Norfolk Circuit Court

4th Judicial Circuit of Virginia

Circuit Courts Informational Pamphlet

Clerk

Hon. George E. Schaefer
email: g[email protected]

Phone/Fax

Phone: (757) 389-8942

Clerk's Office Hours

8:45 AM - 4:45 PM

Address

150 St. Paul's Boulevard
7th Floor
Norfolk, VA 23510-2773

Civil Matters - [email protected]

Criminal Matters - cri[email protected]

General Information - [email protected]

Judges

Hon. Tasha D. Scott, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
Hon. Mary Jane Hall, Presiding Judge
Hon. Jerrauld C. Jones, Presiding Judge
Hon. David W. Lannetti, Presiding Judge
Hon. Everett A. Martin Jr., Presiding Judge
Hon. Joseph C. Lindsey
Hon. Robert B. Rigney

Terms of Court and General Information

Terms begin the first day of the month
Grand Jury is the first Wednesday of the month.
Civil cases set by agreement of counsel and consent of the court; scheduling orders are mandatory in most cases.
Civil and Criminal trials begin at 9:30 a.m.
Commissioners in Chancery are appointed in suits for accounting, partition, delinquent taxes, and judgment debtor interrogatories, and in other suits by order of the Court.
Local rules are adopted pursuant to 8.01-4; they can be found at http://www.norfolkcircuitcourt.us/civil/civil-plan
Uncontested divorces are heard Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. and set through the Clerk
Final orders are sent to counsel by email and by regular mail to pro se parties and counsel for whom the Clerk has no email address. Self-addressed stamped envelopes are appreciated but not necessary.