on District Courts ...... 25 Committees of the Judicial Conference of Virginia for District Courts ...... 26 Access to Justice Commission ...... 27 Advisory Committee on Domestic Violence Issues in Virginia’s Courts ...... 28 State Drug Treatment Court Advisory Committee ...... 29 Virginia’s Judges and Magistrates ...... 31 Justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia ...... 32 Judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia ...... 33 Judicial Boundaries ...... 34 Circuit Court Judges ...... 35 General District Court Judges ...... 39 Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court Judges ...... 41 Magistrate System Regional Map ...... 45 Magistrates ...... 46 Statistical Information in Brief ...... 51 Supreme Court of Virginia ...... 52 Court of Appeals of Virginia ...... 54 Circuit Court ...... 56 General District Court...... 58 Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court ...... 60 Magistrate System ...... 62
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4 Supreme Court of Virginia Virginia Courts Structure
SUPREME COURT Seven Justices sit en banc and in panels Case types: · Mandatory jurisdiction: capital criminal, State Corporation Court of last resort Commission, and attorney and judicial disciplinary cases. · Discretionary jurisdiction: civil, noncapital criminal, juvenile and domestic relations. Some original jurisdiction cases.
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Eleven Judges sit en banc and in panels Intermediate appellate court Case types: · Mandatory jurisdiction in domestic relations and some adminis- trative agency proceedings. Some original jurisdiction cases. · Discretionary jurisdiction in noncapital criminal and traffic cases.
CIRCUIT COURT (31 circuits: 120 courts) 171 Judgeships Case types: · Tort, contract, other civil claims (over $3,000), mental health, Trial courts of general jurisdiction administrative agency appeals, miscellaneous civil, domestic rela- tions, estate jurisdiction and civil appeals from district courts. · Felony, misdemeanor, criminal appeals from district courts. · Ordinance violations. Jury trials.
DISTRICT COURT (32 districts: 79 general district courts; 77 juvenile and domestic relations district courts; 45 combined district courts) 124 General District Judges and 134 J&DR District Judges Case types: · Tort, contract, other civil claims (up to $15,000); separate small Trial courts of limited jurisdiction claims docket (for matters up to $4,500). · Misdemeanors. DUI jurisdiction. · Ordinance violations. · Moving traffic, parking, miscellaneous traffic jurisdiction. · Juvenile jurisdiction, support/custody, interstate support, domes- tic violence, miscellaneous domestic relations, mental health. · Preliminary hearings in felony cases. No jury trials.
(As of December 31, 2016)
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6 Supreme Court of Virginia State of the Judiciary Address Presented on May 10, 2016, to the Judicial Conference of Virginia, by the Honorable Donald W. Lemons, Chief Justice. Good morning, judges of the Commonwealth and guests. To my fellow judges, it is an honor to be your colleague in the judiciary. Being selected to be a judge is recognition of professional achievement. A high level of con dence is placed in you to serve the citizens of the Commonwealth in matters of great importance to them. Chief Justice John Marshall famously and succinctly summarized the enterprise we are in. He said: “The judicial department comes home in its e ects to every man’s reside; it passes on his property, his reputation, his life, his all. Is it not to the last degree important that he should be rendered perfectly and completely independent, The Honorable Donald W. Lemons with nothing to in uence or control him but God Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and his conscience?” these rulings, the Kansas Supreme Court held that their Constitution required more equitable distribution of funding for public schools and declared that the state’s public schools must shut A high level of con dence down altogether if poorer districts do not get more money. The governor and the legislature is placed in you to serve the responded by threating to suspend all funding citizens of the Commonwealth for the Kansas court system. Additionally, a bill has passed the Kansas Senate that expands the in matters of great importance basis for impeachment of judges. A few of the to them. new provisions, stated in vague terms, provide for impeachment for: 1. Failure to perform adequately the duties of o ce; 2. Attempting to subvert fundamental laws Recently, The New York Times carried an and introduce arbitrary power; article about what it called the “partisan warfare 3. Attempting to usurp the power of the over control of the Supreme Court.” Interestingly, legislative or executive branch of government; the article was not addressing the current 4. Exhibiting discourteous conduct toward vacancy on the United States Supreme Court; litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers, or others with rather, it was directed at the battles currently whom the judge deals in an o cial capacity; being waged in the various states. These 5. Exhibiting wanton or reckless judicial controversies have enormous consequences for conduct; or the independence of the judiciary. 6. Failure to properly supervise, administer, or “Ground-zero” for the controversies discipline judicial personnel. appears to be in Kansas where the executive and legislative branches have been angered by Of course, the elective process for particular state supreme court decisions. Among selecting justices in most states attracts well-
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nanced campaigns in support of special that the judiciary has strayed beyond its interests. Thirty-eight states have popular designated role in the American system and elections for their justices either directly or by usurped the powers of the two other branches, retention elections. Spending on television showing little regard for democratic majority ads for the election of two justices in Arkansas rule. There are those who are informed by this year reached over $1.2 million with the the Madisonian principal of protection of candidates being attacked as being too cozy with fundamental rights and minority interests who trial lawyers. assert that the judiciary is the only place where Ads in Wisconsin from out-of-state groups protection of such rights and interests will be from the political right and the political left have found. The debate is not new. It has gone on pushed campaign spending to more than $3.2 since our founding. It is a particularly hot topic million dollars for one seat in 2016. today. The cost of television ads from unions and plainti ’s lawyers in Pennsylvania reached $16.5 million in a recent election for 3 of its supreme court seats. The judiciary has a good, In Oklahoma, where the court ruled cooperative relationship with that a Ten Commandments monument must be removed from the Capitol, bills have been the other two branches of introduced to give the governor and the government in Virginia, and legislature more control over the election of the court, and another bill has been introduced we should all be grateful for to increase the size of the court. Of course it is that. being called a “court-packing” bill. These e orts are often referred to as a means to make the judiciary more responsive to the people and to make the judiciary more “democratic.” Despite the di culties of the selection I believe we are witnessing a fully process for a justice of our Supreme Court during engaged battle over the fundamental role of this last session of the General Assembly, we do judges in America. not have nearly the tension experienced in other In “Federalist 78,” Hamilton states that states. The judiciary has a good, cooperative “the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, relationship with the other two branches of will always be the least dangerous to the political government in Virginia, and we should all be rights of the constitution; because it will be least grateful for that. in a capacity to annoy or injure them.” Arguing There are many things of signi cance to that the judiciary has “no in uence over either the report; however, time constraints permit only the sword or the purse,” Hamilton concludes that the inclusion of highlights. judiciary is “the weakest of the three departments Last fall, I proposed to the chairs of of power” primarily, he states, because it has House and Senate Courts Committees that a “neither Force nor Will, but merely judgment.” If presentation be made to a joint meeting of the he were transported in time to this era in our committees concerning the Judicial Performance nation’s history, perhaps Mr. Hamilton would Evaluation Program. The suggestion was well revise his analysis. At the very least, we can see received; and, on the rst day of the 2016 General that not everyone in America agrees with him. Assembly Session, Justice Powell and Pat Davis, There are those who forcefully maintain the JPE coordinator, joined me at the Capitol. I told the members that we desire transparency
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in the process, and a good start to achieve that Assembly lled 23 vacant and newly-created objective would be to give them up-to-date judgeships, bringing the funded number of information on how we are implementing the judgeships to 408. I congratulate and welcome program. I am pleased to say that the meeting all of our new judges to the bench. was extremely productive and resulted in The General Assembly has also asked us members of the Courts Committees volunteering to update the weighted caseload model, with to reciprocate in this e ort at transparency by a report due by the 2018 session. Additional appearing at our Judicial Conferences. Today we factors to be considered are use of interpreters, have a special portion of the Judicial Conference’s law clerks, retired or substitute judges, pro se agenda devoted to this topic. In my opinion, the litigants, and population growth or decline. JPE program is a good thing. It is here to stay. We Last year, at this conference, I noted that need to embrace it and continue to improve it. one quarter of Virginia’s judges were newly Every year before the General Assembly elected to their positions. That presented a convenes, the chief justice and the executive signi cant training challenge. I would like to secretary meet with the governor and with thank Dr. Caroline Kirkpatrick and her sta for members of the General Assembly to discuss all the work they did to meet those increased budget priorities and legislation. I am pleased to training needs. One key component of our new report that the General Assembly provided that judge training is the mentor program. I would all judges and full time judicial branch employees also like to thank Judge Marla Decker, Chair of the will receive a 3% pay increase e ective November Mentor Program Advisory Committee, and the 57 10, 2016. I expressed to the governor and his judges who participated in the new mentor judge sta and to key members of budget committees workshop in March. This program would not be how grateful we are for these increases; however, possible without the many volunteer hours put in I pointed out that those judicial department by our mentor judges. employees at the lowest end of the pay scale For a number of years, court appointed needed a one-time adjustment in compensation counsel seeking a waiver of the statutory cap so that the percentage increases would be were denied payment of the waiver if the funds much more meaningful to them. I am pleased appropriated for waivers were exhausted at the to report that the General Assembly approved time the case was concluded. Typically, this the sum of $2.5 million to provide an additional meant that court appointed counsel submitting increase to our deputy district clerks at the lower their vouchers in the latter months of the scal end of the pay scale. The legislature accepted year may not have received the approved waiver our suggestion that the Committee on District amounts they were expecting. I am happy to Courts develop a plan for allocation of these pay report that the appropriation for waiver of the increases. statutory caps for court appointed counsel has We also continue to make progress been increased by $450,000 to $4.65 million each on the number of funded judgeships in the year of the biennium budget. Commonwealth. As you may recall, a Weighted Like many other states, we are Caseload Study was conducted by the National experiencing an unfortunate surge in heroin Center for State Courts and submitted to the use in the Commonwealth. Judges, medical General Assembly in 2014. At the time that professionals, police, legislators, and executive study was submitted, there were 402 authorized branch leaders have joined together to seek judgeships in the Code of Virginia, but only solutions. For the rst time in over a decade, approximately 350 were funded and lled. The in this session of the General Assembly, drug Weighted Caseload Study indicated a need courts received new funding. First, $100,000 for 429 judgeships. This session, the General was allocated to pilot programs in Norfolk and
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Henrico in each year of the biennium budget for self-represented litigants have been developed, the utilization of a non-narcotic, non-addictive, and you have received a laminated copy of these injectable prescription drug treatment regimen suggestions for your use; that has been successful in other states. In • Upon the encouragement of the addition to support drug court dockets, $300,000 Commission, the Virginia State Bar will host an the rst year of the biennium and $960,000 in the on-line pro bono website which will permit low- second year was appropriated for jurisdictions income Virginians to ask legal questions in a with high drug-related caseloads. private forum and have the questions answered I have often pointed out that when we by volunteer Virginia lawyers. The portal will speak of drug courts, what we are really talking be called Virginia.freelegalanswers.org and will about are dockets in the court system. The begin operation in August 2016. legislature creates courts. Courts create dockets In March, the Civil Rights Division of the to manage caseloads. In addition to drug court Department of Justice sent a letter to all chief dockets, many localities have sought to create justices and to all state court administrators to other problem solving dockets. Among them call attention to what was characterized as illegal are veterans’ dockets and mental health dockets. enforcement of court nes and costs in certain First, we must remember that the localities must jurisdictions, and to share best practices with desire and request such problem solving dockets. respect to imposition and collection of nes Additionally, the interests of public safety require and costs. This letter was certainly timely, as the that local commonwealth’s attorneys retain a General Assembly passed legislation providing for veto over participation in these dockets. We the Supreme Court to draft a new Rule regarding must have approval, oversight, and supervision payment plans for court nes and costs. I have of these dockets by the Supreme Court. These put together a working group to craft such a well-meaning e orts will be subject to deserved rule, which will not only facilitate the collection criticism without best practices being observed of court nes and costs, but also assure the fair and implemented. The General Assembly has treatment of the citizens of this Commonwealth, requested that the Supreme Court develop a many of whom are indigent. Rule of Court to accomplish this objective. In The Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee response to that request, I will be appointing a is up and running and is chaired by former Problem-Solving Dockets Taskforce to assist with Chief Justice Cynthia Kinser. The Committee drafting such a Rule and preparing best practice provides a place where judges may ask judicial guidelines. ethics questions and have them answered with Justice Bernard Goodwyn and his co-chair, opinions that are made public. The opinions do John Whit eld, continue to provide impressive not reveal the name of the requesting judge. You leadership to the Access to Justice Commission. may nd the order creating the committee on the Let me share some highlights with you. Supreme Court website. The process is described • Upon the urging of the Commission, in detail in the order. I want to point out there the Supreme Court amended the commentary is a provision for emergency requests. Kenney to Canon 4B to make it clear that judges may Grigg in the O ce of the Executive Secretary is participate in pro bono recognition e orts counsel to the committee. You may contact him and are permitted to encourage lawyers to directly with questions you may have. Please provide pro bono services; • Additionally, the avail yourself of this advisory service. It was commentary to Canon 3B was amended to created to support and assist the judges of the clarify the assistance a judge may provide to self- Commonwealth. represented litigants; All of you are subject to the provisions • Practice points for judges concerning of the Con ict of Interest Act. It is very clear
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that COIA was enacted with the legislative and United States and the Constitution of Virginia executive branches in mind, not the judicial and to faithfully and impartially discharge our branch. Many of you have expressed frustration duties should be vigilant to the circumstances in the attempt to interpret rules that do not seem to have you in mind but, literally construed, sweep you within its provisions. We have There are 37 active drug expressed our concerns and suggested that a separate statute applicable to the judiciary court dockets in Virginia... should be considered. I am pleased to share with mental health dockets you the language of House Bill 1362 and Senate Bill 692 which include an enactment clause that in Norfolk Circuit Court, provides: Petersburg General District That the Supreme Court of Virginia shall report to the Virginia Con ict of Interest and Court, Richmond General Ethics Advisory Council on the application of the District Court, and the State and Local Government Con ict of Interests Act to members of the judiciary. Such report Roanoke General District shall be made no later than October 1, 2016, and Court... [as well as] a veterans shall include an evaluation of the feasibility of creating separate statutory provisions applicable docket in Fairfax General to members of the judiciary. In making its report, District Court, and two the Supreme Court of Virginia shall consult with sta of the Virginia Con ict of Interest and Ethics veterans’ tracks within the Advisory Council, statewide bar associations, and adult drug treatment courts others as the Court deems necessary. We are hopeful that our report will result in in the cities of Hampton and improvements to this Act so that its application Norfolk. to members of the judiciary will be more appropriate. Finally, let me comment on a matter that may cause a miscarriage of justice, and we of concern to all of us that has received much must be alert to the possibility that others may be attention in the media. I am speaking of the wrongly imprisoned. One innocent person who is writ of actual innocence issued on behalf of imprisoned is one person too many. Keith Allen Harward. I commend Olga Akselrod It is an honor to be your colleague. from the Innocence Project and Alice Armstrong Thank you for your service to the citizens of the from the O ce of the Attorney General for their Commonwealth. admirable cooperation in search of the truth. And the comprehensive reporting of Frank Green of the Richmond Times Dispatch deserves special acknowledgement. In recent years, the Supreme Court of Virginia has issued ve writs of actual innocence based upon biological evidence. Nationwide, according to the National Registry of Exonerations, there have been 1,778 exonerations since 1989. All of us who have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of the
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12 Supreme Court of Virginia O ce of the Executive Secretary
The Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) provides administrative assistance and direction to the courts of the Commonwealth and to Virginia’s magistrates through its eleven departments and various related programs. The OES includes the office of the Assistant Executive Secretary and Counsel, the Court Improvement Program, Educational Services, Fiscal Services, Historical Commission, Human Resources, Judicial Information Technology, Judicial Planning, Judicial Programs, Judicial Services, Legal Research, and Legislative & Public Relations. Karl Hade Executive Secretary Administration in Virginia’s Courts
Assistant Executive Secretary & Counsel Fiscal Services The Department of the Assistant Executive The Department of Fiscal Services is the Secretary & Counsel supports the Executive court system’s financial management center Secretary, particularly with legal matters for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, circuit involving OES or the judicial branch. court judges, general district and J&DR district courts, magistrates, the Judicial Inquiry and Court Improvement Program Review Commission, and the Virginia Criminal The office of the Court Improvement Program Sentencing Commission. is responsible for court activities relating to children and families and for the qualification of Human Resources lawyers as guardians ad litem for children and for The mission of the Human Resources incapacitated adults. Department is to attract, develop and retain the most highly proficient workforce that supports Educational Services the mission, vision, and goals of Virginia’s judicial The Educational Services Department’s system. We endeavor to address the diverse mission is to provide the Virginia judiciary human resources needs of Virginia’s judicial learning opportunities for continued personal system through guidance, consultation, and and professional growth. The department training. provides information and continuing education opportunities for judges, clerks, magistrates, substitute judges, special justices, and administrative hearing officers.
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Judicial Information Technology Magistrate Services The Department of Judicial Information The Department of Magistrate Services (DMS) Technology’s (DJIT) mission is to support has over 400 employees, including magistrates, Virginia’s Judiciary by providing and maintaining chief magistrates, magistrate regional supervisors reliable, effective, innovative, and timely technol- and other support staff. Magistrates provide an ogy solutions for the courts’ business processes. independent, unbiased review of complaints and petitions brought by law enforcement officers, other Judicial Planning government officials, and citizens. The Department of Judicial Planning develops and maintains an effective planning Educational Services capability within Virginia’s judicial system. Working with judicial policy-making bodies (such as the Judicial Council of Virginia and the Committee on District Courts), the Department One of the major activities of the Educational assists the Chief Justice and Supreme Court of Services Department is to develop, organize, con- Virginia in identifying present and future needs duct, and participate in conferences, orientation and developing and implementing innovative programs, and other special in-state educational programs and solutions that address those programs held annually. The following conferences needs. The Department is structurally divided were held during 2016: between planning function staff and staff dedicated to specific programmatic or special Judicial Conference of Virginia projects. Judicial Conference of Virginia for District Courts Conference for Virginia Circuit Court Clerks Judicial Services Conference for Virginia Magistrates The Department of Judicial Services (DJS) Conference for Virginia Hearing O cers serves as the liaison between the Judiciary’s Managing the Capital Case in Virginia Workshop administrative offices and the courts throughout Pre-Bench Orientation the Commonwealth, providing administrative Regional Meetings for Virginia Substitute Judges services through publications, trainings, field vis- its, and the research and support of various pro- Fiscal Snapshot FY2016 grams. The Department serves the courts of this Commonwealth through its six divisions: Circuit Court Services, General District Court Services, The General Assembly appropriated $435.3 Magistrate Services, Foreign Language Services, million for the judicial system for fiscal year 2016- Dispute Resolution Services, and Drug Treatment 2017. This constituted an increase of 5.3% from Court Services. the $413.3 million that was budgeted in fiscal year 2015-2016. These funds comprised one percent of Legal Research the total state biennium budget. The Legal Research Department provides Total judicial system expenditures in FY 2016 staff support and direct assistance to the Office totaled $421.2 million. Of the total judicial system of the Executive Secretary and the judiciary. expenditures, 69.7% or $293.5 million was for operational costs: personal services (salaries, wage Legislative & Public Relations and fringe benefits) totaled $256.3 million (or The Department of Legislative & Public 87.3% of operational costs) and automation needs, Relations manages legislative matters, and services, supplies, and equipment totaled $37.3 (or handles media and public relations for Virginia’s 12.7% of operational costs). Grant funds, Criminal Judicial System. Fund costs, and costs related to the involuntary mental commitment (IMC) process constituted the remainder ($127.6 million) of total court system expenditures in fiscal year 2016.
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Display 1 Display 2 Judiciary’s Share of 2015-2016 Judiciary’s Distribution of 2015-2016 Appropriations Appropriations
District Courts 55.5% Education Human & Health 35.7% Services 27.5%
Independent Agency 1.1%
Judiciary Court of Appeals Circuit 1.2% 2.3% Other Magistrates 25.9% Other Executive 1.2% 7.3% Supreme Court Agencies Transportation Public Safety 9.0% 14.0% 12.8% 5.6%
Display 3 Display 4 Circuit Court Expenditures 2015-2016 District Court Expenditures 2015-2016 Pre-trial, Trial, and Appellate Processes Pre-trial, Trial, and Appellate Processes Fringe Bene ts Criminal Fund 23.6% Mental 48.9% Commitments Criminal Fund 3.2% 26.7% Other 6.2%
Salaries 24.4% Other 9.6% Salaries Fringe Bene ts 40.2% 170%
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Table 1 Pre-Trial and Appellate Processes Fiscal Year 2016 Expenditures Supreme Court of Circuit District Magistrate % of Court Appeals Courts* Courts System Total Total
Personal Service Costs Salaries/Judges/Justices 1,525,944 2,140,058 26,019,572 36,199,230 0 65,884,804 25.7% Salaries/Other Employees 12,592,715 3,734,862 669,087 57,770,890 20,179,611 94,947,165 37.1% Wage 321,088 45,393 0 1,055,986 0 1,422,467 0.6% Substitute/Retired Judges 0 10,150 991,200 1,689,325 0 2,690,675 1.0% Fringe Benefits 6,002,938 2,779,989 18,597,205 55,102,430 8,838,677 91,321,239 35.6% Total 20,442,685 8,710,452 46,277,064 151,817,861 29,018,288 256,266,350 87.3%
CAIS/MIS 8,253,259 3,355 7,934,256 6,875,608 915,913 23,982,391 64.3% Services 2,041,298 275,700 1,193,929 2,852,349 698,826 7,062,102 18.9% Supplies/Equipment 585,125 39,866 349,992 1,708,792 222,548 2,906,323 7.8% Insurance/Rentals 2,403,171 481,784 45,786 358,355 39,276 3,328,372 8.9% Total 13,282,853 800,705 9,523,963 11,795,104 1,876,563 37,279,188 12.7% Total Operations 33,725,538 9,511,157 55,801,027 163,612,965 30,894,851 293,545,538 100.0%
Grant Activity 4,242,923 00004,242,923 3.3% Criminal Fund 39 4 53,411,797 62,425,174 0 115,837,014 90.8% Invol. Mental Commit. Fund 0 0 0 7,548,631 0 7,548,631 5.9% Total Other 4,242,962 4 53,411,797 69,973,805 0 127,628,568 100.0% GRAND TOTAL 37,968,500 9,511,161 109,212,824 233,586,770 30,894,851 421,174,106
Positions 154.6 69.1 165.0 1877.8 446.2 2714.7 *These gures do not include the state funds expended in support of the circuit court clerks’ o ces and their sta members. It also does not include locally funded positions. Table 2 Judicial Appropriations Expended Budgeted* Agency/Program FY 15-16 FY 16-17 Supreme Court Appellate Review 9,359,270 12,467,787 Law Library Services 1,027,488 993,184 General Management & Direction 26,482,577 30,054,739 Judicial Training 1,099,165 899,140 Total 37,968,500 46,553,095 Court of Appeals Appellate Review 9,511,161 9,569,436 Circuit Courts Trial Process 109,212,824 113,655,476 District Courts General 105,716,192 113,655,476 Trial Process Juvenile & Domestic Relations 98,200,029 95,397,113 Trial Process Combined 29,670,548 26,294,376 Trial Process District Courts Total 233,586,769 232,984,233 Magistrate System Pre-Trial Assistance 30,894,851 32,538,067 GRAND TOTAL 421,174,105 435,300,307
* 2016-18 Appropriations Act - Chapter 665
16 Supreme Court of Virginia Judicial Administration Grant Activity U.S. Department of Services for the Drug Court Grant activity in FY 2016 totaled $4.2 million. Programs in Virginia. Details of all grant activity The largest single expenditure of funds on are listed below. grant activities ($3,209,000) occurred with the
Grant Activity During Fiscal Year 2016 Expended thru Grant Number Title Duration Awarded FY2016 U.S. Department of Justice (Federal) 2010-WC-AX-K012 Pulaski Protective Order 9/1/2010-06/30/17 $100,000 $68,062 2010-RM-BX-004 Norfolk, Second Chance Act 9/1/2010-09/30/15 $464,405 $464,405 2012-DC-BX-0050 Advancing Virginia’s Drug Cts 10/01/12-09/30/16 $1,500,000 $1,206,564
#60118 Drug Court Programs in VA each fiscal yr $3,209,000 $3,044,710 (non federal) prior yr carry fwd $379,441 $155,170
U.S. Dept Health & Human Svc G-1401VASCIP CIP-Basic 10/01/13-09/30/15 $232,918 $75,217 G-1401VASCIT CIP-Training 10/01/13-09/30/15 $206,757 $48,770 G-1401VASCID CIP-Data Sharing 10/01/13-09/30/15 $206,757 $146,619 G-1501VASCIP CIP-Basic 10/01/14-09/30/16 $233,704 $143,554 G-1501VASCIT CIP-Training 10/01/14-09/30/16 $207,338 $35,038 G-1501VASCID CIP-Data Sharing 10/01/14-09/30/16 $207,338 $56,813 G-1601VASCIP CIP-Basic 10/01/15-09/30/17 $235,204 $0 G-1601VASCIT CIP-Training 10/01/15-09/30/17 $208,900 $0 G-1601VASCID CIP-Data Sharing 10/01/15-09/30/17 $208,900 $0
VA Dept Crim Justice Svc #15-M4161VA14 VSTOP/I-CAN 01/01/15-03/30/16 $137,349 $137,349 #16-N4161VA15 VSTOP/I-CAN 01/01/16-06/30/17 $137,349 $30,744
VA Dept Motor Vehicles 55021-5760 Enhanced Traffic Records 10/01/14-09/30/15 $37,700 $27,820 55313-6052 Reduce Driver-related crash 10/01/14-09/30/15 $106,000 $81,568 55274-6013 Impaired driver training 10/01/14-09/30/15 $92,101 $3,953 55428-6167 Judicial Outreach 10/01/14-09/30/15 $71,250 $19,794 55436-6184 Judicial Outreach 10/01/14-09/30/15 $23,750 $4,295 56268-6468 Reduce Driver-related crash 10/01/14-09/30/15 $105,600 $73,392 56207-6407 Judicial Outreach 10/01/15-09/30/16 $71,250 $19,700 56222-6422 Judicial Outreach 10/01/15-09/30/16 $23,750 $7,841
VA Dept of State Police 2011-NS-BX-K007 NARIP Equip. grant (extended) 10/01/11-09/30/14 $481,850 $277,318 2011-MU-BX-K157 FY2011 NCHIP (extended) 10/01/11-09/30/13 $66,888 $30,875 2012-RU-BX-K006 FY2012 NCHIP (extended) 10/01/12-06/30/14 $76,800 $41,800 2013-DG-BX-K018 FY2013 NCHIP 10/01/13-09/30/16 $164,806 $34,912 2014-RU-BX-K033 FY2014 NCHIP 10/01/14-09/30/16 $301,879 $0
State Justice Institute Grants 70022 SJI Distance Learning Worksh 06/01/15-05/01/16 $16,976 $16,508
VA Dept Soc Services #CSE-15-026 MOU SCV and DSS 10/01/14-09/30/15 $148,619 $148,619 #CSE-15-026 MOU SCV and DSS 10/01/15-09/30/16 $148,619 $85,000
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 17 Judicial Administration Utilization of Substitute and Retired substitute judges and recall retired judges to Recalled Judges in the District Courts assist in the processing of cases. During 2016, the total cost of the utilization of substitute In order to meet demands placed upon the and retired recalled judges in the district courts courts when a vacancy exists on the bench, totaled about $1.7 million for a total of 7,638 when a sitting judge is asked to fulfill certain days (30.6 full-time equivalency positions) administrative duties, or when a sitting judge equating to an average of 31.1 days per district must disqualify or recuse himself or herself in court judge. conflict cases, the district courts must call upon Table 3 Utilization of Substitute and Retired Recalled Judges* January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
General District Courts J&DR District Courts Comb. District Courts District Court Totals RR Sub Total RR Sub Total RR Sub Total Total Total Util Curr Days/ Dist Days Days Cost ($) Days Days Cost($) Days Days Cost($) Days Cost($) FTE FTE Judge 1 40.0 37.5 17,500 17.0 108.0 25,600 0.0 0.0 0.0 202.5 43,100 0.8 7.0 28.9 2 51.0 61.5 25,050 90.0 108.0 44,100 0.0 0.0 0.0 310.5 69,150 1.2 14.0 22.2 3 38.0 55.0 20,500 2.0 97.0 19,900 0.0 0.0 0.0 192 40,400 0.8 6.0 32.0 4 276.0 64.0 81,800 62.0 114.0 38,300 0.0 0.0 0.0 516 120,100 2.1 10.0 51.6 5 39.0 34.5 16,650 9.0 59.5 14,150 21.0 18.0 8,600 181 39,400 0.7 5.0 36.2 6 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 62.0 88.0 33,100 150 33,100 0.6 6.0 25.0 7 63.0 43.0 24,350 78.0 17.0 22,900 0.0 0.0 0.0 201 47,250 0.8 8.0 25.1 8 171.0 26.0 47,950 29.0 22.0 11,650 0.0 0.0 0.0 248 59,600 1.0 5.0 49.6 9 32.0 28.5 13,450 110.0 35.0 34,500 3.0 0.5 600 209 48,550 0.8 6.0 34.8 10 3.0 23.5 5,450 16.0 16.0 7,200 7.0 20.5 5,850 86 18,500 0.3 6.0 14.3 11 19.0 4.0 5,550 0.0 14.0 2,800 51.0 26.0 17,950 114 26,300 0.5 5.0 22.8 12 82.0 45.5 29,600 17.0 179.5 39,900 0.0 0.0 0.0 324 69,500 1.3 11.0 29.5 13 40.0 66.5 23,300 135.0 75.5 48,850 0.0 0.0 0.0 317 72,150 1.3 10.0 31.7 14 146.0 28.0 42,100 19.0 88.0 22,350 0.0 0.0 0.0 281 64,450 1.1 10.0 28.1 15 147.0 97.5 56,250 78.0 118.0 43,100 26.0 35.5 13,600 502 112,950 2.0 16.0 31.4 16 65.0 14.0 19,050 31.0 24.0 12,550 65.0 26.0 21,450 225 53,050 0.9 9.0 25.0 17 40.0 49.5 19,900 19.0 22.0 9,150 0.0 0.0 0.0 130.5 29,050 0.5 5.0 26.1 18 29.0 37.0 14,650 8.0 39.5 9,900 0.0 0.0 0.0 113.5 24,550 0.5 4.0 28.4 19 172.0 79.0 58,800 36.0 199.0 48,800 0.0 0.0 0.0 486 107,600 1.9 17.0 28.6 20 118.0 81.5 43,050 34.0 73.5 23,200 7.0 3.0 2,350 317 68,600 1.3 7.0 45.3 21 76.0 91.5 37,300 44.0 0.0 10,875 0.0 0.0 0.0 211.5 48,175 0.8 3.0 70.5 22 52.0 0.0 13,000 42.0 8.0 11,975 0.0 0.0 0.0 102 24,975 0.4 6.0 17.0 23 163.0 67.0 53,275 74.0 26.0 23,700 47.0 10.5 13,225 387.5 90,200 1.6 9.0 43.1 24 107.0 4.5 27,650 86.0 43.5 30,200 0.0 0.0 0.0 241 57,850 1.0 8.0 30.1 25 47.0 73.0 26,350 31.0 119.5 31,650 45.0 53.5 45,200 469 103,200 1.9 7.0 67.0 26 85.0 21.0 25,450 76.0 79.5 34,900 0.0 0.0 0.0 261.5 60,350 1.0 11.0 23.8 27 190.0 19.5 51,400 11.0 59.0 14,550 30.0 45.5 16,600 355 82,550 1.4 9.0 39.4 28 42.0 18.5 14,200 9.0 19.5 6,150 0.0 0.0 0.0 89 20,350 0.4 5.0 17.8 29 2.0 13.5 3,200 1.0 5.5 1,350 7.0 23.5 6,450 52.5 11,000 0.2 5.0 10.5 30 2.0 3.5 1,200 0.0 26.0 5,200 17.0 20.5 8,350 69 14,750 0.3 4.0 17.3 31 68.0 14.5 19,900 96.0 80.5 40,100 0.0 0.0 0.0 259 60,000 1.0 10.0 25.9 32 (2A) 16.0 3.0 4,600 4.0 11.5 3,300 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.5 7,900 0.1 2.0 17.3 Total 2421.0 1205.5 $842,475.00 1264.0 1888.0 692,850 488.0 371.0 193,325 7637.5 $1,728,650 30.6 246.0 31.1
*Substitute/retired recalled judge days include days where a substitute judge was called upon to sit because of an existing vacancy on the bench.
18 Supreme Court of Virginia Judicial Administration Utilization of Retired Recalled Judges adequate resources when temporary judicial in the Circuit Courts vacancies exist. In order to meet these demands placed upon the courts, the circuit courts during The circuit courts also face the need to 2016 utilized retired judges for 3,845 days. This recall retired judges from time to time to assist represented 15.4 full-time equivalent positions. with the caseloads of the courts and provide
Table 4 Utilization of Retired Recalled Circuit Judges* Days Utilized and Expenditures January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016 Total Total Current Utilized Circuit Days Cost FTE FTE 1 324 81,000 4 1.3 2 52 13,000 9 0.2 3 69 17,250 4 0.3 4 95 23,750 8 0.4 5 166 41,500 3 0.7 6 96 24,000 2 0.4 7 71 17,750 5 0.3 8 167 41,750 3 0.7 9 246 61,500 4 1.0 10 105 26,250 4 0.4 11 23 5,750 3 0.1 12 119 29,750 6 0.5 13 238 59,500 7 1.0 14 12 3,000 5 0.1 15 323 80,750 11 1.3 16 306 76,500 5 1.2 17 88 22,000 3 0.4 18 68 17,000 3 0.3 19 118 29,500 14 0.5 20 311 77,750 5 1.2 21 38 9,500 3 0.2 22 28 7,000 4 0.1 23 40 10,000 5 0.2 24 56 14,000 5 0.2 25 328 81,750 5 1.3 26 29 7,250 8 0.1 27 60 15,000 6 0.2 28 57 14,250 3 0.2 29 16 4,000 5 0.1 30 12 3,000 4 0.1 31 164 41,000 6 0.7 32 (2A) 20 5,000 0 0.1 Total 3,845 961,000 162 15.4
*Substitute/retired recalled judge days include days where a substitute judge was called upon to sit because of an existing vacancy on the bench.
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 19 Judicial Administration Awards and Honors Senior Justice Koontz is a recipient of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Distinguished Service Award. Senior Justice Koontz has also served as a member of the Board of Governors, Family Law The Honorable Harry L. Carrico Section, Virginia State Bar, and as a faculty mem- Outstanding Career Service Award ber of the Virginia State Bar’s Professionalism Course. In 2004, the Judicial Council of Virginia cre-
ated an Outstanding Career Service Award in honor of the Honorable Harry L. Carrico, retired Chief Justice of Virginia. This award is presented annually to one who, over an extended career, demonstrates exceptional leadership in the administration of the courts while exhibiting the traits of integrity, courtesy, impartiality, wisdom, and humility. In 2016, the award was bestowed upon the Honorable Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. A native of Roanoke, Virginia, Senior Justice Koontz received his undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech and his law degree from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. Senior Justice Koontz was appointed to the Roanoke Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in 1967, where he served until 1976, when he was elected a judge of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit. In 1985, Senior Justice Koontz was elected a judge of the newly formed Court of Appeals of Virginia and served as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for eight years from 1985 to 1993. First elected to a 12-year term on the Supreme Court of Virginia in 1995, Senior Justice Koontz retired from the Court and took Senior Justice status in 2011. During his career, Senior Justice Koontz served as a president of the Virginia Juvenile Judges Association, the Roanoke Valley Mental Health Association, the first President of the Ted Dalton Inn of Court (Roanoke area), and as a member of the Judicial Council of Virginia.
20 Supreme Court of Virginia Judicial Policy-Making Bodies, Commissions, and Study Groups
Judicial Council of Virginia Committees of the Judicial Council of Virginia Committees of the Judicial Conference of Virginia Committee on District Courts Committees of the Judicial Conference of Virginia for District Courts Access to Justice Commission Advisory Committee on Domestic Violence Issues in Virginia’s Courts State Drug Treatment Court Advisory Committee
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 21 Judicial Council of Virginia
The Judicial Council of Virginia is charged The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is with the responsibility for making a continuous presiding officer for the Council whose membership study of the organization, rules and methods of includes one Court of Appeals judge, six circuit procedure and practice of the judicial system of the court judges, one general district court judge, one Commonwealth. It is also responsible for examining juvenile and domestic relations district court judge, the work accomplished and results produced by the two attorneys qualified to practice in the Supreme system and its individual offices and courts. A report Court and the Chairmen of the Committees for of the proceedings and recommendations of the Courts of Justice in the Virginia Senate and House Council is made to the General Assembly and to the of Delegates. Council members are appointed by Supreme Court on an annual basis. the Chief Justice and serve for four years or at the pleasure of the Chief Justice.
The Honorable Donald W. Lemons, Chief Justice, Chair The Honorable Glen A. Huff, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Virginia The Honorable Jerrauld C. Jones, Judge The Honorable Joseph W. Milam, Jr., Judge The Honorable Nolan B. Dawkins, Judge The Honorable Cheryl V. Higgins, Judge The Honorable Clifford L. Athey, Jr., Judge The Honorable Tammy S. McElyea, Judge The Honorable Deborah V. Bryan, Judge The Honorable William H. Cleaveland, Judge The Honorable Mark D. Obenshain, Member, Senate of Virginia The Honorable William J. Howell*, Speaker , Virginia House of Delegates The Honorable David B. Albo, Member, Virginia House of Delegates Richard Cullen, Esquire Monica Taylor Monday, Esquire Lucia Anna Trigiani, Esquire* Karl R. Hade, Executive Secretary
(As of March 2016)
*By Invitation of the Chief Justice
22 Supreme Court of Virginia Committees of the Judicial Council of Virginia Executive Committee The Honorable Donald W. Lemons, Chief Justice The Honorable Glen A. Huff, Chief Judge The Honorable Jerrauld C. Jones, Judge The Honorable Cheryl V. Higgins, Judge Judicial Administration The Honorable Joseph W. Milam, Jr. (Chair) The Honorable Nolan B. Dawkins The Honorable Deborah V. Bryan Lucia Anna Trigiani, Esq.
(As of November 2016)
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 23 Committees of the Judicial Conference of Virginia The Judicial Conference of Virginia was Justices and judges of these courts. The Chief organized to discuss and to consider means and Justice serves as President of the Conference. methods of improving the administration of Six circuit court judges, one Court of Appeals justice in the Commonwealth. Active members judge and one retired judge are elected to serve include the Chief Justice and Justices of the on the Conference’s Executive Committee. The Supreme Court, all judges of the Court of Conference conducts its business through nine Appeals and the circuit courts and all retired standing committees.
Executive Committee The Honorable Donald W. Lemons, Chief Justice, Chair The Honorable Glen A. Huff, Chief Judge The Honorable Cleo E. Powell*, Justice The Honorable Thomas J. Wilson, IV The Honorable Louise M. DiMatteo The Honorable Paul W. Cella The Honorable Mary Jane Hall The Honorable C. Randall Lowe The Honorable John T. Cook The Honorable Pamela Baskervill
Judicial Administration Judicial Education The Honorable Lisa B. Kemler, Judge, Chair, The Honorable Beverly W. Snukals, Chair The Honorable Sage B. Johnson, The Honorable Rossie D. Alston, Jr. The Honorable Marla Graff Decker, The Honorable Daniel R. Bouton The Honorable Cheryl V. Higgins, The Honorable Kimberley S. White The Honorable Bonnie L. Jones, The Honorable Nolan B. Dawkins The Honorable Gary A. Hicks, ) The Honorable Steven C. Mahan The Honorable Joseph W. Milam, Jr., The Honorable Lorraine Nordlund The Honorable Bruce D. White, The Honorable Deanis L. Simmons
(As of November 2016)
*By Invitation of the Chief Justice
24 Supreme Court of Virginia Committee on District Courts
The Committee on District Courts was Membership of the Committee includes created to assist the Chief Justice in the the Chairmen of the Committees for Courts of administrative supervision of Virginia’s unified Justice in the Senate and House of Delegates, court system. Among the statutorily mandated two members of each of the Courts of Justice responsibilities of the CDC are recommending Committees appointed by the respective new judgeships and certifying the need to Chairmen, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, fill district court vacancies, authorizing the the Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia, one number of clerks, magistrates and personnel circuit court judge, two general district court in each district, establishing guidelines and judge and two juvenile and domestic relations policies for court system personnel and fixing district court judge. These judicial members are salary classification schedules for district court appointed by the Chief Justice and serve at his personnel and magistrates. pleasure. Executive Committee The Honorable Donald W. Lemons, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia, Chair The Honorable Michael E. McGinty, Judge Ninth Judicial Circuit The Honorable Pamela O’Berry, Judge, Twelfth Judicial District The Honorable Thomas K. Norment, Jr., Member, Senate of Virginia The Honorable David B. Albo, Member, House of Delegates Members The Honorable Michael E. McGinty, Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit (2nd term expires 8/31/19) The Honorable Tanya Bullock, Judge, Second Judicial District (1st term expires 2/28/19) The Honorable Clarence E. Phillips, Judge, Thirtieth Judicial District (1st term expires 6/30/17) The Honorable Pamela O’Berry, Judge, Twelfth Judicial District (2nd term expires 9/30/19) The Honorable Uley N. Damiani, Judge, Eighteenth Judicial District (1st term expires 6/30/17) The Honorable Ryan T. McDougle, Member, Senate of Virginia The Honorable Thomas K. Norment, Jr., Member, Senate of Virginia The Honorable Mark D. Obenshain, Member, Senate of Virginia The Honorable Richard H. Stuart, Member, Senate of Virginia The Honorable William J. Howell, Speaker of the House The Honorable David B. Albo, Member, House of Delegates The Honorable Charniele L. Herring, member, House of Delegates Karl R. Hade, Executive Secretary
The Committee is fortunate to have the capable assistance of three Advisory Committees. In combination, these com- mittees provide expertise in every facet of court operation and provide invaluable advice concerning the establishment of administrative policy.
JUDGES ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Honorable Pamela Brooks, Judge, Twentieth Judicial District 11/1/16-10/31/18 (2nd term) The Honorable J. William Watson, Jr., Judge, Tenth Judicial District 11/1/16–10/31/18 (1st term) CLERKS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE Ms. Dana Franklin, Clerk, Prince Edward Combined District Courts 11/1/16-10/31/18 (2nd term) Ms. Christopher Eric Barr, Clerk, Fairfax General District Court 11/1/16–10 /31/18 (1st term) Ms. Ginger L. Webb, Clerk, Buena Vista Combined District Courts 11/1/16-10/31/18 (2nd term) MAGISTRATES’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. Sean P. Dolan, Chief Magistrate, Fifth Judicial District 11/1/16 –10/31/18 (1st term) Mr. Victor Harrison, Chief Magistrate, Eleventh Judicial District 11/1/16-10/31/18 (2nd term) (As of October 2016)
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 25 Committees of the Judicial Conference of Virginia for District Courts The Judicial Conference of Virginia and domestic relations district courts. Seven for District Courts is similar to the Judicial district court judges are elected to serve on the Conference for circuit courts in its mission and Executive Committee of the Conference. The responsibilities. Membership includes the Chief Conference has a committee structure similar to Justice, who serves as President and all active the Judicial Conference of Virginia. judges of the general district and juvenile
Executive Committee The Honorable Donald W. Lemons, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia, Chair
General District Juvenile & Domestic Relations The Honorable Pamela O’Berry, Judge The Honorable Rufus A. Banks, Jr., Judge The Honorable Gordon S. Vincent., Chief Judge The Honorable Anita D. Filson, Judge The Honorable Randal J. Duncan., Judge The Honorable Denis F. Soden, Judge The Honorable Lisa A. Mayne, Judge The Honorable Elizabeth S. Wills, Judge Retired Judge The Honorable Philip Trompeter, Retired Judge
Judge Education Nominations, Resolutions & Memorials General District General District The Honorable J. Frank Buttery, Jr., Judge The Honorable Jacqueline Ward Talevi, Chief Judge, Chair The Honorable Gino W. Williams, Chief Judge The Honorable Michael J. Cassidy, Chief Judge The Honorable Tonya Henderson-Stith, Judge The Honorable Phillip L. Hairston, Judge The Honorable Becky J. Moore, Chief Judge The Honorable Roxie O. Holder, Judge Juvenile & Domestic Relations The Honorable Ellen White, Judge, Chair Juvenile & Domestic Relations The Honorable Michael J. Bush, Chief Judge The Honorable Michelle J. Atkins, Judge The Honorable Barry G. Logsdon, Judge The Honorable Elizabeth Kellas Burton, Chief Judge The Honorable Denis F. Soden, Judge The Honorable R. Michael McKenney, Judge The Honorable Florence A. Powell, Judge Law Revision General District The Honorable J. Gregory Ashwell, Chief Judge The Honorable William H. Cleaveland, Judge The Honorable Colleen K. Killilea, Judge Juvenile & Domestic Relations The Honorable D. Gregory Carr, Judge, Chair The Honorable Robert S. Brewbaker, Jr., Judge The Honorable Marilynn C. Goss, Chief Judge The Honorable Frank W. Somerville, Chief Judge
(As of January 2016)
26 Supreme Court of Virginia Access to Justice Commission
Chair The Honorable S. Bernard Goodwyn, Justice Supreme Court of Virginia Co-Chair John Whitfield, Executive Director Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc.
Commission Members
Carl Ayers, Director Virginia Department of Social Services The Honorable Mary B. Malveaux, Judge Court of Appeals of Virginia Mark D. Braley, Executive Director Legal Services Corporation of Virginia James V. Meath, Attorney Williams Mullen Andrea L. Bridgeman, Associate General Counsel Freddie Mac Lonnie D. Nunley, Attorney Hunton & Williams, LLP The Honorable Deborah V. Bryan, Judge Virginia Beach Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Scott C. Oostdyk, Attorney McGuireWoods Tara L. Casey, Director for Pro Bono Service, University of Richmond Daniel E. Ortiz, Attorney Blankingship and Keith, P.C. Karl A. Doss, Director Access to Legal Services, Virginia State Bar Stephen Otero, Vice President/Sr. Associate General Counsel Capital One Larry T. Harley, Executive Director Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc. Gail Warren, State Law Librarian Supreme Court of Virginia The Honorable Chaz W. Haywood, Clerk of Court Rockingham County Circuit Court Ray White, Executive Director Virginia Law Foundation The Honorable Tonya Henderson-Stith, Judge Hampton General District Court
(As of December 2016)
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 27 Advisory Committee on Domestic Violence State Drug Treatment Court Issues in Virginia’s Courts Advisory Committee
Committee Chair The Honorable Avelina S. Jacob, Chief Judge Loudoun County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
Committee Members Office of the Executive Secretary Committee Staff:
The Honorable Mary Jane Hall, Judge Cyril W. Miller, Jr., Director Norfolk Circuit Court Department of Judicial Planning
The Honorable Tonya Henderson-Stith, Chief Judge Madelynn Herman, Sr. Domestic Violence Program Analyst Hampton General District Court Department of Judicial Planning
The Honorable Cressondra B. Conyers Gloucester J&DR District Court Office of the Executive Secretary Staff:
The Honorable J. Bruce Strickland, Judge Caroline Kirkpatrick, Director Stafford County General District Court Department of Judicial Education
The Honorable Richard S. Wallerstein, Jr., Judge Eileen Smith, Staff Attorney Henrico County Circuit Court Department of Legal Research
The Honorable Claude V. Worrell, Judge Kristi Wright, Director Charlottesville J&DR District Court Department of Legislative and Public Relations
Thomas R. Cahill, Chief Magistrate Second Judicial District
Heather A. Page, Chief Magistrate Twenty-fourth Judicial District
Wendy S. Hughes, Clerk of Court Chesterfield County Circuit Court
Nancy Lynn Tierney, Clerk of Court King George Combined District Court
Mary Alice Trimble, Clerk of Court Charlottesville General District Court
Karl R. Hade, Executive Secretary Supreme Court of Virginia
28 Supreme Court of Virginia Advisory Committee on Domestic Violence State Drug Treatment Court Issues in Virginia’s Courts Advisory Committee Committee Chair The Honorable Donald W. Lemons, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia, Chair
Committee Members Greg Hopkins, Vice President The Honorable Jerrauld C. Jones, Judge, Vice Chair* Virginia Drug Court Association Norfolk Circuit Court Bettina Coghill Karl R. Hade, Executive Secretary* Virginia Community Criminal Justice Assoc. O ce of the Executive Secretary Cheryl Robinette, Coordinator The Honorable Jack Hurley, Judge* Tazewell Adult Drug Court Tazewell Circuit Court Natale Ward Christian, Executive Director The Honorable Charles S. Sharp, Judge* Hampton/Newport News CSB Sta ord Circuit Court Virginia Association of Community Services Boards
Susan Morrow, President* The Honorable Lavraia Jenkins, Commonwealth’s Attorney Virginia Drug Court Association Fredericksburg Commonwealth’s Attornys Association Major Steve Thompson Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police The Honorable Chadwick S. Dotson, Judge Wise Circuit Court The Honorable Jack Weisenburger Virginia Sheri ’s Association The Honorable Barry Logsdon, Judge Newport News J&DR District Court The Honorable Llezelle Dugger, Clerk Charlottesville Circuit Court Deron Phipps, Policy & Planning Director Department of Juvenile Justice Anna Burton, SA Program Manager Department of Corrections Anne Kiser, Family Service Project Manager Virginia Departmne of Social Services The Honorable Louise DiMatteo, Judge Arlington Circuit Court O ce of the Executive Secretary Sta
Julie Truitt, Program Manager Paul DeLosh, Director Department of Behavioral Health and Judicial Services Department Developmental Services Anna T. Powers, State Drug Court Coordinator The Honorable Frederick G. Rockwell, III, Judge Judicial Services Department Chester eld Circuit Court Brittney Journigan, Drug Court Data Analyst Angela Coleman, Executive Director Judicial Services Department Commission on Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program Regina Glaser, Drug Court Analyst Fran Ecker, Director Judicial Services Department Department of Criminal Justice Services
Maria Jankowski, Deputy Director Virginia Indigent Defense Commission *Executive Committee Member
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 29 30 Supreme Court of Virginia Virginia’s Judges and Magistrates
Information About Virginia’s Judges
The Justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia The Judges of Virginia’s District Courts are are elected by a majority vote of each House of elected by a majority vote of each House of the the General Assembly for a term of twelve years. General Assembly for terms of six years. Vacan- Interim appointments are made by the Governor cies in district court judgeships occurring when subject to election by the General Assembly at the General Assembly is not in session are lled the next regular session. By law, the Chief Justice by the circuit court judges of the corresponding is selected by a vote of the seven members of the circuit. The judges so appointed must be elected Court. by the next session of the General Assembly. Each The Court of Appeals Judges are elected by a district has a Chief General District Court Judge majority vote of each House of the General As- and a Chief Juvenile & Domestic Relations District sembly. They serve for eight-year terms. Interim Court Judge, both elected by peer vote for a two- appointments are made by the Governor subject to year term. The Chief Judge is the administrative election by the General Assembly at the next regu- head of the respective courts in the district and is lar session. The Chief Judge is elected by a vote of responsible for the management of the courts. the eleven judges for a term of four years. The Judges of the Circuit Courts are elected and receive interim appointments in the same manner as the Court of Appeals Judges. The Chief Judge of the circuit is elected for a two-year term by a vote of the judges serving in the circuit.
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 31 Justices of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Virginia Court of Appeals of Virginia Date Commenced Present Term
Donald W. Lemons, Chief Justice 3/16/2000 3/16/2012-3/15/2024 S. Bernard Goodwyn 10/10/2007 2/1/2008-1/31/2020 LeRoy F. Millette, Jr. 8/18/2008 2/1/2009-1/31/2021 William C. Mims 4/1/2010 4/1/2010-3/31/2022 Elizabeth A. McClanahan 8/1/2011 8/1/2011-7/31/2023 Cleo E. Powell 8/1/2011 8/1/2011-7/31/2023 D. Arthur Kelsey 2/1/2015 2/1/2015-1/31/2027 Stephen R. McCullough 3/3/2016 3/3/2016-3/2/2028
SENIOR JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA Charles S. Russell Elizabeth B. Lacy Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr. LeRoy F. Millette, Jr.
CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA Patricia L. Harrington
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Karl R. Hade
(As of December 31, 2016)
32 Supreme Court of Virginia Judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia
Present Term
Glen A. Huff, Chief Judge 8/1/2016-7/31/2019 Robert J. Humphreys 4/16/2016-4/15/2024 William G. Petty 3/16/2014-3/15/2022 Randolph A. Beales 4/16/2014-4/15/2022 Rossie D. Alston, Jr. 3/1/2009-2/28/2017 Teresa M. Chafin 6/1/2012-5/31/2020 Marla Graff Decker 2/1/2014-1/31/2022 Richard Y. AtLee, Jr. 2/1/2015-1/31/2023 Mary Grace O’Brien 2/1/2015-1/31/2023 Wesley G. Russell, Jr. 2/1/2015-1/31/2023 Mary B. Malveaux 4/16/2016-4/15/2024
SENIOR JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Rudolph Bumgardner, III Jean Harrison Clements James W. Haley, Jr. Robert P. Frank Walter S. Felton, Jr.
CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Cynthia L. McCoy
(As of December 31, 2016)
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 33 Judicial Boundaries
Frederick Winchester Clarke Loudoun Arlington 26 Warren 17 Shenandoah 20 19 Alexandria Fauquier 31 Fairfax 18 Rappahannock Prince William Rockingham Page Culpeper Harrisonburg Madison Stafford Highland Greene FredericksburgKing George Orange AugustaStaunton Spotsylvania 25 Westmoreland Waynesboro Bath Charlottesville Caroline Louisa 15 Albemarle Richmond Rockbridge Essex Alleghany Fluvanna Northumberland Lexington 9 Covington Nelson 16 Hanover King and Queen Accomack Buena Vista Goochland King William Lancaster Amherst Richmond Middlesex Botetourt Buckingham Powhatan Cumberland New Kent Craig 24 Henrico14 Mathews Chesterfield13 Lynchburg Appomattox Gloucester 2 Roanoke Bedford Amelia Charles City Giles James City Northampton Buchanan Salem Colonial12 Heights Hopewell Campbell Williamsburg MontgomeryRoanoke23 Bedford Prince Edward Petersburg Bland 27 Nottoway York Dickenson Tazewell Radford Prince GeorgeSurry Pulaski Dinwiddie Wise 29 Charlotte Newport News7 Hampton8 Franklin Lunenburg 11 Norfolk Norton Russell Wythe Floyd 22 Sussex Isle of Wight Smyth 10 4 Pittsylvania Virginia Beach Halifax Brunswick 6 5 Portsmouth3 Washington Carroll 21 30 Scott Mecklenburg Emporia Suffolk Lee 28 Grayson Galax Patrick Martinsville Franklin Greensville Bristol Henry Danville Southampton Chesapeake1 Circuits (31) Circuits (31) Localities Localities Districts (32) Districts (32) 1 Chesapeake 16 Albemarle, Charlottesville, Culpeper, 2 (Circuit) Virginia Beach, Accomack, Northampton Fluvanna, Goochland, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Orange 2 (District) Virginia Beach 17 Arlington, Falls Church 2A (District) Accomack, Northampton 18 Alexandria 3 Portsmouth 19 Fairfax City, Fairfax County 4 Norfolk 20 Fauquier, Loudoun, Rappahannock 5 Franklin City, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Su olk 21 Henry, Martinsville, Patrick 6 Brunswick, Emporia, Greensville, 22 Danville, Franklin County, Pittsylvania Hopewell, Prince George, Surry, Sussex 23 Roanoke City, Roanoke County, Salem 7 Newport News 24 Amherst, Bedford City, Bedford County, 8 Hampton Campbell, Lynchburg, Nelson 9 Charles City, Gloucester, James City, 25 Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, King & Queen, King William, Mathews, Buena Vista, Covington, Craig, Highland, Middlesex, New Kent, Poquoson, Lexington, Rockbridge, Staunton, Williamsburg, York Waynesboro 10 Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, 26 Clarke, Frederick, Harrisonburg, Page, Cumberland, Halifax, Lunenburg, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren, Mecklenburg, Prince Edward Winchester 11 Amelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, 27 Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Galax, Giles, Grayson, Petersburg, Powhatan Montgomery, Pulaski, Radford, Wythe 12 Chester eld, Colonial Heights 28 Bristol, Smyth, Washington 13 Richmond City 29 Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, Tazewell 14 Henrico 30 Lee, Norton, Scott, Wise 15 Caroline, Essex, Fredericksburg, Hanover, 31 Manassas, Manassas Park, Prince William King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond County, Spotsylvania, Sta ord, Westmoreland
34 Supreme Court of Virginia Circuit Court Judges
(As of December 31, 2016)
First Judicial Circuit Eighth Judicial Circuit Marjorie T. Arrington 5/01/2016-4/30/2024 Christopher W. Hutton 9/01/2011-8/31/2019 John W. Brown 5/01/2016-4/30/2024 Bonnie L. Jones 3/01/2009-2/28/2017 Randall D. Smith* 3/01/2013-2/28/2021 Wilford Taylor, Jr.* 7/01/2011-6/30/2019 Timothy S. Wright 1/01/2015-12/31/2022 Ninth Judicial Circuit Second Judicial Circuit B. Elliott Bondurant 1/01/2015-12/31/2022 Glenn R. Croshaw 8/01/2011-7/31/2019 Michael E. McGinty* 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 Steven C. Frucci 2/01/2014-1/31/2022 Richard H. Rizk 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 James Clayton Lewis 1/01/2015-12/31/2022 Jeffrey W. Shaw 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 W. Revell Lewis, III 8/01/2011-7/31/2019 Leslie L. Lilley 3/01/2009-2/28/2017 Tenth Judicial Circuit Stephen C. Mahan 10/01/2010-9/30/2018 Donald Carl Blessing 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 William R. O’Brien* 2/01/2013-1/31/2021 S. Anderson Nelson 7/01/2016-6/30/2024 H. Thomas Padrick, Jr. 2/13/2014-2/12/2022 Leslie M. Osborn* 4/01/2016-3/31/2024 A. Bonwill Shockley 3/16/2016-3/15/2024 Kimberley S. White 2/01/2013-1/31/2021
Third Judicial Circuit Eleventh Judicial Circuit Kenneth R. Melvin 2/01/2010-1/31/2018 Paul W. Cella* 7/01/2011-6/30/2019 William S. Moore, Jr.* 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Dennis M. Martin, Sr. 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Johnny E. Morrison 2/01/2015-1/31/2023 Joseph M. Teefey, Jr. 1/01/2015-12/31/2022
Fourth Judicial Circuit Twelfth Judicial Circuit Michelle J. Atkins 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Lynn S. Brice 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 John R. Doyle, III* 2/01/2009-1/31/2017 Timothy J. Hauler* 7/01/2009-6/30/2017 Junius P. Fulton, III 2/01/2013-1/31/2021 David E. Johnson 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Mary Jane Hall 3/01/2009-2/28/2017 Steven C. McCallum 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 Jerrauld C. Jones 2/01/2009-1/31/2017 Edward A. Robbins, Jr. 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 David W. Lannetti 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Frederick G. Rockwell, III 5/01/2010-4/30/2018 Everett A. Martin, Jr. 3/16/2011-3/15/2019 Joseph A. Migliozzi, Jr. 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Bradley B. Cavedo 2/01/2011-1/31/2019 Fifth Judicial Circuit Phillip L. Hairston 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Carl Edward Eason, Jr.* 2/01/2011-1/31/2019 C. N. Jenkins, Jr.* 10/01/2014-9/30/2022 Lawson Wayne Farmer 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 William R Marchant 1/01/2015-12/31/2022 Robert H. Sandwich, Jr. 2/01/2014-1/31/2022 Gregory L. Rupe 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 Beverly W. Snukals 4/01/2010-3/31/2018 Sixth Judicial Circuit Joi Jeter Taylor 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Nathan Curtis Lee 2/01/2013-1/31/2021 W. Allan Sharrett* 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Lee A. Harris, Jr. 8/01/2014-7/31/2022 Seventh Judicial Circuit Gary A. Hicks 2/01/2016-1/31/2024 Timothy S. Fisher 2/01/2014-1/31/2022 John Marshall 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Gary A. Mills 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Richard S. Wallerstein, Jr. 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 David F. Pugh 4/01/2011-3/31/2019 James Stephen Yoffy* 7/01/2011-6/30/2019 Bryant L. Sugg* 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 C. Peter Tench 4/01/2011-3/31/2019 *Chief Judge
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 35 Circuit Court Judges
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Twenty-first Judicial Circuit Sarah L. Deneke 7/01/2011-6/30/2019 Martin F. Clark, Jr. 5/01/2011-4/30/2019 Joseph J. Ellis 5/01/2016-4/30/2024 G. Carter Greer 3/01/2013-2/28/2021 J. Overton Harris* 5/01/2016-4/30/2024 David V. Williams* 3/01/2014-2/28/2022 Herbert M. Hewitt 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Patricia Kelly 7/01/2013-6/30/2021 Twenty-second Judicial Circuit Michael E. Levy 7/01/2013-6/30/2021 Joseph W. Milam, Jr. 2/01/2009-1/31/2017 R. Michael McKenney 7/01/2016-6/30/2024 Stacey W. Moreau* 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 Ricardo Rigual 7/01/2016-6/30/2024 Clyde H Perdue, Jr. 1/01/2015-12/31/2022 Charles S. Sharp 2/01/2009-1/31/2017 James J. Reynolds 7/01/2013-6/30/2021 Victoria A. B. Willis 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Gordon F. Willis 4/01/2015-3/31/2023 Twenty-third Judicial Circuit William D. Broadhurst 11/01/2010-10/31/2018 Sixteenth Judicial Circuit David B. Carson 7/01/2013-6/30/2021 Daniel R. Bouton 4/01/2016-3/31/2024 J. Christopher Clemens 7/01/2016-6/30/2024 Cheryl V. Higgins 4/01/2015-3/31/2023 Charles N. Dorsey* 7/01/2010-6/30/2018 Richard E. Moore 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 James R. Swanson 4/01/2009-3/31/2017 Timothy K. Sanner* 4/01/2011-3/31/2019 Susan L. Whitlock 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit R. Edwin Burnette, Jr. 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Seventeenth Judicial Circuit John T. Cook 6/01/2016-5/31/2024 Louise M. DiMatteo 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 Michael T. Garrett 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Daniel S. Fiore, II 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 James W. Updike, Jr. 4/01/2014-3/31/2022 William T. Newman, Jr.* 3/01/2009-2/28/2017 F. Patrick Yeatts* 7/01/2011-6/30/2019
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit James C. Clark 1/01/2012-12/31/2019 Anita D. Filson 7/01/2016-6/30/2024 Nolan B. Dawkins 5/01/2016-4/30/2024 Victor V. Ludwig 5/01/2016-4/30/2024 Lisa Bondareff Kemler* 3/01/2013-2/28/2021 Charles L. Ricketts, III 2/01/2014-1/31/2022 Malfourd W. Trumbo* 2/01/2012-2/01/2020 Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Penney S. Azcarate 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit Randy I. Bellows 2/01/2011-1/31/2019 Bruce D. Albertson 7/01/2013-6/30/2021 Jan L. Brodie 2/01/2009-1/31/2017 Clifford Lynwood Athey, Jr.* 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 Grace Burke Carroll 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Neil Randolph Bryant 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Michael F. Devine 4/01/2010-3/31/2018 Dennis Lee Hupp 8/01/2016-7/31/2024 Richard E. Gardiner 11/01/2016-2/20/2017 Alexander R. Iden 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Brett A. Kassabian 2/01/2010-1/31/2018 Ronald Lewis Napier 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Thomas P. Mann 7/01/2016-6/30/2024 Clark Andrew Ritchie 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Daniel Eric Ortiz 1/01/2015-12/31/2022 Thomas J. Wilson, IV 5/01/2016-4/30/2024 David Stanford Schell 2/01/2009-1/31/2017 Stephen C. Shannon 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit Robert J. Smith 2/01/2016-1/31/2024 Bradley W. Finch 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 John M. Tran 7/01/2013-6/30/2021 Brett L. Geisler 4/01/2011-3/31/2019 Bruce D. White* 1/16/2016-1/15/2024 H. Lee Harrell 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Marcus H. Long, Jr. 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 Twentieth Judicial Circuit Josiah T. Showalter, Jr.* 4/01/2014-3/31/2022 Douglas L. Fleming, Jr. 7/01/2015-6/30/2023 Robert M. D. Turk 7/01/2016-6/30/2024 Jeanette A. Irby 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Burke F. McCahill 7/01/2016-6/30/2024 Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit Jeffrey W. Parker* 5/01/2009-4/30/2017 Sage B. Johnson* 7/01/2012-6/30/2020 Stephen E. Sincavage 2/01/2014-1/31/2022 C. Randall Lowe 2/01/2009-1/31/2017 Deanis L. Simmons 7/01/2013-6/30/2021
*Chief Judge
36 Supreme Court of Virginia Circuit Court Judges
Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit Jack S. Hurley, Jr.* 2/01/2013-1/31/2021 Thirty-first Judicial Circuit Patrick R. Johnson 5/01/2016-4/30/2024 Lon Edward Farris 8/1/12-7/31/20 Michael Lee Moore 4/01/2010-3/31/2018 Tracy Calvin Hudson 7/1/15-6/30/23 Richard C. Patterson 12/01/2014-11/30/2022 Kimberly A. Irving 7/1/15-6/30/23 Henry A. Vanover 4/01/2010-3/31/2018 Craig D. Johnston* 3/1/09-2/28/17 Steven S. Smith 7/1/15-6/30/23 Thirtieth Judicial Circuit Carroll A. Weimer, Jr.* 7/1/13-6/30/21 Chadwick S. Dotson* 7/1/11-6/30/19 Jeffrey Hamilton 12/1/14-11/30/22 Authorized Judges: 171 John C. Kilgore 7/1/11-6/30/19 Judges: 158 Tammy S. McElyea 4/1/14-3/31/21 Note: “Authorized Judges” refers to the maximum number of judges stated in Virginia Code § 17.1-507 as of July 1, 2016..
*Chief Judge
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 37 Circuit Court Judges
Circuit Court Judges Leaving the Bench in 2016 Circuit Honorable James C. Hawks 3 Retired November 30, 2016 Honorable Joel C. Cunningham 10 Retired March 31, 2016 Honorable Harry T. Taliaferro, III 15 Retired June 30, 2016 Honorable Lorraine Nordlund 19 Retired October 31, 2016 Honorable David Stanford Schell 19 Retired December 31, 2016 Honorable Burke F. McCahill 20 Retired December 31, 2016
Circuit Court Judges Taking the Bench in 2016 Circuit Honorable S. Anderson Nelson 10 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable R. Michael McKenney 15 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Ricardo Rigual 15 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Richard E. Gardiner 19 Effective November 1, 2016 Honorable Thomas P. Mann 19 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable J. Christopher Clemens 23 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Anita D. Filson 25 Effective July 1, 2016
38 Supreme Court of Virginia General District Court Judges
(As of December 31, 2016)
First Judicial District Eighth Judicial District Philip J. Infantino, III 4/01/2015-3/31/2021 Tonya Henderson-Stith* 5/01/2015-4/30/2021 Michael R. Katchmark 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Albert W. Patrick, III 2/01/2014-1/31/2020 Robert G. MacDonald* 1/01/2015-12/31/2020 Stephen J. Telfeyan 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Ninth Judicial District Stephen Ashton Hudgins 2/01/2013-1/31/2019 Second Judicial District Colleen K. Killilea 11/01/2015-10/31/2021 Robert F. Hagans, Jr. 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Stephanie E. Merritt* 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Teresa N. Hammons 4/01/2016-3/31/2022 Elizabeth S. Hodges 2/01/2014-1/31/2020 Tenth Judicial District Salvatore R. Iaquinto 2/01/2014-1/31/2020 Charles H. Warren* 4/16/2016-4/15/2022 Daniel Roger Lahne 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 J. William Watson, Jr. 2/01/2016-1/31/2022 Paul David Merullo 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Robert G. Woodson, Jr. 6/01/2013-5/31/2019 Gene A. Woolard* 6/01/2016-5/31/2022 Eleventh Judicial District Second-A Judicial District Robert Beman Beasley, Jr. 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Gordon S. Vincent* 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Mayo K. Gravatt* 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Ray P. Lupold, III 2/01/2014-1/31/2020 Third Judicial District Roxie O. Holder* 10/01/2012-9/30/2018 Twelfth Judicial District Douglas B. Ottinger 2/01/2016-1/31/2022 Keith Nelson Hurley 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Morton V. Whitlow 2/01/2016-1/31/2022 Matthew Donald Nelson 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Pamela O’Berry* 4/01/2015-3/31/2021 Fourth Judicial District James J. O’Connell, III 7/01/2011-6/30/2017 S. Clark Daugherty 5/01/2012-4/30/2018 Thomas L. Vaughn 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Joan E. Mahoney* 2/01/2014-1/31/2020 Michael Charles Rosenblum 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Thirteenth Judicial District Tasha D. Scott 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Lawrence B. Cann 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Bruce A. Wilcox 4/01/2015-3/31/2021 David Eugene Cheek, Sr. 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Barbara J. Gaden 4/16/2013-4/15/2019 Fifth Judicial District David M. Hicks 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Alfred W. Bates, III* 7/01/2011-6/30/2017 Jacqueline S. McClenney 12/01/2015-11/30/2021 W. Parker Councill 5/01/2014-4/30/2020 Tracy W. J. Thorne-Begland* 2/01/2013-1/31/2019 James A. Moore 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Fourteenth Judicial District Sixth Judicial District Thomas O. Bondurant, Jr. 9/01/2016-2/12/2017 C. Ridley Bain 2/01/2013-1/31/2019 George Barton Chucker* 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Stephen D. Bloom* 2/01/2014-1/31/2020 B. Craig Dunkum 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Bruce A. Clark, Jr. 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 John K. Honey 11/01/2015-10/31/2021 H. Lee Townsend, III 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 L. Neil Steverson 2/01/2012-1/31/2018
Seventh Judicial District Tyneka L. D. Flythe 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Matthew Woodrow Hoffman 7/01/2016-2/12/2017 Christopher R. Papile* 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Michael S. Stein 7/01/2015-6/30/2021
*Chief Judge
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 39 General District Court Judges
Fifteenth Judicial District Twenty-fourth Judicial District David B. Caddell, Jr. 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Sam D. Eggleston, III* 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Hugh S. Campbell 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Randy C. Krantz 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 John S. Martin 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Stephanie S. Maddox 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Richard T. McGrath 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Robert Eric Reibach 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Twenty-fifth Judicial District John R. Stevens* 4/01/2012-3/31/2018 William Harrison Cleaveland 2/01/2013-1/31/2019 J. Bruce Strickland 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 W. Chapman Goodwin 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Gordon F. Saunders* 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Sixteenth Judicial District William G. Barkley 5/01/2014-4/30/2020 Twenty-sixth Judicial District Robert H. Downer, Jr.* 6/01/2013-5/31/2019 William W. Eldridge, IV 9/17/2015-9/16/2021 Dale B. Durrer 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 John Stanley Hart, Jr. 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Claiborne H. Stokes, Jr. 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 W. Dale Houff* 4/16/2012-4/15/2018 Amy B. Tisinger 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Seventeenth Judicial District Ian R. D. Williams 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Thomas J. Kelley, Jr. 2/01/2013-1/31/2019 Richard J. McCue 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Twenty-seventh Judicial District R. Frances O’Brien* 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 J. D. Bolt 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Erin J. DeHart 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Eighteenth Judicial District Randal J. Duncan 5/01/2016-4/30/2022 Donald M. Haddock, Jr. 5/01/2014-4/30/2020 Gino W. Williams* 4/01/2015-3/31/2021 Becky J. Moore* 2/01/2016-1/31/2022 Twenty-eighth Judicial District Nineteenth Judicial District V. Blake McKinney* 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Michael Harry Cantrell 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Eric R. Thiessen 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Manuel A. Capsalis 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Michael Joseph Cassidy* 2/01/2011-1/31/2017 Twenty-ninth Judicial District Michael Joshua Lindner 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Henry A. Barringer* 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Lisa A. Mayne 10/01/2012-9/30/2018 George Robert Brittain, II 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 William J. Minor, Jr. 4/01/2015-3/31/2021 Mitchell I. Mutnick 5/01/2016-4/30/2022 Thirtieth Judicial District Mark C. Simmons 4/01/2012-3/31/2018 Shawn L Hines 1/01/2015-12/31/2020 Tina L. Snee 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Clarence E. Phillips* 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Susan J. Stoney 11/01/2016-2/20/2017 Thirty-first Judicial District Twentieth Judicial District Robert P. Coleman 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 J. Gregory Ashwell* 7/01/2011-6/30/2017 Wallace Semeon Covington, III 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 J. Frank Buttery, Jr. 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Angela Lemmon Horan 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Deborah C. Welsh 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 William E. Jarvis* 11/01/2012-10/31/2018 Dean S. Worcester 3/01/2014-2/28/2020 Petula C. Metzler 7/01/2016-6/30/2022
Twenty-first Judicial District Authorized Judges: 134 Marcus A. Brinks* 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Judges: 125 Twenty-second Judicial District Robert L Adams, Jr. 1/01/2015-12/31/2020 Note: “Authorized Judges” refers to the maximum number of George A. Jones, Jr.* 4/01/2012-3/31/2018 judges stated in Virginia Code § 16.1-69.6:1 as of July 1, 2016.
Twenty-third Judicial District Francis W. Burkart, III 11/01/2014-10/31/2020 Vincent A. Lilley 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Thomas W. Roe, Jr. 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Jacqueline F. Ward Talevi* 2/01/2015-1/31/2021 *Chief Judge
40 Supreme Court of Virginia Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court Judges (As of December 31, 2016) First Judicial District Ninth Judicial District Rufus A. Banks, Jr.* 7/01/2011-6/30/2017 Wade A. Bowie 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Eileen Anita Olds 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Cressondra B. Conyers 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Larry D. Willis, Sr. 5/01/2011-4/30/2017 George C. Fairbanks, IV* 2/01/2016-1/31/2022
Second Judicial District Tenth Judicial District Randall M. Blow 4/01/2013-3/31/2019 Marvin H. Dunkum* 4/01/2016-3/31/2022 Deborah V. Bryan 5/01/2016-4/30/2022 Nora J. Miller 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Tanya Bullock* 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Robert H. Morrison 2/01/2013-1/31/2019 Philip C Hollowell 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Deborah M. Paxson 4/01/2012-3/31/2018 Eleventh Judicial District Deborah L. Rawls 3/01/2015-2/28/2021 Phillip T. DiStanislao 2/01/2013-1/31/2019 Winship C. Tower 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Valentine W. Southall, Jr.* 10/01/2012-9/30/2018
Second-A Judicial District Twelfth Judicial District Croxton Gordon* 2/01/2014-1/31/2020 D. Gregory Carr 2/01/2016-1/31/2022 Vanessa L Jones 1/01/2015-12/31/2020 Third Judicial District Scott David Landry 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Joel P. Crowe* 2/01/2012-1/31/2018 Jayne Ann Pemberton* 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Earle C Mobley 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 J. David Rigler 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Alotha C. Willis 2/16/2013-2/15/2019 Thirteenth Judicial District Fourth Judicial District Richard B. Campbell 4/01/2013-3/31/2019 M. Randolph Carlson, II 1/01/2012-12/31/2017 Marilynn C. Goss 5/01/2014-4/30/2020 Lauri D. Hogge 4/01/2013-3/31/2019 Mary E. Langer 8/01/2016-7/31/2022 Joseph P. Massey* 2/01/2016-1/31/2022 Ashley K. Tunner* 5/16/2012-5/15/2018 Lyn M. Simmons 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 William P. Williams 6/01/2012-5/31/2018 Fourteenth Judicial District Margaret W. Deglau 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Fifth Judicial District Rondelle D. Herman 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Robert S. Brewbaker, Jr.* 5/01/2012-4/30/2018 Randall G. Johnson, Jr. 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 James E. Wiser 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Denis F. Soden 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Stuart L. Williams, Jr.* 5/01/2016-4/30/2022 Sixth Judicial District Carson E. Saunders, Jr.* 6/01/2013-5/31/2019 Fifteenth Judicial District Jacqueline R. Waymack 6/01/2015-5/31/2021 Phillip U. Fines 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 John E. Franklin 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Seventh Judicial District Shannon O. Hoehl* 7/01/2011-6/30/2017 Ronald Everett Bensten 2/01/2016-1/31/2022 Julian W. Johnson 4/01/2011-3/31/2017 Thomas W. Carpenter 2/01/2011-1/31/2017 William L. Lewis 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Judith Anne Kline 4/01/2015-3/31/2021 Andrea M. Stewart 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Barry G. Logsdon* 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Georgia K. Sutton 2/01/2014-1/31/2020 Frank G Uvanni 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Eighth Judicial District Joseph A. Vance, IV 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Jay Edward Dugger* 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Deborah S. Roe 5/01/2015-4/30/2021 Robert B. Wilson, V 4/01/2013-3/31/2019 *Chief Judge
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 41 Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court Judges
Sixteenth Judicial District Twenty-fifth Judicial District David M Barredo 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Laura L. Dascher* 5/01/2014-4/30/2020 Edward DeJ. Berry 2/01/2012-1/31/2018 Linda Schorsch Jones 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Frank W. Somerville 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Correy R. Smith 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Deborah S. Tinsley* 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Paul A. Tucker 7/01/2011-6/30/2017 Claude V. Worrell 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Twenty-sixth Judicial District Seventeenth Judicial District Kimberly Marion Athey 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Robin L. Robb 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Anthony Wayne Bailey 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 George D. Varoutsos* 3/16/2016-3/15/2022 Kevin C. Black 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Elizabeth Kellas Burton* 5/01/2016-4/30/2022 Eighteenth Judicial District Hugh David O’Donnell 4/01/2015-3/31/2021 William W. Sharp 2/01/2013-1/31/2019 Uley Norris Damiani 2/01/2015-1/31/2021 Constance H. Frogale* 4/01/2011-3/31/2017 Twenty-seventh Judicial District H. Lee Chitwood 2/01/2012-1/31/2018 Nineteenth Judicial District Monica D. Cox* 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Gayl Branum Carr 8/01/2012-8/31/2018 Bradley G Dalton 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Glenn L. Clayton, II 10/01/2012-9/30/2018 Stephanie Murray Shortt 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Kimberly J. Daniel 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Robert C. Viar, Jr. 5/01/2015-4/30/2021 Helen Leiner 2/01/2013-1/31/2019 Todd G. Petit 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Twenty-eighth Judicial District Janine M. Saxe 2/01/2014-1/31/2020 Joseph B. Lyle 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Thomas P. Sotelo* 2/01/2015-1/31/2021 Kurt J. Pomrenke 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Florence A. Powell* 2/01/2014-1/31/2020 Twentieth Judicial District Pamela L. Brooks* 7/01/2011-6/30/2017 Twenty-ninth Judicial District Avelina S. Jacob 2/10/2013-2/09/2019 Michael J. Bush* 4/01/2015-3/31/2021 Jonathan S. Lynn 7/01/2011-6/30/2017 Martha P. Ketron 2/01/2015-1/31/2021 Laura F. Robinson 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 Twenty-first Judicial District Robert L. Bushnell 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Thirtieth Judicial District Susan N. Deatherage* 5/01/2013-4/30/2019 Ronald Kelley Elkins 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Elizabeth S. Wills* 2/01/2013-1/31/2019 Twenty-second Judicial District Timothy W. Allen 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Thirty-first Judicial District Sarah A. Rice* 2/01/2012-1/31/2018 D. Scott Bailey 2/01/2016-1/31/2022 Brian H. Turpin 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 Lisa Michelle Baird* 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Dale M. Wiley 7/01/2016-6/30/2022 George M. DePolo 5/01/2014-4/30/2020 H. Jan Roltsch-Anoll 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 Twenty-third Judicial District Janice Justina Wellington 7/01/2014-6/30/2020 Leisa K. Ciaffone 7/01/2013-6/30/2019 Hilary D. Griffith 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Authorized Judges: 134 Frank W. Rogers, III 1/01/2015-12/31/2020 Judges: 124 Onzlee Ware* 12/01/2014-11/30/2020 John Weber, III 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Note: “Authorized Judges” refers to the maximum number of judges stated in Virginia Code § 16.1-69.6:1 as of July 1, 2016. Twenty-fourth Judicial District Jeffrey P. Bennett 7/01/2015-6/30/2021 Mary K. Driskill 8/01/2015-7/31/2021 Robert Louis Harrison, Jr. 2/01/2016-1/31/2022 H. Cary Payne 7/01/2012-6/30/2018 A. Ellen White* 2/01/2013-1/31/2019
*Chief Judge
42 Supreme Court of Virginia District Judges Leaving the Bench in 2016
District Honorable Winship C. Tower 2 Retired December 31, 2016 Honorable Alfreda Talton-Harris 5 Retired March 31, 2016 Honorable Richard C. Kerns 7 Retired June 30, 2016 Honorable M. Woodrow Griffin, Jr. 8 Retired January 31, 2016 Honorable S. Anderson Nelson 10 Elected to Circuit Court July 1, 2016 Honorable Bonnie C. Davis 12 Retired September 30, 2016 Honorable Angela Edwards Roberts 13 Retired July 31, 2016 Honorable Mary B. Malveaux 14 Elected to Court of Appeals April 16, 2016 Honorable R. Michael McKenney 15 Elected to Circuit Court July 1, 2016 Honorable Ricardo Rigual 15 Elected to Circuit Court July 1, 2016 Honorable Edward K. Carpenter 16 Retired May 31, 2016 Honorable Esther L. Wiggins 17 Retired May 31, 2016 Honorable Thomas E. Gallahue 19 Retired March 31, 2016 Honorable Richard E. Gardiner 19 Elected to Circuit Court November 1, 2016 Honorable Teena D. Grodner 19 Retired April 30, 2016 Honorable Thomas P. Mann 19 Elected to Circuit Court July 1, 2016 Honorable Ian M. O’Flaherty 19 Retired June 30, 2016 Honorable Edwin A. Gendron, Jr. 21 Retired January 31, 2016 Honorable J. Christopher Clemens 23 Elected to Circuit Court July 1, 2016 Honorable Vincent A. Lilley 23 Retired December 31, 2016 Honorable Harold A. Black 24 Retired March 31, 2016 Honorable Anita D. Filson 25 Elected to Circuit Court July 1, 2016 Honorable John Gregory Mooney 25 Retired March 31, 2016
District Judges Taking the Bench in 2016
District Honorable James E. Wiser 5 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Nora J. Miller 10 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Mary E. Langer 13 Effective August 1, 2016 Honorable Thomas O. Bondurant, Jr. 14 Effective September 1, 2016 Honorable David B. Caddell, Jr. 15 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable William L. Lewis 15 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable John S. Martin 15 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Richard T. McGrath 15 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Claiborne H. Stokes, Jr. 16 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Robin L. Robb 17 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Michael Harry Cantrell 19 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Matthew Woodrow Hoffman 19 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Todd G. Petit 19 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Susan J. Stoney 19 Effective November 1, 2016 Honorable Marcus A. Brinks 21 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Thomas W. Roe, Jr. 23 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Randy C. Krantz 24 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Correy R. Smith 25 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Laura F. Robinson 29 Effective July 1, 2016 Honorable Petula C. Metzler 31 Effective July 1, 2016
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Information About Virginia’s Magistrates Magistrates provide an independent, hearings to determine bail in instances in which unbiased review of criminal complaints brought an individual is arrested and accept prepayments to the office by police officers or the general for traffic infractions and minor misdemeanors. public. Their duties include issuing various types Magistrates also serve as hearing officers for tax of processes such as arrest warrants, summonses, setoff hearings. emergency protective orders, search warrants, subpoenas, mental health orders, and emergency medical orders. Magistrates conduct bond
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 45 Magistrates
(As of March 2016)
REGION ONE Thirtieth Judicial Circuit/District Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit/District Sheldon Todd Adams Alan Dale Cash Sandy L. Bailey Crystal Dawn Cultice Kevin Wesley Cisney Charles Warren Davis Christie D. Fields Karen Sue Garnand Mona Gaile Freeman Ashley Jean Johnson Andrew Curtis Gardner Robert Harrison Keller Audie L. Kennedy Susan Elaine Kinser Jonathan Wayne Robbins* Dane E.M. Little Russell Eric Skorupa Jill M. Long* Janice Susan Sturgill Christopher Steven McCraw Patricia M. Wynn Michael Lee Mitchell Tessa Marie Neal REGION TWO Thomas Neil Osborne Twenty-first Judicial Circuit/District Ti any Anne Overfelt Bonnie R. Bowman Everett G. Puckett Jordan Scott Bray Anthony Lee Rowlett Shannon Leigh Cauley Freddie Lee Sweet Cynthia Lynn Corns Jeremy F. West Ann M.S. Hylton* Christina Kendrick Whitlock Connie A. Lawson David Deric Wigand Courtney Denise Reid Michael Terrence Williams Larry Joe Robinett, II Je rey Lyle Wright Twenty-second Judicial Circuit/District Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit/District James William Adkins, Jr. David Christopher Fields George Michael Afentakis Tamala Hess Gillespie Joseph Allan Blair Mary Johanna Hanzlik* Joyce Williamson Crews* Thomas A. Hess Justin Heath Hatcher David Matthew Morangello Joel Severin Nelson Chasity Hope Perkins-Bush Lea Pilson Mary S. Rouse Cynthia Mae Stevens Elizabeth Lynn Snead-Combs Joshua Behner Twiggs James Franklin Weaver
Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit/District Joshua W. Fuller Twenty-third Judicial Circuit/District Albert Wayne Hagy Harry Allan Bither Kevin T. McGlothlin Jamie Kiser Capaldo Carolyn Sue Mullins Elizabeth Logan Chitwood Lee Carter Edwards-Davis Jenna Blair Humphries Sarah R. King Josiah Dean Leonard Aimee Roebke Lucas Stephen Daniel Po * Joseph Anthony Quattrochi *Chief Magistrate
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REGION TWO (continued) Thweatte G. Ozlin Twenty-third Judicial Circuit/District Walter W. Robinson, Jr. (continued) Deborah H. Wilson Robert Cochran Wrenn, Jr. Allen W. Secrist Alfred Jennings Stone, Jr. Jason Robert Walsh Tenth Judicial Circuit/District Robert L. Warren Avi Baruch Efreom Carolyn A. Watson John Anthony Ellis Cynthia Lee Woods Lauren Nicole Gardner David Brian Hawks, Jr. Qiana Chenae Jones Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit/District Edmund Walter Newman, Jr. Joshua J. Armstrong John Kenneth Pitts Jack William Creasy Christopher Alexander Salerno* Jonathan L. Davison Katie Jane Smith Robert Clemm Goad, Jr. Jason Hunter Spindle Aubrey Howard Hall, Jr. Hannah Marie Whitten Daniel Brian Harris Joshua D. Wolfe Je rey Allen Hesson Kang Hwan Lee Deborah Ann Metts Eleventh Judicial Circuit/District Andrew John Michael* Jennifer Elizabeth Chapman Kristen Dana Pettibone Chyrel Cutler Barbara Jean Pryor David Matthew Guipe Laurie Lynn Riddles Victor R.H. Harrison, III* Catherine L. Thompson Joseph A. Kelly, II Brenda Faye Young Jacob Max Lubetkin Jeremy Corneil Ridgeway Robert Clayton Smith Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit/District Richard Wallace Stevenson Benjamin C. Barredo, III Amy R. von Kelsch Clinton C. Cohen Vera L. Hailey Kimberly Fleshman Hensley Twelfth Judicial Circuit/District Alan Lee Hicks Leigh Hill Ashtiani-O’Connell Kathleen Marie Lee Jonathan Morris Barnett Allison Kelly McCray Herell W. Carneal, Jr. Judith Owens Drew Peter Fisher Ciurpita Kitty M. Saunders Daniel John Holser* William Painter Simmons Daniel Lawrence Holt Charles Glisson Smith Gregory Alan Lush Eric Douglas Stephenson Donald Lacy Newcomb Robyn Renee Wilhelm* Tameka Winston Robinson Charlene May Worley Roman Michael Tedeschi Zohra Wakilpoor Michael Scott Znotens REGION THREE Sixth Judicial Circuit/District David Lewis Blount Neill Collins Bradley* Amelia Owens Covington David K. Hoque Caleb Samuel Kramer David Earl Lanier, Jr. Courtney Taylor Magner Bradley Taylor Mead
*Chief Magistrate
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REGION FOUR REGION FIVE Sixteenth Judicial Circuit/District Seventeenth Judicial Circuit/District Avnel Alair Coates* Bruce Charles Adam* Mary Jane Connelly Allison Arnold Ruth Ann Dalsky Jason Matthew Brayton-Lewis Jill Harriet Ezersky Paul Wilkes Koshetar Justin Craig Garwood John David Kuntz Richard Allen Lillard Shawn B. Lassiter Gina Marie Lunsford Benjamin Allen Plummer David A. Pennington Neena K. Scaria Michelle Jovan Scott George L. Yaksick, Jr. Kristi Lynn Shalton Tyler W. Weimorts Eighteenth Judicial Circuit/District Barbara Richards Campbell Twentieth Judicial Circuit/District Sanchelle Charles James M. Bailor Duha Mongy El-Quesny Lawrence D. Black* John P. Fucetola Lawrence Conneen Nathan Thomas Hurtz C. Milton Harding Robert James Jones Seth Ian Howard Scott Lawrence Scher Louis E. Kroiz Adam Dominic Willard* Ashleigh Ryan Levi Lynn Thompson Nineteenth Judicial Circuit/District William Joseph Waller, Jr. Karen Olowin Ampeh Claude J. Beheler* Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit/District Richard Thomas Benderoth Dena Louise Anderson Jonathan B. Bolls Carl Ernest Avery, Jr. Claude Jacob Bradshaw Anita B Baldock-Bryant Dennis E. Brown Courtenay W. Canedy Frederick Bubenhofer John Russell Clanahan Patricia J. Colgan Victoria Catherine Dronsick Bradley G. Doane James Ellington Alyssa D. Emery Meryln D. Goeschl Bradley Alan Farrell Carrie Co elt Hodges Thomas William Gow Thomas A. Howell Jon Scott Graft James Alan Koblish Sylvia Youngsil Hong Leah Louise Lorenz Kevin Alan Kleponis Monica Lynne Martin* Jacqulyn Pearl Kessel Lane Leilani A. Monahan Susan Elaine Leary Michael Joseph Plecnik Marla G. McCormick Sean Douglas Rankin Kyle C. Schumacher Nettie Arthur Rogers Andrea Brooke Sirianni Phyllis Armentrout Wong Wilson Talavera Kateland Alan Woodcock Brian Gilbert Troxler Johann P. Wehrle Justin Michael Wieneke Phyllis Armentrout Wong Thirty-first Judicial Circuit/District Alexander Brandler Cherrelle Martina Bruton Jennifer Ashley Christie Tara L. Crum Elisha Roberts Dillard David James Fox
*Chief Magistrate
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REGION FIVE (continued) REGION SIX (continued) Thirty-first Judicial Circuit/District Fifteenth Judicial Circuit/District (continued) Thomas William Anderson Devan Lee Kirk Carolyn Stalnaker Barrett Bill J. Lipsky Qiana Cordel Brandon Lawrie Falck Moncure* Ramon Lewis Carter Latonya C. Morris Sarah Elizabeth Catherman James Avery Ortte Hansi Stevenson Chowdhry Sandra Rae Sylvester Ryan W. Cunningham Gary Lee Talbot Thomas R. Dew Candra Ann Walker Tara Louise Estwick Nathan Curtis Welch Pandora Shea Farmer Kara L. Glascoe Jonathan Glenn Goodpasture REGION SIX Susan D Harris Ninth Judicial Circuit/District Kaitlyn Sachetta Herzig James Alan Beall Jack Wayne Hill, Jr. Meghan Anne Cox Lydia Lovelace King Heather Dawn Farr Mary-Lynn Krusz Harvey Bruce Heath Jennifer Erin Miller James Michael Lamprecht Aaron P. Moores Dominick Rocco Littman Trisha H Myers Herman W. Moore Mary Margaret Parsons James Douglas Mounts Floyd Scott Risley M. Virginia Munoz* Cli ord Yarborough Rose* Suzette M. Sapp Suzanne Elizabeth Sheehan Joshua G Shrieves Valerie Louise Stepp Ryan Christopher Vaughn Jane Elizabeth Tomiko Thirteenth Judicial Circuit/District Martesha M Bishop REGION SEVEN Micah Shawn Blankenship Second Judicial Circuit/District Cassandra Diamond Emery Blake Garrett Anderson Danielle Annette Ferguson Kellee Ruth Bland Deborah Kate Greenberg Patrick D. Blankenship Jennifer Suzanne Heishman Karly Rose Cahill William Thomas Murray, II Bertram Basil Cowell Joe Dennis Norris Daniel Richard Danielson Charise Anne Pastor Veronica Durrant Eugene Raymond Shelton, Jr. Velber Covington Harris Gary Michael Wooldridge* Douglas Page Kellam Dawn Michelle Young Sarah Perry Lewis Jeremy Layne Miller Fourteenth Judicial Circuit/District Evelyn Gudrun Ortolani Yvette Anita Ayala* Sylvia Victorina Perry Leonard Fitzgerald Broadnax Duane W. Phillips Rana Nicole Clegg Larry Arthur Ray Bonita Renee Comer Brittany A Russell-Taylor Robert Glenn Hearns Paul Eugene Sutton, II Latoya Marie Jackson Andrew Ross Truitt Enrique Melvin Madden Laura Eve Tsai* Sara E. Munoz Carl Glen Twiford Madilyn Elaine Pierce Peter Ganzel Wales Tony Sylvester Tate, Sr. Sonjia M. Wheaton Je rey Brian Znotens Tamyra L Whitehead *Chief Magistrate
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Third Judicial Circuit/District Eighth Judicial Circuit/District Alexander H. Ballin Kara S. Akins Mistee Nicole Colbert Thomas P. Chisman Richard George Hallenback, Jr. Shawntina Yvette Kingwood Kandace Joyce Turner-Ford Lauren Cara Murphy Leslie Pendry VanOrden Sara Elizabeth Rowley David Ray Whit eld Philip Warren Spratley, III Amanda Josephine Winchester* Rachel Elizabeth Welch
Fourth Judicial Circuit/District OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY STAFF Edwin Rogers Consolvo* Shawn Quentin Barnes Darron Jacob Enns David B. Brumit Emerald Leigh Frierson Thomas Richard Cahill Andrew Louis Gabriel John William Campbell Andrew Joseph Galle Charles Noel Crum Amanda Lee Gregory Edith Elizabeth Edwards-Talbot Kimberly Lynette Hutson Garland Wayne Frye Ti any Lynne Kaczynski Jonathan Elder Green Ryan Johnston McLaughlin Paul Akers Gregory, Jr. Christopher Ian Midgett Robert D. Hellyer Richard J. Salvadore Fred L. Jackson Michael Gerard Sternberg Je rey Carson Lanham David Anthony Vitto Don Errol McCown, Jr. Heather Anne Page REGION EIGHT Ramanathan Michael Paranthaman First Judicial Circuit/District James Scorzelli Sue Bailey Breasette Carolyn B. St. Clair Sarita D. Chandler Cheryl Anita Thompson HeeJoon Kim Holt Joseph William Knowles Marguerite Forker Laraia Gary E. Mason Robert Frank Noote, IV* Christie C. Turner
Fifth Judicial Circuit/District Angela Lyn Desmond Sean Patrick Dolan* Robert Donovan Harness Larry Allen Jacobs Caroline E. Jones Natalie Cara Martin David Benjamin McKaig Mandy Leigh Owens Samuel Steven Perfetti Elizabeth Casby Stahlman
Seventh Judicial Circuit/District Sherri Lynn Dudley Douglass S. Hertz Gregory James Kaliris Shane A. Lacasse Barbara C. Mahady Valla Vonga Olliver, II* Brandon Earl Washington Anna B Wogan *Chief Magistrate
50 Supreme Court of Virginia Statistical Information In Brief
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 51 Statistical Information Supreme Court of Virginia Display 5 Supreme Court of Virginia 2011-2016 Cases Filed and Decided
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Display 6 Display 7 Supreme Court of Virginia Supreme Court of Virginia 2011-2016 Appeals Granted and Refused 2011-2016 Appeals/Petitions Decided by Opinions and Orders
120 1,800 100 1,600 100 1,400 80 80 1,200 60 1,000 60 800 40 40 600
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119 69 64 44 74 57 70 60 78 47
1,721 1,414 1,237 1,135 1,274 0 0 92 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2,012.00 2,013.00 2,014.00 2,015.00 2,016.00 Decided by Opinion Decided by Order
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Table 5 Supreme Court of Virginia Statistical History 2011-2016
2012 %Change 2013 %Change 2014 %Change 2015 %Change 2016 %Change %Change 2012-2016 APPEAL PETITIONS Granted Appeals of Right 10 -9.1% 3 -70.0% 11 266.7% 5 -54.5% 10 100.0% 0.0% Civil Granted 89 -11.9% 79 -11.2% 89 12.7% 79 -11.2% 95 20.3% 6.7% Criminal Granted 17 -45.2% 25 47.1% 23 -8.0% 22 -4.3% 30 36.4% 76.5% Habeas Appeals Granted 4 -20.0% 3 -25.0% 6 100.0% 6 0.0% 4 -33.3% 0.0% Cases Certified from CAV 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 0.0% Certified Questions of Law Accepted 3 -25.0% 2 -33.3% 2 0.0% 1 -50.0% 1 0.0% -66.7% Remanded from U.S. Supreme Court 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% Total 123 -19.1% 112 -8.9% 131 17.0% 113 -13.7% 142 25.7% 15.4%
Refused Civil 488 -9.1% 372 -23.8% 341 -8.3% 342 0.3% 318 -7.0% -34.8% Criminal 999 -10.8% 841 -15.8% 691 -17.8% 630 -8.8% 746 18.4% -25.3% Habeas Appeals 110 -12.0% 89 -19.1% 74 -16.9% 50 -32.4% 68 36.0% -38.2% Total 1,598 -14.6% 1,302 -18.5% 1,106 -15.1% 1,022 -7.6% 1,132 10.8% -29.2%
Total Granted/Refused 1,721 -15.0% 1,414 -17.8% 1,237 -12.5% 1,135 -8.2% 1,274 12.2% -26.0%
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION PETITIONS Docketed 3 200.0% 1 -66.7% 0 -100.0% 1 0.0% 1 100.0% -66.7%
Awarded Writ of Habeas Corpus 14 -44.0% 12 -14.3% 9 -25.0% 11 22.2% 8 -27.3% -42.9% Writ of Mandamus 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% Writ of Prohibition 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% Writ of Actual Innocence 1 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0.0% Total 15 -44.4% 13 -13.3% 9 -30.8% 11 22.2% 8 -27.3% -46.7%
Refused Writ of Habeas Corpus 284 -12.3% 218 -23.2% 161 -26.1% 147 -8.7% 113 -23.1% -60.2% Writ of Mandamus 81 17.4% 77 -4.9% 45 -41.6% 57 26.7% 76 33.3% -6.2% Writ of Prohibition 2 -75.0% 4 100.0% 5 25.0% 6 20.0% 5 -16.7% 150.0% Writ of Actual Innocence 7 40.0% 1 -85.7% 5 400.0% 1 -80.0% 1 0.0% -85.7% Total 374 -7.9% 300 -19.8% 216 -28.0% 211 -2.3% 195 -7.6% -47.9%
Total Docketed, Awarded, and Refused 392 -9.7% 314 -19.9% 225 -28.3% 223 -0.9% 204 -8.5% -48.0%
SUMMARY Grand Total of Cases Decided 2,113 -14.0% 1,728 -18.2% 1,462 -15.4% 1,358 -7.1% 1,478 8.8% -30.1%
Total Petitions Filed Annually 2,216 -5.0% 2,050 -7.5% 1,918 -6.4% 1,996 4.1% 1,852 -7.2% -16.4%
SCV Case Types Filed
SCV Case Types 2012 %Change 2013 %Change 2014 %Change 2015 %Change 2016 %Change %Change 2012-2016 Actual Innocence 7 75.0% 1 -85.7% 5 400.0% 2 -60.0% 3 50.0% -57.1% Certified Questions of Law 3 -50.0% 3 0.0% 1 -66.7% 1 0.0% 1 0.0% -66.7% Civil 600 0.0% 542 -9.7% 578 6.6% 547 -5.4% 569 4.0% -5.2% Commonwealth Appeals 6 100.0% 5 -16.7% 6 20.0% 2 -66.7% 9 350.0% 50.0% Criminal 1016 -9.3% 874 -14.0% 810 -7.3% 974 20.2% 776 -20.3% -23.6% Death Penalty 1 -66.7% 0 -100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% -100.0% Disciplinary Board 4 0.0% 0 -100.0% 3 0.0% 3 300.0% 2 -33.3% -50.0% Disciplinary Court 2 -33.3% 1 -50.0% 1 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 -100.0% -100.0% Habeas Corpus Appeals 124 4.2% 130 4.8% 113 -13.1% 92 -18.6% 114 23.9% -8.1% Injunction Appeals 7 -46.2% 8 14.3% 9 12.5% 12 33.3% 10 -16.7% 42.9% Interlocutory Appeals 3 0.0% 0 300.0% 2 0.0% 0 -200.0% 2 0.0% -33.3% Other 12 0.0% 27 0.0% 27 0.0% 25 -7.4% 21 -16.0% 75.0% State Corporation Commission 3 50.0% 5 66.7% 6 20.0% 4 -33.3% 9 125.0% 200.0% Workers' Compensation 7 -56.3% 14 100.0% 8 -42.9% 10 25.0% 9 -10.0% 28.6% Writ of Habeas Corpus 317 -11.5% 330 4.1% 266 -19.4% 253 -4.9% 218 -13.8% -31.2% Writ of Mandamus 99 30.3% 105 6.1% 72 -31.4% 64 -11.1% 105 64.1% 6.1% Writ of Prohibition 5 -16.7% 5 0.0% 11 120.0% 6 -45.5% 4 -33.3% -20.0% Totals 2,216 -5.0% 2,050 -7.5% 1,918 -6.4% 1,996 4.1% 1,852 -7.2% -16.4%
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 53 Statistical Information Court of Appeals of Virginia Display 8 Court of Appeals 2011-2016 Cases Filed and Disposed 2,800
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Filed Disposed
Display 9 Court of Appeals 2011-2016 Criminal Petitions
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Table 6 Court of Appeals of Virginia Court of Appeals Statistical History 2011-2016
Cases Filed 2012 %Change 2013 %Change 2014 %Change 2015 %Change 2016 %Change %Change 2012-2016 Criminal Petitions* 1,751 -9.3% 1,806 3.1% 1,747 -3.3% 1,512 -13.5% 1,555 2.8% -11.2% Domestic Relations 268 -3.9% 251 -6.3% 242 -3.6% 236 -2.5% 250 5.9% -6.7% Workers' Compensation Commission 122 -30.7% 196 60.7% 145 -26.0% 101 -30.3% 90 -10.9% -26.2% Administrative Agency 33 6.5% 33 0.0% 23 -30.3% 17 -26.1% 19 11.8% -42.4% Original Jurisdiction 39 -2.5% 42 7.7% 31 -26.2% 27 -12.9% 36 33.3% -7.7% No Jurisdiction ** 113 -8.1% 117 3.5% 124 6.0% 132 6.5% 135 2.3% 19.5% Other *** 30 -14.3% 26 -13.3% 38 46.2% 48 26.3% 39 -18.8% 30.0% Total 2,356 -9.9% 2,471 4.9% 2,350 -4.9% 2,073 -11.8% 2,124 2.5% -9.8% Final Dispositions Non-Criminal 606 -9.0% 623 2.8% 630 1.1% 539 -14.4% 569 5.6% -6.1% Criminal 1,869 -7.5% 1,779 -4.8% 1,652 -7.1% 1,767 7.0% 1,583 -10.4% -15.3% Total 2,475 -7.9% 2,402 -2.9% 2,282 -5.0% 2,306 1.1% 2,152 -6.7% -13.1% Disposition of Appeals Published Opinions 121 37.5% 78 -35.5% 76 -2.6% 88 15.8% 66 -25.0% -45.5% Unpublished Opinions 284 -13.1% 300 5.6% 327 9.0% 295 -9.8% 288 -2.4% 1.4% Orders 369 -5.6% 374 1.4% 382 2.1% 316 -17.3% 368 16.5% -0.3% Total 774 -4.0% 752 -2.8% 785 4.4% 699 -11.0% 722 3.3% -6.7% Cases Appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia 1,092 -8.2% 956 -12.5% 881 -7.8% 1,058 20.1% 851 -19.6% -22.1% Criminal Petitions Filed 1,753 -9.5% 1,808 3.1% 1,754 -3.0% 1,517 -13.5% 1,555 2.5% -11.3% Granted 210 18.6% 180 -14.3% 157 -12.8% 189 20.4% 192 1.6% -8.6% Refused/Dismissed/Other 1,668 -9.7% 1,585 -5.0% 1,454 -8.3% 1,548 6.5% 1,346 -13.0% -19.3% Percent Granted 11.2 10.2 9.7 10.88 12.48 Pre-Trial Petitions Filed by Commonwealth Filed 24 14.3% 13 -45.8% 20 53.8% 28 40.0% 15 -46.4% -37.5% Granted 12 33.3% 6 -50.0% 8 33.3% 15 87.5% 7 -53.3% -41.7% Refused/Dismissed/Other 10 -28.6% 12 20.0% 5 -58.3% 9 80.0% 9 0.0% -10.0% Original Jurisdiction Filed Habeas Corpus 6 -14.3% 6 0.0% 4 -33.3% 3 -25.0% 4 33.3% -33.3% Mandamus/Prohibition 9 -35.7% 9 0.0% 10 11.1% 8 -20.0% 11 37.5% 22.2% Actual Innocence 24 26.3% 27 12.5% 17 -37.0% 16 -5.9% 21 31.3% -12.5% Total 39 -2.5% 42 7.7% 31 -26.2% 27 -12.9% 36 33.3% -7.7%
Disposed Habeas Corpus 4 -50.0% 6 50.0% 6 0.0% 3 -50.0% 4 33.3% 0.0% Mandamus/Prohibition 8 -57.9% 10 25.0% 3 -70.0% 13 333.3% 9 -30.8% 12.5% Actual Innocence 21 -8.7% 26 23.8% 20 -23.1% 16 -20.0% 20 25.0% -4.8% Total 33 -34.0% 42 27.3% 29 -31.0% 32 10.3% 33 3.1% 0.0% Appeals of Right Filed Domestic Relations 268 -3.9% 251 -6.3% 242 -3.6% 236 -2.5% 250 5.9% -6.7% Workers' Compensation Commission 122 -30.7% 196 60.7% 145 -26.0% 101 -30.3% 90 -10.9% -26.2% Administrative Agency 33 6.5% 33 0.0% 23 -30.3% 17 -26.1% 19 11.8% -42.4% No Jurisdiction** 113 -8.1% 117 3.5% 124 6.0% 132 6.5% 135 2.3% 19.5% Other **** 4 -55.6% 11 175.0% 11 0.0% 15 36.4% 24 60.0% 500.0% Total 540 -12.6% 608 12.6% 545 -10.4% 501 -8.1% 518 3.4% -4.1%
Total Cases Filed 2,356 -9.9% 2,471 4.9% 2,350 -4.9% 2,073 -11.8% 2,124 2.5% -9.8% Total Petitions Refused and Cases Disposed 2,475 -7.9% 2,402 -2.9% 2,282 -5.0% 2,306 1.1% 2,152 -6.7% -13.1%
*Does not include contempt. ** These are cases over which the Court of Appeals does not have jurisdiction and which are candidates for transfer to the Supreme Court of Virginia, pursuant to Code § 8.01-677.1. Prior to 1995, these cases were counted under the “Administrative Agency” category. ***Includes concealed weapons applications, appeals by the Commonwealth before the end of trials and contempt.
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 55 Statistical Information Trial Court Caseload Statistics Table 7 Circuit Courts 2007-2016 Historical Summary Year Filings Percent Change Dispositions Percent Change 2007 297,177 2.5% 284,742 1.9% 2008 291,733 -1.8% 289,095 1.5% 2009 288,407 -1.1% 285,172 -1.4% 2010 289,378 0.3% 279,363 -2.0% 2011 283,648 -2.0% 283,432 1.5% 2012 284,951 0.5% 279,084 -1.5% 2013 288,066 1.1% 278,501 -0.2% 2014 281,355 -2.3% 241,967 -13.1% 2015* 384,875 36.5% 362,628 49.9% 2016* 397,525 3.3% 371,778 2.5% *Does not include Alexandria (18th) and Fairfax (19th) circuit court data. Note: Starting in 2015, special case activities including concealed weapon permits were calculated with civil lings causing substantial increases to case lings and dispositions.. Table 8 Circuit Courts 2015-2016 Filings** by Case Category Case Categories 2015 2016 Civil Administrative Law 428 541 Contested Divorce 8,519 8,777 Domestic and Family - Level 1 7,486 8,282 Domestic and Family - Level 2 3,926 3,929 General Civil - Level 1 1,103 979 General Civil - Level 2 13,610 13,317 General Civil - Level 3 9,045 9,158 Infraction/Civil Violation 1 - Probates/Wills and Trusts - Level 1 219 238 Probates/Wills and Trusts - Level 2 2,233 2,389 Protective Orders 245 263 Uncontested Divorce 19,660 19,567 Total 66,475 67,440 Criminal Capital Murder 5 2 9 3 Misdemeanor 39,699 41,284 Non-Capital Felonies and Related Matters 116,945 124,176 Other Criminally Related Matters 13,449 13,563 Total 170,145 179,116 Other Miscellaneous 133,301 150,969 Other 20,490 24,266 Total 153,791 175,235 State Total 390,411 421,791
**Totals may not match other tables due to case category calculations and regularly updated case filing information in the database.
56 Supreme Court of Virginia Statistical Information Table 9 Circuit Courts 2015-2016 Percent Changes in Filings and Dispositions Total Filings Total Dispositions
Percent Percent Year 2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change 1 13,443 14,644 8.9% 13,204 13,327 0.9% 2 16,988 24,015 41.4% 16,988 15,847 -6.7% 3 9,604 8,211 -14.5% 8,918 7,853 -11.9% 4 22,628 22,687 0.3% 22,743 22,142 -2.6% 5 8,957 9,460 5.6% 8,737 9,623 10.1% 6 5,842 6,223 6.5% 5,458 5,954 9.1% 7 9,461 8,987 -5.0% 8,579 8,563 -0.2% 8 7,632 7,730 1.3% 6,078 6,540 7.6% 9 12,791 14,010 9.5% 11,506 12,614 9.6% 10 10,114 9,860 -2.5% 10,017 9,782 -2.3% 11 6,649 7,145 7.5% 6,677 6,773 1.4% 12 16,345 17,891 9.5% 15,590 17,449 11.9% 13 14,412 12,396 -14.0% 13,853 11,396 -17.7% 14 12,125 12,471 2.9% 11,446 11,421 -0.2% 15 30,720 32,285 5.1% 28,984 30,086 3.8% 16 15,739 15,818 0.5% 14,014 14,004 -0.1% 17 9,647 8,546 -11.4% 7,787 7,698 -1.1% 18 5,236 6,897 31.7% 5,097 5,409 6.1% 19 28,718 28,618 -0.3% 25,837 27,830 7.7% 20 14,555 13,891 -4.6% 13,544 13,897 2.6% 21 6,766 7,505 10.9% 6,702 6,870 2.5% 22 11,485 12,434 8.3% 10,518 12,725 21.0% 23 11,089 12,138 9.5% 10,488 11,601 10.6% 24 14,311 15,622 9.2% 13,931 15,549 11.6% 25 14,449 15,351 6.2% 13,979 14,540 4.0% 26 23,082 21,522 -6.8% 22,276 20,889 -6.2% 27 18,181 18,511 1.8% 16,493 17,161 4.1% 28 8,147 8,695 6.7% 8,147 8,310 2.0% 29 12,616 13,224 4.8% 11,788 12,741 8.1% 30 9,628 8,828 -8.3% 9,432 9,804 3.9% 31 17,469 17,425 -0.3% 15,331 16,619 8.4% State 418,829 433,040 3.4% 394,142 405,017 2.8% Urban 194,797 167,141 -14.2% 139,114 134,609 -3.2% Rural 224,032 265,899 18.7% 255,028 270,408 6.0%
Note: Starting in 2015, special case activities including concealed weapon permits were calculated with civil lings causing substantial increases in lings and dispositions. In 2016, there were two circuit courts--Alexandria (18th) and Fairfax (19th)--that did not use the Courts Automated Information System - Case Management System (CAIS-CMS). These courts transmitted their own manually- or electronically-tabulated data.
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 57 Statistical Information Table 10 General District Courts 2007-2016 Historical Summary Percent Percent Year Filings Change Dispositions Change 2007 3,294,759 2.4% 3,314,096 2.4% 2008 3,363,593 2.1% 3,385,946 2.2% 2009 3,419,971 1.7% 3,437,902 1.5% 2010 3,265,992 -4.5% 3,289,278 -4.3% 2011 3,180,260 -2.6% 3,208,211 -2.5% 2012 3,087,041 -2.9% 3,109,841 -3.1% 2013 3,047,674 -1.3% 3,059,644 -1.6% 2014 3,004,109 -1.4% 3,012,512 -1.5% 2015 2,779,596 -7.5% 2,798,156 -7.1% 2016 2,691,775 -3.2% 2,709,436 -3.2% Criminal Cases Traffic Cases Civil Cases Percent Percent Percent Year Filings Change Filings Change Filings Change 2007 395,515 0.6% 1,985,315 2.5% 913,929 3.0% 2008 398,402 0.7% 2,019,786 1.7% 945,405 3.4% 2009 385,488 -3.2% 2,114,404 4.7% 920,079 -2.7% 2010 385,633 0.0% 2,046,254 -3.2% 834,105 -9.3% 2011 403,052 4.5% 1,935,280 -5.4% 841,928 0.9% 2012 404,575 0.4% 1,871,374 -3.3% 811,092 -3.7% 2013 394,673 -2.4% 1,868,859 -0.1% 784,142 -3.3% 2014 388,006 -1.7% 1,886,749 1.0% 729,354 -7.0% 2015 359,173 -7.4% 1,699,529 -9.9% 720,894 -1.2% 2016 351,180 -2.2% 1,608,093 -5.4% 732,502 1.6% Display 10 General District Court
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58 Supreme Court of Virginia Statistical Information Table 11 General District Courts 2015-2016 Percent Changes in Filings and Dispositions Filings Dispositions Filings Percent Dispositions Percent District 2014 2015Percent Change 2014 2015Percent Change District1 201599,149 2016 93,549 Change-5.6% 2015 98,960 2016 93,649 Change-5.4% 12 162,67093,549 152,339 90,183 -3.6%-6.4% 162,725 93,649 155,076 90,565 -3.3%-4.7% 2A2 152,33934,464 147,660 35,588 -3.1%3.3% 155,076 34,522 154,843 35,528 -0.2%2.9% 2A3 35,58841,004 33,66942,690 -5.4%4.1% 35,52841,016 33,503 43,193 -5.7%5.3% 34 112,68442,690 114,536 35,899 -15.9%1.6% 115,674 43,193 115,486 36,776 -14.9%-0.2% 45 114,53669,278 111,483 69,950 -2.7%1.0% 115,486 69,442 112,354 70,007 -2.7%0.8% 56 121,52469,950 113,094 60,035 -14.2%-6.9% 119,792 70,007 113,547 60,404 -13.7%-5.2% 67 113,09485,146 105,831 70,166 -17.6%-6.4% 113,547 85,575 104,859 71,530 -16.4%-7.7% 78 70,16668,754 67,27462,773 -4.1%-8.7% 71,53068,980 67,553 62,819 -5.6%-8.9% 89 62,77383,943 56,66270,516 -16.0%-9.7% 62,81984,143 57,293 71,068 -15.5%-8.8% 109 70,51665,874 69,78758,264 -11.6%-1.0% 71,06865,477 71,066 58,690 -10.4%0.0% 1011 58,26452,795 54,68151,238 -6.1%-2.9% 58,69053,351 54,919 51,483 -6.4%-3.5% 1112 118,47851,238 106,038 49,965 -10.5%-2.5% 119,628 51,483 107,705 50,462 -10.0%-2.0% 1213 106,038132,200 129,768 94,800 -10.6%-1.8% 107,705132,368 131,386 96,177 -10.7%-0.7% 1314 129,768111,244 134,344 107,857 -3.0%3.5% 131,386111,068 136,433 107,891 -2.9%3.8% 1415 107,857195,999 102,874 167,800 -14.4%-4.6% 107,891198,406 103,029 168,265 -15.2%-4.5% 1516 167,80099,504 157,762 86,590 -13.0%-6.0% 168,265 99,458 158,321 87,021 -12.5%-5.9% 1617 86,59075,453 92,18469,163 -8.3%6.5% 87,02176,576 92,436 70,084 -8.5%6.2% 1718 69,16332,559 56,39829,775 -18.5%-8.6% 70,08433,019 57,065 29,873 -18.6%-9.5% 1819 340,78629,775 302,697 34,087 -11.2%14.5% 337,170 29,873 304,649 34,607 15.8%-9.6% 1920 302,69786,395 322,708 81,235 -6.0%6.6% 304,649 86,377 319,399 80,876 -6.4%4.8% 2021 81,23526,024 78,17223,980 -3.8%-7.9% 80,87625,964 77,862 23,982 -3.7%-7.6% 2122 23,98049,125 22,37447,580 -6.7%-3.1% 23,98249,281 22,202 47,671 -7.4%-3.3% 2223 47,58087,487 41,54576,500 -12.7%-12.6% 47,67188,790 42,090 78,505 -11.7%-11.6% 2324 76,50074,257 72,28266,133 -10.9%-5.5% 78,50574,411 74,514 67,258 -5.1%-9.6% 2425 66,13388,041 64,14780,998 -3.0%-8.0% 67,25888,214 64,083 81,536 -4.7%-7.6% 2526 124,19680,998 118,077 75,960 -6.2%-4.9% 124,198 81,536 118,311 75,389 -7.5%-4.7% 2627 118,077130,040 114,267 126,645 -3.2%-2.6% 118,311131,069 114,788 126,308 -3.0%-3.6% 2728 126,64557,822 120,364 53,599 -5.0%-7.3% 126,308 58,340 120,553 53,651 -4.6%-8.0% 2829 53,59937,775 53,08335,177 -1.0%-6.9% 53,65138,477 53,316 35,501 -0.6%-7.7% 2930 35,17729,379 34,35228,104 -2.3%-4.3% 35,50129,385 35,168 28,274 -0.9%-3.8% 3031 110,06028,104 107,177 27,015 -3.9%-2.6% 110,656 28,274 107,333 26,923 -4.8%-3.0% State31 3,004,109107,177 2,779,596 109,928 -7.5%2.6% 3,012,512 107,333 2,798,156 110,484 -7.1%2.9% UrbanState 2,779,5961,604,382 2,691,7751,465,028 -3.2%-8.7% 2,798,1561,607,265 2,709,4361,493,831 -3.2%-7.1% UrbanRural 1,484,5161,399,727 1,436,5821,314,568 -3.2%-6.1% 1,493,8311,405,247 1,473,7621,304,325 -1.3%-7.2% Rural 1,295,080 1,255,193 -3.1% 1,304,325 1,235,674 -5.3%
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 59 Statistical Information Table 12 Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Courts 2007-2016 Historical Summary
Percent Percent Year Filings Change Disposition Change 2007 536,114 0.5% 540,234 0.0% 2008 525,029 -2.1% 534,434 -1.1% 2009 512,991 -2.3% 519,514 -2.8% 2010 502,291 -2.1% 509,720 -1.9% 2011 500,924 -0.3% 509,129 -0.1% 2012 504,064 0.6% 511,145 0.4% 2013 483,681 -4.0% 496,946 -2.8% 2014 476,218 -1.5% 487,604 -1.9% 2015 465,278 -2.3% 473,226 -2.9% 2016 505,474 8.6% 497,336 5.1% Juvenile Cases Adult Cases Percent Percent Year Filings Change Filings Change 2007 282,585 -0.5% 253,529 1.6% 2008 281,438 -0.4% 243,591 -3.9% 2009 269,727 -4.2% 243,264 -0.1% 2010 256,290 -5.0% 246,001 1.1% 2011 255,974 -0.1% 244,950 -0.4% 2012 256,966 0.4% 247,098 0.9% 2013 248,082 -3.5% 235,599 -4.7% 2014 246,078 -0.8% 230,140 -2.3% 2015 246,351 0.1% 221,927 -3.6% 2016 245,209 -0.5% 260,265 17.3% Display 13 Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Courts Trends In Filings (Cases in thousands)
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60 Supreme Court of Virginia Statistical Information Table 13 Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Courts 2015-2016 Percent Changes in Filings and Dispositions Filings Dispositions Filings Percent Dispositions Percent District 2014 2015Percent Change 2014 2015Percent Change District 2015 2016 Change 2015 2016 Change 1 99,149 93,549 -5.6% 98,960 93,649 -5.4% 12 162,670 14,904 152,339 14,686 -1.5%-6.4% 14,546 162,725 13,994 155,076 -3.8% -4.7% 22A 26,47534,464 28,34535,588 7.1%3.3% 27,763 34,522 26,873 35,528 -3.2% 2.9% 2A3 41,004 2,879 42,690 2,873 -0.2%4.1% 2,965 41,016 2,808 43,193 -5.3% 5.3% 34 112,684 10,169 114,536 11,618 14.2%1.6% 10,335 115,674 11,103 115,486 7.4% -0.2% 45 18,09169,278 21,44669,950 18.5%1.0% 18,624 69,442 19,933 70,007 7.0% 0.8% 56 121,524 8,673 113,094 9,105 -6.9%5.0% 8,965 119,792 8,904 113,547 -0.7% -5.2% 67 85,146 8,369 70,166 8,508 -17.6%1.7% 8,442 85,575 8,218 71,530 -2.7% -16.4% 78 12,98868,754 14,73762,773 13.5%-8.7% 13,349 68,980 14,587 62,819 9.3% -8.9% 89 11,39583,943 12,46970,516 -16.0%9.4% 11,613 84,143 12,345 71,068 6.3% -15.5% 910 12,76565,874 15,42258,264 -11.6%20.8% 12,785 65,477 15,341 58,690 20.0% -10.4% 1011 10,64552,795 12,03951,238 13.1%-2.9% 10,984 53,351 11,698 51,483 6.5% -3.5% 11 12.9% 3.9% 12 118,478 9,105 106,038 10,275 -10.5% 9,365 119,628 9,727 107,705 -10.0% 12 21,145 22,680 7.3% 21,559 22,411 4.0% 13 132,200 129,768 -1.8% 132,368 131,386 -0.7% 13 15,757 18,731 18.9% 15,718 18,247 16.1% 14 111,244 107,857 -3.0% 111,068 107,891 -2.9% 14 18,563 19,904 7.2% 19,217 19,684 2.4% 15 195,999 167,800 -14.4% 198,406 168,265 -15.2% 15 33,913 36,500 7.6% 34,148 36,155 5.9% 16 99,504 86,590 -13.0% 99,458 87,021 -12.5% 16 19,606 21,718 10.8% 19,576 21,509 9.9% 17 75,453 69,163 -8.3% 76,576 70,084 -8.5% 17 4,375 4,811 10.0% 4,473 4,717 5.5% 18 32,559 29,775 -8.6% 33,019 29,873 -9.5% 18 5,085 5,656 11.2% 5,192 5,615 8.1% 19 340,786 302,697 -11.2% 337,170 304,649 -9.6% 19 30,200 31,179 3.2% 30,856 32,459 5.2% 20 86,395 81,235 -6.0% 86,377 80,876 -6.4% 20 10,718 10,962 2.3% 10,917 11,145 2.1% 21 26,024 23,980 -7.9% 25,964 23,982 -7.6% 21 7,875 8,308 5.5% 7,904 8,510 7.7% 22 49,125 47,580 -3.1% 49,281 47,671 -3.3% 22 13,544 13,612 0.5% 13,791 13,459 -2.4% 23 87,487 76,500 -12.6% 88,790 78,505 -11.6% 23 16,683 18,787 12.6% 16,781 18,540 10.5% 24 74,257 66,133 -10.9% 74,411 67,258 -9.6% 24 18,728 21,165 13.0% 18,855 20,803 10.3% 25 88,041 80,998 -8.0% 88,214 81,536 -7.6% 25 16,396 17,325 5.7% 16,357 17,302 5.8% 26 124,196 118,077 -4.9% 124,198 118,311 -4.7% 26 24,162 25,922 7.3% 24,533 25,736 4.9% 27 130,040 126,645 -2.6% 131,069 126,308 -3.6% 27 16,651 18,032 8.3% 16,910 18,255 8.0% 28 57,822 53,599 -7.3% 58,340 53,651 -8.0% 28 9,074 9,836 8.4% 9,196 9,677 5.2% 29 37,775 35,177 -6.9% 38,477 35,501 -7.7% 29 9,937 10,901 9.7% 10,122 10,452 3.3% 30 29,379 28,104 -4.3% 29,385 28,274 -3.8% 30 7,410 7,616 2.8% 7,565 7,365 -2.6% 31 110,060 107,177 -2.6% 110,656 107,333 -3.0% 31 18,998 20,306 6.9% 19,820 19,764 -0.3% State 3,004,109 2,779,596 -7.5% 3,012,512 2,798,156 -7.1% State 465,278 505,474 8.6% 473,226 497,336 5.1% Urban 1,604,382 1,465,028 -8.7% 1,607,265 1,493,831 -7.1% Urban 224,828 245,355 9.1% 229,846 240,272 4.5% Rural 1,399,727 1,314,568 -6.1% 1,405,247 1,304,325 -7.2% Rural 240,450 260,119 8.2% 243,380 257,064 5.6%
2016 State of the Judiciary Report 61 Statistical Information Table 14 Magistrate System 2016 Statistics
2016 Bail Processes Commitment (DC-352) 190,734 Recognizance (DC-330) 178,470 Release (DC-353) 128,024
Arrest Processes Felony (DC-312) 150,228 Misdemeanor (local) (DC-315) 60,789 Misdemeanor (state) (DC-314) 201,104 Summons (DC-319) 85,558 Extradition (DC-374) 40,516 Capias (DC-361 or DC361X) 38,624 Dangerous dog (DC-396) 38,709
Protective Orders Emergency protective order (DC-382) 18,111 Emergency protective order – family abuse (DC-626) 37,982
Mental and Medical Health Processes Temporary detention order (DC894A) 24,121 Temporary detention order (juvenile) (DC-895) 2,338 Emergency custody order (DC-492) 8,317 Medical – Temporary detention order (DC-490) 400 Medical – Emergency custody order (DC-488) 3 9
Search Warrants Search warrant (DC-339) 22,065 Search warrant (tracking) (DC-341) 199 Search warrant (real time location data) (DC-309) 683
62 Supreme Court of Virginia Appendix Trial Court Caseload Statistics 2016 Circuit Courts Filings Dispositions Population Percent Circuit Court Judgeships Civil Criminal Total Civil Criminal Total 2010 2016 Change 1 Chesapeake 5 7,557 7,087 14,644 6,990 6,337 13,327 222,209 240,485 8.2%
2 Accomack 9 1,047 502 1,549 1,250 406 1,656 33,164 33,330 0.5% Northampton 338 756 1,094 274 598 872 12,389 12,139 -2.0% Virginia Beach 13,482 7,890 21,372 5,510 7,809 13,319 437,994 453,628 3.6% Total 14,867 9,148 24,015 7,034 8,813 15,847 483,547 499,097 3.2%
3 Portsmouth 4 4,211 4,000 8,211 3,904 3,949 7,853 95,535 96,179 0.7%
4 Norfolk 8 14,700 7,987 22,687 14,653 7,489 22,142 242,803 247,087 1.8%
5 Isle of Wight 3 1,161 718 1,879 1,224 557 1,781 35,270 37,074 5.1% Southampton/Franklin City 847 1,062 1,909 838 1,002 1,840 27,152 26,839 -1.2% Suffolk 2,705 2,967 5,672 2,680 3,322 6,002 84,585 91,722 8.4% Total 4,713 4,747 9,460 4,742 4,881 9,623 147,007 155,635 5.9%
6 Brunswick 3 368 779 1,147 350 750 1,100 17,434 16,687 -4.3% Greensville/Emporia 234 463 697 312 531 843 18,170 17,608 -3.1% Hopewell 652 851 1,503 765 852 1,617 22,591 22,901 1.4% Prince George 1,195 799 1,994 1,123 597 1,720 35,725 36,656 2.6% Surry 235 65 300 41 61 102 7,058 6,743 -4.5% Sussex 257 325 582 267 305 572 12,087 11,745 -2.8% Total 2,941 3,282 6,223 2,858 3,096 5,954 113,065 112,340 -0.6%
7 Newport News 6 4,783 4,204 8,987 4,319 4,244 8,563 180,719 183,218 1.4%
8 Hampton 3 3,866 3,864 7,730 3,524 3,016 6,540 137,436 137,492 0.0%
9 Charles City 4 213 209 422 79 123 202 7,256 7,253 0.0% Gloucester 1,523 923 2,446 1,426 882 2,308 36,858 36,983 0.3% King & Queen 230 121 351 205 154 359 6,945 7,156 3.0% King William 613 288 901 601 239 840 15,935 16,333 2.5% Mathews 275 177 452 100 189 289 8,978 8,647 -3.7% Middlesex 377 329 706 55 258 313 10,959 11,049 0.8% New Kent 818 504 1,322 758 379 1,137 18,429 20,895 13.4% Williamsburg/James City 2,457 1,380 3,837 2,386 1,259 3,645 81,077 89,044 9.8% York/Poquoson 2,437 1,136 3,573 2,469 1,052 3,521 77,614 80,872 4.2% Total 8,943 5,067 14,010 8,079 4,535 12,614 264,051 278,232 5.4%
10 Appomattox 4 588 386 974 588 394 982 14,973 15,388 2.8% Buckingham 538 323 861 501 400 901 17,146 16,913 -1.4% Charlotte 376 303 679 379 291 670 12,586 12,316 -2.1% Cumberland 293 195 488 72 173 245 10,052 9,857 -1.9% Halifax 1,236 972 2,208 1,177 1,154 2,331 36,241 35,584 -1.8% Lunenburg 357 176 533 335 217 552 12,914 12,365 -4.3% Mecklenburg 1,058 1,581 2,639 1,043 1,486 2,529 32,727 31,347 -4.2% Prince Edward 575 903 1,478 545 1,027 1,572 23,368 23,593 1.0% Total 5,021 4,839 9,860 4,640 5,142 9,782 160,007 157,363 -1.7%
11 Amelia 3 470 274 744 466 320 786 12,690 12,856 1.3% Dinwiddie 1,000 647 1,647 997 558 1,555 28,001 28,363 1.3% Nottoway 454 444 898 461 317 778 15,853 16,106 1.6% Petersburg 942 1,372 2,314 887 1,392 2,279 32,420 32,018 -1.2% Powhatan 1,229 313 1,542 1,060 315 1,375 28,046 28,696 2.3% Total 4,095 3,050 7,145 3,871 2,902 6,773 117,010 118,039 0.9%
12 Chesterfield 6 9,497 6,549 16,046 9,276 6,554 15,830 316,236 333,963 5.6% Colonial Heights 607 1,238 1,845 303 1,316 1,619 17,411 17,312 -0.6% Total 10,104 7,787 17,891 9,579 7,870 17,449 333,647 351,275 5.3%
13 Richmond City 8 6,033 6,363 12,396 5,316 6,080 11,396 204,214 221,679 8.6%
14 Henrico 5 7,105 5,366 12,471 6,175 5,246 11,421 306,935 321,233 4.7%
15 Caroline 11 1,032 1,042 2,074 778 823 1,601 28,545 29,704 4.1% Essex 284 348 632 283 311 594 11,151 10,792 -3.2% Fredericksburg 1,430 2,342 3,772 1,278 2,121 3,399 24,286 27,025 11.3% Hanover 3,840 2,339 6,179 3,733 2,244 5,977 99,863 105,210 5.4% King George 282 871 1,153 288 796 1,084 23,584 24,724 4.8% Lancaster 382 372 754 398 321 719 11,391 11,236 -1.4% Northumberland 333 460 793 354 393 747 12,330 12,089 -2.0% Richmond County 200 292 492 185 198 383 9,254 9,029 -2.4% Spotsylvania 4,188 2,703 6,891 3,971 2,183 6,154 122,397 129,668 5.9% Stafford 4,354 4,171 8,525 4,192 4,431 8,623 128,961 141,915 10.0% Westmoreland 453 567 1,020 155 650 805 17,454 17,695 1.4% Total 16,778 15,507 32,285 15,615 14,471 30,086 489,216 519,087 6.1% 2016 Circuit Courts Filings Dispositions Population Percent Circuit Court Judgeships Civil Criminal Total Civil Criminal Total 2010 2016 Change 16 Albemarle 6 2,656 1,131 3,787 1,790 1,023 2,813 98,970 105,715 6.8% Charlottesville 612 929 1,541 159 962 1,121 43,475 49,071 12.9% Culpeper 1,559 887 2,446 1,591 998 2,589 46,689 49,388 5.8% Fluvanna 809 422 1,231 845 443 1,288 25,691 26,133 1.7% Goochland 796 269 1,065 816 291 1,107 21,717 22,312 2.7% Greene 684 306 990 161 341 502 18,403 19,785 7.5% Louisa 1,252 766 2,018 1,219 770 1,989 33,153 34,316 3.5% Madison 451 232 683 458 192 650 13,308 13,099 -1.6% Orange 1,225 832 2,057 1,256 689 1,945 33,481 33,777 0.9% Total 10,044 5,774 15,818 8,295 5,709 14,004 334,887 353,596 5.6%
17 Arlington/Falls Church 3 3,604 4,942 8,546 3,273 4,425 7,698 219,959 250,814 14.0%
18 Alexandria 4 ---Not Available------Not Available--- 139,966 159,464 13.9%
19 Fairfax County/City 15 ---Not Available------Not Available--- 1,104,291 1,160,547 5.1%
20 Fauquier 5 2,240 1,082 3,322 2,130 951 3,081 65,203 68,168 4.5% Loudoun 7,925 2,280 10,205 7,961 2,508 10,469 312,311 385,327 23.4% Rappahannock 264 100 364 269 78 347 7,373 7,308 -0.9% Total 10,429 3,462 13,891 10,360 3,537 13,897 384,887 460,803 19.7%
21 Henry 2 2,130 2,082 4,212 2,027 1,814 3,841 54,151 52,352 -3.3% Martinsville 300 1,065 1,365 278 1,027 1,305 13,821 13,544 -2.0% Patrick 835 1,093 1,928 854 870 1,724 18,490 18,039 -2.4% Total 3,265 4,240 7,505 3,159 3,711 6,870 86,462 83,935 -2.9%
22 Danville 5 1,305 3,099 4,404 1,181 3,321 4,502 43,055 41,967 -2.5% Franklin County 1,948 1,904 3,852 1,999 2,060 4,059 56,159 56,205 0.1% Pittsylvania 2,673 1,505 4,178 2,728 1,436 4,164 63,506 62,614 -1.4% Total 5,926 6,508 12,434 5,908 6,817 12,725 162,720 160,786 -1.2%
23 Roanoke City 5 2,845 2,557 5,402 2,756 2,505 5,261 97,032 99,644 2.7% Roanoke County 3,016 2,018 5,034 3,131 1,714 4,845 92,376 93,924 1.7% Salem 791 911 1,702 766 729 1,495 24,802 25,476 2.7% Total 6,652 5,486 12,138 6,653 4,948 11,601 214,210 219,044 2.3%
24 Amherst 5 1,072 822 1,894 1,002 823 1,825 32,353 32,140 -0.7% Bedford County/City 3,324 1,146 4,470 3,424 1,055 4,479 74,874 77,465 3.5% Campbell 2,231 1,139 3,370 2,302 1,227 3,529 54,842 55,562 1.3% Lynchburg 2,507 2,390 4,897 2,256 2,592 4,848 75,568 79,531 5.2% Nelson 539 452 991 540 328 868 15,020 14,835 -1.2% Total 9,673 5,949 15,622 9,524 6,025 15,549 252,657 259,533 2.7%
25 Alleghany/Covington 5 747 1,128 1,875 801 1,046 1,847 22,211 21,526 -3.1% Augusta 2,650 1,563 4,213 2,541 1,432 3,973 73,750 74,809 1.4% Bath 218 104 322 273 110 383 4,731 4,652 -1.7% Botetourt 1,327 947 2,274 1,375 797 2,172 33,148 33,176 0.1% Buena Vista 221 256 477 203 249 452 6,650 6,502 -2.2% Craig 251 69 320 231 48 279 5,190 5,216 0.5% Highland 93 63 156 93 42 135 2,321 2,300 -0.9% Lexington/Rockbridge 975 1,365 2,340 891 1,155 2,046 29,349 29,542 0.7% Staunton 652 1,068 1,720 692 1,027 1,719 23,746 24,453 3.0% Waynesboro 935 719 1,654 896 638 1,534 21,006 21,837 4.0% Total 8,069 7,282 15,351 7,996 6,544 14,540 222,102 224,013 0.9%
26 Clarke 8 474 282 756 385 233 618 14,034 14,240 1.5% Frederick 2,554 2,112 4,666 2,665 2,122 4,787 78,305 83,998 7.3% Page 778 1,226 2,004 770 1,150 1,920 24,042 23,586 -1.9% Rockingham/Harrisonburg 3,348 2,813 6,161 3,175 2,856 6,031 125,228 133,959 7.0% Shenandoah 1,448 1,357 2,805 1,329 1,042 2,371 41,993 41,938 -0.1% Warren 1,724 1,164 2,888 1,730 1,146 2,876 37,575 39,181 4.3% Winchester 704 1,538 2,242 656 1,630 2,286 26,203 27,531 5.1% Total 11,030 10,492 21,522 10,710 10,179 20,889 347,380 364,433 4.9%
27 Bland 7 338 148 486 302 139 441 6,824 6,571 -3.7% Carroll/Galax 1,464 1,345 2,809 1,448 1,142 2,590 37,084 35,903 -3.2% Floyd 603 358 961 667 287 954 15,279 15,321 0.3% Giles 693 574 1,267 608 818 1,426 17,286 17,024 -1.5% Grayson 798 651 1,449 232 600 832 15,533 15,926 2.5% Montgomery 2,434 2,272 4,706 2,113 2,126 4,239 94,392 98,509 4.4% Pulaski 1,353 1,635 2,988 1,428 1,498 2,926 34,872 34,577 -0.8% Radford 409 695 1,104 367 721 1,088 16,408 17,228 5.0% Wythe 1,345 1,396 2,741 1,306 1,359 2,665 29,235 28,462 -2.6% Total 9,437 9,074 18,511 8,471 8,690 17,161 266,913 269,521 1.0%
28 Bristol 4 728 1,268 1,996 697 1,341 2,038 17,835 17,669 -0.9% Smyth 1,256 1,290 2,546 1,247 1,217 2,464 32,208 31,052 -3.6% Washington 2,182 1,971 4,153 2,263 1,545 3,808 54,876 53,410 -2.7% Total 4,166 4,529 8,695 4,207 4,103 8,310 104,919 102,131 -2.7% 2016 Circuit Courts
Filings Dispositions Population Percent Circuit Court Judgeships Civil Criminal Total Civil Criminal Total 2010 2016 Change 29 Buchanan 5 1,015 1,348 2,363 994 1,361 2,355 24,098 22,473 -6.7% Dickenson 610 678 1,288 596 627 1,223 15,903 14,996 -5.7% Russell 1,379 1,801 3,180 1,458 1,709 3,167 28,897 27,697 -4.2% Tazewell 2,021 4,372 6,393 1,916 4,080 5,996 45,078 43,369 -3.8% Total 5,025 8,199 13,224 4,964 7,777 12,741 113,976 108,535 -4.8%
30 Lee 4 909 1,356 2,265 918 1,176 2,094 25,587 24,653 -3.7% Scott 1,034 1,336 2,370 1,082 1,785 2,867 23,177 22,733 -1.9% Wise/Norton 1,660 2,533 4,193 1,579 3,264 4,843 45,410 43,358 -4.5% Total 3,603 5,225 8,828 3,579 6,225 9,804 94,174 90,744 -3.6%
Prince William/Manassas/ 6 11,769 5,656 17,425 10,633 5,986 16,619 454,096 505,468 11.3% 31 Manassas Park
State 171 218,409 179,116 397,525 199,031 172,747 371,778 8,001,024 8,411,808 5.1%
Starting in 2015, special case activities including concealed weapon permits were calculated with civil l- ings. In 2016, there were two circuit courts--Alexandria (18th) and Fairfax (19th)--that did not use the Courts Automated Information System - Case Management System (CAIS-CMS). These courts transmitted their own manually- or electronically-tabulated data. 2016 General District Courts
Filings Dispositions Judicial District Court Criminal Traffic Civil Total Criminal Traffic Civil Total 1 Chesapeake 8,889 42,480 38,814 90,183 8,873 43,019 38,673 90,565
2 Virginia Beach 16,165 65,531 65,964 147,660 16,748 71,942 66,153 154,843
2A Accomack 1,501 8,485 4,051 14,037 1,470 8,542 4,052 14,064 Northampton 875 17,856 901 19,632 864 17,686 889 19,439 Total 2,376 26,341 4,952 33,669 2,334 26,228 4,941 33,503
3 Portsmouth 5,950 12,651 17,298 35,899 6,133 13,343 17,300 36,776
4 Norfolk Norfolk-Criminal 14,072 207 0 14,279 14,266 204 0 14,470 Norfolk-Traffic 1,599 33,300 0 34,899 1,710 34,003 0 35,713 Norfolk-Civil 0 0 62,305 62,305 0 0 62,171 62,171 Total 15,671 33,507 62,305 111,483 15,976 34,207 62,171 112,354
5 Franklin City 616 900 1,767 3,283 764 931 1,738 3,433 Isle of Wight 1,844 12,131 1,821 15,796 1,748 12,091 1,851 15,690 Southampton 683 16,817 788 18,288 689 16,894 789 18,372 Suffolk 3,249 9,956 9,463 22,668 3,233 10,185 9,491 22,909 Total 6,392 39,804 13,839 60,035 6,434 40,101 13,869 60,404
6 Brunswick 549 20,080 565 21,194 616 19,889 565 21,070 Emporia 760 9,573 1,823 12,156 718 9,677 1,828 12,223 Greensville 472 17,571 736 18,779 511 17,587 732 18,830 Hopewell 1,994 17,182 3,450 22,626 1,937 16,651 3,388 21,976 Prince George 1,128 8,694 2,427 12,249 1,159 8,536 2,434 12,129 Surry 238 1,221 192 1,651 248 1,189 202 1,639 Sussex 400 16,385 391 17,176 429 16,193 370 16,992 Total 5,541 90,706 9,584 105,831 5,618 89,722 9,519 104,859
7 Newport News Newport News-Criminal 8,131 539 81 8,751 8,042 551 66 8,659 Newport News-Traffic 1,229 23,059 364 24,652 1,249 23,253 353 24,855 Newport News-Civil 1,431 0 32,440 33,871 1,450 0 32,589 34,039 Total 10,791 23,598 32,885 67,274 10,741 23,804 33,008 67,553
8 Hampton 7,655 27,759 21,248 56,662 7,684 28,250 21,359 57,293
9 Charles City 210 656 198 1,064 223 691 197 1,111 Gloucester 1,641 10,129 1,886 13,656 1,740 11,101 1,891 14,732 King & Queen 697 3,210 223 4,130 735 3,247 213 4,195 King William 639 2,418 1,290 4,347 701 2,442 1,266 4,409 Mathews 352 901 221 1,474 354 893 225 1,472 Middlesex 444 773 366 1,583 489 778 354 1,621 New Kent 830 6,246 2,264 9,340 824 6,421 2,204 9,449 Williamsburg/James City 3,420 9,144 4,026 16,590 3,346 9,216 4,057 16,619 York/Poquoson 2,949 10,466 4,188 17,603 2,851 10,411 4,196 17,458 Total 11,182 43,943 14,662 69,787 11,263 45,200 14,603 71,066
10 Appomattox 755 2,075 1,115 3,945 750 2,116 1,126 3,992 Buckingham 603 2,953 596 4,152 702 3,040 579 4,321 Charlotte 452 3,844 441 4,737 498 3,763 443 4,704 Cumberland 443 3,801 443 4,687 440 3,814 441 4,695 Halifax 1,741 7,562 2,718 12,021 1,749 7,523 2,630 11,902 Lunenburg 350 2,353 389 3,092 373 2,380 393 3,146 Mecklenburg 1,305 8,965 3,307 13,577 1,377 8,920 3,300 13,597 Prince Edward 1,501 5,160 1,809 8,470 1,618 5,186 1,758 8,562 Total 7,150 36,713 10,818 54,681 7,507 36,742 10,670 54,919
11 Amelia 340 3,442 348 4,130 327 3,393 341 4,061 Dinwiddie 1,284 9,180 1,601 12,065 1,353 9,480 1,616 12,449 Nottoway 681 3,941 708 5,330 702 3,903 701 5,306 Petersburg 2,646 10,275 9,095 22,016 2,751 10,326 9,170 22,247 Powhatan 916 4,767 741 6,424 924 4,738 737 6,399 Total 5,867 31,605 12,493 49,965 6,057 31,840 12,565 50,462 2016 General District Courts
Filings Dispositions Judicial District Court Criminal Traffic Civil Total Criminal Traffic Civil Total 12 Chesterfield 12,112 43,016 28,972 84,100 12,414 43,763 29,276 85,453 Colonial Heights 3,052 5,461 2,187 10,700 3,147 5,461 2,116 10,724 Total 15,164 48,477 31,159 94,800 15,561 49,224 31,392 96,177
13 Richmond City Richmond-John Marshall 2,315 47,538 307 50,160 2,065 48,847 298 51,210 Richmond-Manchester 4,411 2,985 404 7,800 4,949 3,256 411 8,616 Richmond-Civil 0 0 64,894 64,894 0 0 65,077 65,077 Richmond-Marsh 9,165 1,296 1,029 11,490 9,744 756 1,030 11,530 Total 15,891 51,819 66,634 134,344 16,758 52,859 66,816 136,433
14 Henrico 14,993 52,311 35,570 102,874 14,241 52,547 36,241 103,029
15 Caroline 1,947 12,278 1,356 15,581 1,949 12,469 1,345 15,763 Essex 822 5,943 1,066 7,831 838 6,049 1,093 7,980 Frederickburg 2,636 3,920 18,709 25,265 2,616 3,950 18,656 25,222 Hanover 4,272 17,225 5,021 26,518 4,134 17,370 5,020 26,524 King George 974 6,183 810 7,967 1,026 6,280 822 8,128 Lancaster 482 1,681 602 2,765 492 1,668 587 2,747 Northumberland 902 1,730 412 3,044 875 1,730 424 3,029 Richmond County 404 2,473 908 3,785 403 2,454 916 3,773 Spotsylvania 5,524 14,363 8,329 28,216 5,545 14,427 8,236 28,208 Stafford 6,245 17,105 7,921 31,271 6,326 17,194 7,824 31,344 Westmoreland 772 3,939 808 5,519 886 3,930 787 5,603 Total 24,980 86,840 45,942 157,762 25,090 87,521 45,710 158,321
16 Albemarle 2,679 12,304 8,924 23,907 2,701 12,388 8,910 23,999 Charlottesville 2,488 5,719 7,428 15,635 2,493 5,794 7,374 15,661 Culpeper 2,123 8,265 2,813 13,201 2,232 8,315 2,836 13,383 Fluvanna 687 3,177 754 4,618 618 3,148 727 4,493 Goochland 653 5,622 575 6,850 607 5,562 558 6,727 Greene 767 4,222 916 5,905 746 4,248 925 5,919 Louisa 1,195 4,308 1,316 6,819 1,260 4,301 1,311 6,872 Madison 452 4,335 328 5,115 451 4,320 342 5,113 Orange 1,059 7,482 1,593 10,134 1,118 7,516 1,635 10,269 Total 12,103 55,434 24,647 92,184 12,226 55,592 24,618 92,436
17 Arlington 6,852 38,223 6,587 51,662 6,965 38,763 6,566 52,294 Falls Church 327 4,148 261 4,736 370 4,134 267 4,771 Total 7,179 42,371 6,848 56,398 7,335 42,897 6,833 57,065
18 Alexandria 4,351 21,638 8,098 34,087 4,617 21,866 8,124 34,607
19 Fairfax City 26,725 250,157 35,423 312,305 24,662 248,981 35,432 309,075 Fairfax County 529 9,816 58 10,403 504 9,762 58 10,324 Total 27,254 259,973 35,481 322,708 25,166 258,743 35,490 319,399
20 Fauquier 2,578 13,754 2,377 18,709 2,634 13,633 2,321 18,588 Loudoun 7,148 38,124 10,457 55,729 7,147 38,054 10,368 55,569 Rappahannock 228 3,282 224 3,734 212 3,271 222 3,705 Total 9,954 55,160 13,058 78,172 9,993 54,958 12,911 77,862
21 Henry 1,881 8,109 3,629 13,619 1,804 8,100 3,616 13,520 Martinsville 848 1,701 2,491 5,040 802 1,628 2,502 4,932 Patrick 675 2,584 456 3,715 647 2,653 450 3,750 Total 3,404 12,394 6,576 22,374 3,253 12,381 6,568 22,202
22 Danville 3,983 7,801 6,335 18,119 4,181 8,137 6,345 18,663 Franklin County 2,675 6,310 2,251 11,236 2,585 6,316 2,256 11,157 Pittsylvania 1,299 8,468 2,423 12,190 1,380 8,483 2,407 12,270 Total 7,957 22,579 11,009 41,545 8,146 22,936 11,008 42,090 2016 General District Courts
Filings Dispositions Judicial District Court Criminal Traffic Civil Total Criminal Traffic Civil Total 23 Roanoke City 7,183 15,183 17,656 40,022 8,116 16,178 17,681 41,975 Roanoke County 3,416 14,806 3,534 21,756 3,595 15,043 3,556 22,194 Salem 1,743 6,372 2,389 10,504 1,568 6,390 2,387 10,345 Total 12,342 36,361 23,579 72,282 13,279 37,611 23,624 74,514
24 Amherst 1,486 8,568 1,959 12,013 1,431 8,377 1,968 11,776 Bedford County/City 2,729 7,741 3,223 13,693 2,727 7,653 3,227 13,607 Campbell 1,537 6,973 3,422 11,932 1,601 6,981 3,406 11,988 Lynchburg 5,409 7,914 8,769 22,092 5,566 7,989 8,800 22,355 Nelson 642 3,180 595 4,417 625 3,115 617 4,357 Total 11,803 34,376 17,968 64,147 11,950 34,115 18,018 64,083
25 Alleghany 1,213 5,225 1,105 7,543 1,231 5,241 1,096 7,568 Augusta 2,805 10,847 2,474 16,126 2,525 10,668 2,481 15,674 Bath 335 1,954 89 2,378 342 1,945 84 2,371 Botetourt 1,184 13,136 899 15,219 1,203 13,053 890 15,146 Buena Vista 400 1,265 296 1,961 394 1,260 295 1,949 Craig 178 748 135 1,061 180 736 137 1,053 Highland 91 664 100 855 91 670 100 861 Lexington/Rockbridge 2,256 13,444 1,156 16,856 2,062 13,424 1,159 16,645 Staunton 2,045 3,781 1,886 7,712 2,109 3,758 1,879 7,746 Waynesboro 1,400 1,514 3,335 6,249 1,502 1,571 3,303 6,376 Total 11,907 52,578 11,475 75,960 11,639 52,326 11,424 75,389
26 Clarke 481 5,158 423 6,062 460 5,163 413 6,036 Frederick 2,833 15,508 3,244 21,585 2,938 15,506 3,252 21,696 Page 1,186 3,767 1,599 6,552 1,318 3,751 1,622 6,691 Rockingham/Harrisonburg 8,137 21,537 8,566 38,240 8,006 21,487 8,663 38,156 Shenandoah 2,201 10,843 3,603 16,647 2,005 10,761 3,667 16,433 Warren 2,014 5,109 3,921 11,044 2,145 5,250 3,924 11,319 Winchester 2,748 3,308 8,081 14,137 2,936 3,334 8,187 14,457 Total 19,600 65,230 29,437 114,267 19,808 65,252 29,728 114,788
27 Bland 282 9,048 147 9,477 330 9,148 145 9,623 Carroll 1,577 20,355 974 22,906 1,483 20,197 975 22,655 Floyd 290 1,455 394 2,139 277 1,445 395 2,117 Galax 993 1,885 674 3,552 1,147 1,917 672 3,736 Giles 912 6,510 870 8,292 845 6,558 877 8,280 Grayson 658 1,234 599 2,491 604 1,203 597 2,404 Montgomery 2,737 17,656 5,704 26,097 2,758 17,620 5,687 26,065 Pulaski 2,448 8,631 1,767 12,846 2,476 8,775 1,786 13,037 Radford 1,874 1,778 861 4,513 1,875 1,858 849 4,582 Wythe 2,455 24,243 1,353 28,051 2,527 24,180 1,347 28,054 Total 14,226 92,795 13,343 120,364 14,322 92,901 13,330 120,553
28 Bristol 1,636 7,116 1,511 10,263 1,699 7,231 1,499 10,429 Smyth 2,044 15,076 2,159 19,279 2,018 15,197 2,081 19,296 Washington 2,724 17,647 3,170 23,541 2,823 17,594 3,174 23,591 Total 6,404 39,839 6,840 53,083 6,540 40,022 6,754 53,316
29 Buchanan 1,337 4,061 1,793 7,191 1,296 4,107 1,783 7,186 Dickenson 803 1,887 677 3,367 874 1,904 647 3,425 Russell 1,258 5,548 1,260 8,066 1,290 5,621 1,299 8,210 Tazewell 3,309 7,585 4,834 15,728 3,691 8,043 4,613 16,347 Total 6,707 19,081 8,564 34,352 7,151 19,675 8,342 35,168
30 Lee 1,468 3,456 923 5,847 1,412 3,477 941 5,830 Scott 1,334 5,228 768 7,330 1,364 5,298 738 7,400 Wise/Norton 2,837 8,428 2,573 13,838 2,825 8,361 2,507 13,693 Total 5,639 17,112 4,264 27,015 5,601 17,136 4,186 26,923
Prince William/Manassas/ Manassas 31 Park 15,693 67,087 27,148 109,928 16,057 67,275 27,152 110,484
State 351,180 1,608,093 732,502 2,691,775 354,101 1,622,235 733,100 2,709,436 2016 Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts
Filings Dispositions Population Judicial Percent District Court Juvenile Adult Total Juvenile Adult Total 2010 2016 Change 1 Chesapeake 6,821 7,865 14,686 6,517 7,477 13,994 222,209 240,485 8.2%
2 Virginia Beach 12,856 15,489 28,345 12,639 14,234 26,873 437,994 453,628 3.6%
2A Accomack 947 954 1,901 940 910 1,850 33,164 33,330 0.5% Northampton 471 501 972 448 510 958 12,389 12,139 -2.0% Total 1,418 1,455 2,873 1,388 1,420 2,808 45,553 45,469 -0.2%
3 Portsmouth 4,095 7,523 11,618 4,010 7,093 11,103 95,535 96,179 0.7%
4 Norfolk 8,263 13,183 21,446 7,962 11,971 19,933 242,803 247,087 1.8% Norfolk-Criminal Norfolk-Traffic Norfolk-Civil Total 8,263 13,183 21,446 7,962 11,971 19,933 242,803 247,087 1.8%
5 Franklin City 228 412 640 218 391 609 8,582 8,597 0.2% Isle of Wight 868 1,239 2,107 942 1,177 2,119 35,270 37,074 5.1% Southampton 440 609 1,049 485 586 1,071 18,570 18,242 -1.8% Suffolk 2,248 3,061 5,309 2,249 2,856 5,105 84,585 91,722 8.4% Total 3,784 5,321 9,105 3,894 5,010 8,904 147,007 155,635 5.9%
6 Brunswick 439 522 961 422 455 877 17,434 16,687 -4.3% Emporia 377 509 886 366 494 860 5,927 5,983 0.9% Greensville 303 365 668 318 322 640 12,243 11,625 -5.0% Hopewell 1,414 1,587 3,001 1,331 1,499 2,830 22,591 22,901 1.4% Prince George 1,009 926 1,935 1,092 896 1,988 35,725 36,656 2.6% Surry 153 215 368 158 203 361 7,058 6,743 -4.5% Sussex 320 369 689 318 344 662 12,087 11,745 -2.8% Total 4,015 4,493 8,508 4,005 4,213 8,218 113,065 112,340 -0.6%
7 Newport News 6,137 8,600 14,737 6,156 8,431 14,587 180,719 183,218 1.4% Newport News-Criminal Newport News-Traffic Newport News-Civil Total 6,137 8,600 14,737 6,156 8,431 14,587 180,719 183,218 1.4%
8 Hampton 6,015 6,454 12,469 6,034 6,311 12,345 137,436 137,492 0.0%
9 Charles City 120 164 284 121 161 282 7,256 7,253 0.0% Gloucester 1,325 1,516 2,841 1,296 1,467 2,763 36,858 36,983 0.3% King & Queen 240 197 437 239 198 437 6,945 7,156 3.0% King William 1,028 876 1,904 1,040 868 1,908 15,935 16,333 2.5% Mathews 256 254 510 268 276 544 8,978 8,647 -3.7% Middlesex 355 405 760 348 389 737 10,959 11,049 0.8% New Kent 515 435 950 543 461 1,004 18,429 20,895 13.4% Williamsburg/James City 2,192 1,926 4,118 2,201 1,907 4,108 81,077 89,044 9.8% York/Poquoson 2,017 1,601 3,618 2,000 1,558 3,558 77,614 80,872 4.2% Total 8,048 7,374 15,422 8,056 7,285 15,341 264,051 278,232 5.4%
10 Appomattox 705 665 1,370 675 696 1,371 14,973 15,388 2.8% Buckingham 641 762 1,403 699 650 1,349 17,146 16,913 -1.4% Charlotte 397 497 894 368 476 844 12,586 12,316 -2.1% Cumberland 317 407 724 290 415 705 10,052 9,857 -1.9% Halifax 936 1,786 2,722 944 1,695 2,639 36,241 35,584 -1.8% Lunenburg 449 423 872 464 402 866 12,914 12,365 -4.3% Mecklenburg 1,201 1,477 2,678 1,167 1,465 2,632 32,727 31,347 -4.2% Prince Edward 627 749 1,376 609 683 1,292 23,368 23,593 1.0% Total 5,273 6,766 12,039 5,216 6,482 11,698 160,007 157,363 -1.7%
11 Amelia 382 403 785 375 409 784 12,690 12,856 1.3% Dinwiddie 1,038 1,131 2,169 1,026 1,063 2,089 28,001 28,363 1.3% Nottoway 566 571 1,137 549 563 1,112 15,853 16,106 1.6% Petersburg 2,185 2,617 4,802 2,158 2,208 4,366 32,420 32,018 -1.2% Powhatan 756 626 1,382 749 627 1,376 28,046 28,696 2.3% Total 4,927 5,348 10,275 4,857 4,870 9,727 117,010 118,039 0.9%
12 Chesterfield 10,490 10,223 20,713 10,428 10,116 20,544 316,236 333,963 5.6% Colonial Heights 1,019 948 1,967 954 913 1,867 17,411 17,312 -0.6% Total 11,509 11,171 22,680 11,382 11,029 22,411 333,647 351,275 5.3% 2016 Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts
Filings Dispositions Population Judicial Percent District Court Juvenile Adult Total Juvenile Adult Total 2010 2016 Change 13 Richmond City 8,000 10,731 18,731 8,112 10,135 18,247 204,214 221,679 8.6% Richmond-John Marshall Richmond-Manchester Richmond-Civil Richmond-Marsh Total 8,000 10,731 18,731 8,112 10,135 18,247 204,214 221,679 8.6%
14 Henrico 9,093 10,811 19,904 9,315 10,369 19,684 306,935 321,233 4.7%
15 Caroline 1,341 1,576 2,917 1,287 1,543 2,830 28,545 29,704 4.1% Essex 349 420 769 357 441 798 11,151 10,792 -3.2% Frederickburg 1,476 1,286 2,762 1,479 1,284 2,763 24,286 27,025 11.3% Hanover 2,762 2,605 5,367 2,670 2,522 5,192 99,863 105,210 5.4% King George 531 506 1,037 530 468 998 23,584 24,724 4.8% Lancaster 292 520 812 329 500 829 11,391 11,236 -1.4% Northumberland 401 720 1,121 392 704 1,096 12,330 12,089 -2.0% Richmond County 232 253 485 209 255 464 9,254 9,029 -2.4% Spotsylvania 4,606 4,174 8,780 4,516 4,252 8,768 122,397 129,668 5.9% Stafford 5,566 5,426 10,992 5,552 5,446 10,998 128,961 141,915 10.0% Westmoreland 625 833 1,458 620 799 1,419 17,454 17,695 1.4% Total 18,181 18,319 36,500 17,941 18,214 36,155 489,216 519,087 6.1%
16 Albemarle 2,278 1,830 4,108 2,299 1,779 4,078 98,970 105,715 6.8% Charlottesville 1,487 1,598 3,085 1,569 1,562 3,131 43,475 49,071 12.9% Culpeper 2,191 2,166 4,357 2,259 2,208 4,467 46,689 49,388 5.8% Fluvanna 759 647 1,406 688 622 1,310 25,691 26,133 1.7% Goochland 506 324 830 526 324 850 21,717 22,312 2.7% Greene 758 571 1,329 701 578 1,279 18,403 19,785 7.5% Louisa 1,297 1,364 2,661 1,219 1,345 2,564 33,153 34,316 3.5% Madison 645 380 1,025 635 375 1,010 13,308 13,099 -1.6% Orange 1,465 1,452 2,917 1,368 1,452 2,820 33,481 33,777 0.9% Total 11,386 10,332 21,718 11,264 10,245 21,509 334,887 353,596 5.6%
17 Arlington 2,615 2,050 4,665 2,579 1,994 4,573 207,627 236,691 14.0% Falls Church 79 67 146 75 69 144 12,332 14,123 14.5% Total 2,694 2,117 4,811 2,654 2,063 4,717 219,959 250,814 14.0%
18 Alexandria 2,888 2,768 5,656 2,938 2,677 5,615 139,966 159,464 13.9%
19 Fairfax City 22,565 23,257 3.1% Fairfax County 16,820 14,359 31,179 17,719 14,740 32,459 1,081,726 1,137,290 5.1% Total 16,820 14,359 31,179 17,719 14,740 32,459 1,104,291 1,160,547 5.1%
20 Fauquier 1,714 1,368 3,082 1,783 1,363 3,146 65,203 68,168 4.5% Loudoun 3,864 3,621 7,485 3,936 3,650 7,586 312,311 385,327 23.4% Rappahannock 231 164 395 249 164 413 7,373 7,308 -0.9% Total 5,809 5,153 10,962 5,968 5,177 11,145 384,887 460,803 19.7%
21 Henry 2,147 2,800 4,947 2,181 2,888 5,069 54,151 52,352 -3.3% Martinsville 744 1,225 1,969 767 1,210 1,977 13,821 13,544 -2.0% Patrick 656 736 1,392 703 761 1,464 18,490 18,039 -2.4% Total 3,547 4,761 8,308 3,651 4,859 8,510 86,462 83,935 -2.9%
22 Danville 1,604 3,126 4,730 1,551 2,834 4,385 43,055 41,967 -2.5% Franklin County 2,214 2,326 4,540 2,233 2,291 4,524 56,159 56,205 0.1% Pittsylvania 2,427 1,915 4,342 2,626 1,924 4,550 63,506 62,614 -1.4% Total 6,245 7,367 13,612 6,410 7,049 13,459 162,720 160,786 -1.2%
23 Roanoke City 5,065 6,350 11,415 4,941 6,152 11,093 97,032 93,924 -3.2% Roanoke County 2,563 2,815 5,378 2,649 2,749 5,398 92,376 99,644 7.9% Salem 987 1,007 1,994 1,043 1,006 2,049 24,802 25,476 2.7% Total 8,615 10,172 18,787 8,633 9,907 18,540 214,210 219,044 2.3%
24 Amherst 1,546 1,592 3,138 1,411 1,561 2,972 32,353 32,140 -0.7% Bedford County/City 3,198 2,511 5,709 3,181 2,436 5,617 74,898 77,465 3.4% Campbell 1,841 2,171 4,012 1,886 2,170 4,056 54,842 55,562 1.3% Lynchburg 3,464 3,726 7,190 3,521 3,495 7,016 75,568 79,531 5.2% Nelson 469 647 1,116 478 664 1,142 15,020 14,835 -1.2% Total 10,518 10,647 21,165 10,477 10,326 20,803 252,681 259,533 2.7% 2016 Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts
Filings Dispositions Population Judicial Percent District Court Juvenile Adult Total Juvenile Adult Total 2010 2016 Change 25 Alleghany 929 1,014 1,943 868 1,039 1,907 22,211 21,526 -3.1% Augusta 2,399 2,407 4,806 2,341 2,387 4,728 73,750 74,809 1.4% Bath 130 95 225 129 94 223 4,731 4,652 -1.7% Botetourt 1,041 839 1,880 1,059 855 1,914 33,148 33,176 0.1% Buena Vista 312 306 618 380 311 691 6,650 6,502 -2.2% Craig 178 146 324 197 146 343 5,190 5,216 0.5% Highland 54 40 94 73 36 109 2,321 2,300 -0.9% Lexington/Rockbridge 1,131 945 2,076 1,148 921 2,069 29,349 29,542 0.7% Staunton 1,289 1,269 2,558 1,262 1,225 2,487 23,746 24,453 3.0% Waynesboro 1,429 1,372 2,801 1,416 1,415 2,831 21,006 21,837 4.0% Total 8,892 8,433 17,325 8,873 8,429 17,302 222,102 224,013 0.9%
26 Clarke 480 271 751 468 282 750 14,034 14,240 1.5% Frederick 3,114 2,355 5,469 3,015 2,267 5,282 78,305 83,998 7.3% Page 1,098 986 2,084 1,106 933 2,039 24,042 23,586 -1.9% Rockingham/Harrisonburg 4,090 3,683 7,773 4,297 3,690 7,987 125,228 133,959 7.0% Shenandoah 1,689 1,645 3,334 1,797 1,623 3,420 41,993 41,938 -0.1% Warren 1,880 1,807 3,687 1,779 1,739 3,518 37,575 39,181 4.3% Winchester 1,547 1,277 2,824 1,524 1,216 2,740 26,203 27,531 5.1% Total 13,898 12,024 25,922 13,986 11,750 25,736 347,380 364,433 4.9%
27 Bland 189 147 336 193 129 322 6,824 6,571 -3.7% Carroll 1,166 1,213 2,379 1,249 1,185 2,434 30,042 29,074 -3.2% Floyd 442 348 790 486 341 827 15,279 15,321 0.3% Galax 405 403 808 397 383 780 7,042 6,829 -3.0% Giles 1,107 594 1,701 1,100 639 1,739 17,286 17,024 -1.5% Grayson 451 445 896 470 489 959 15,533 15,926 2.5% Montgomery 1,945 2,065 4,010 1,958 2,089 4,047 94,392 98,509 4.4% Pulaski 1,800 1,620 3,420 1,797 1,640 3,437 34,872 34,577 -0.8% Radford 449 476 925 435 479 914 16,408 17,228 5.0% Wythe 1,551 1,216 2,767 1,579 1,217 2,796 29,235 28,462 -2.6% Total 9,505 8,527 18,032 9,664 8,591 18,255 266,913 269,521 1.0%
28 Bristol 1,286 797 2,083 1,296 777 2,073 17,835 17,669 -0.9% Smyth 2,173 1,710 3,883 2,162 1,621 3,783 32,208 31,052 -3.6% Washington 2,078 1,792 3,870 2,099 1,722 3,821 54,876 53,410 -2.7% Total 5,537 4,299 9,836 5,557 4,120 9,677 104,919 102,131 -2.7%
29 Buchanan 1,299 1,061 2,360 1,298 993 2,291 24,098 22,473 -6.7% Dickenson 1,091 686 1,777 1,053 620 1,673 15,903 14,996 -5.7% Russell 1,780 1,375 3,155 1,694 1,319 3,013 28,897 27,697 -4.2% Tazewell 1,629 1,980 3,609 1,566 1,909 3,475 45,078 43,369 -3.8% Total 5,799 5,102 10,901 5,611 4,841 10,452 113,976 108,535 -4.8%
30 Lee 998 885 1,883 997 820 1,817 25,587 24,653 -3.7% Scott 1,007 767 1,774 1,001 747 1,748 23,177 22,733 -1.9% Wise/Norton 1,952 2,007 3,959 1,910 1,890 3,800 45,410 43,358 -4.5% Total 3,957 3,659 7,616 3,908 3,457 7,365 94,174 90,744 -3.6%
Prince William/Manassas/ Manassas 31 Park 10,664 9,642 20,306 10,512 9,252 19,764 454,096 505,468 11.3%
State 245,209 260,265 505,474 245,309 252,027 497,336 8,001,024 8,411,808 5.1%