Norfolk Circuit Court

4th Judicial Circuit of Virginia

Circuit Courts Informational Pamphlet

Judges

• Hon. David W. Lannetti, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
• Hon. Michelle J. Atkins, Presiding Judge
• Hon. John Raymond Doyle III, Presiding Judge
• Hon. Mary Jane Hall, Presiding Judge
• Hon. Jerrauld C. Jones, Presiding Judge
• Hon. Everett A. Martin Jr., Presiding Judge
• Hon. Tasha D. Scott, Presiding Judge
• 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.