Henrico Circuit Court

14th Judicial Circuit of Virginia

Circuit Courts Informational Pamphlet

Judges

• Hon. Lee A. Harris Jr., Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
• Hon. Catherine C. Hammond, Presiding Judge
• Hon. Gary A. Hicks, Presiding Judge
• Hon. Richard S. Wallerstein Jr., Presiding Judge
• Hon. James Stephen Yoffy, Presiding Judge

Terms of Court and General Information

• Criminal Terms begin, 2nd Monday, Jan., March, May, July, Sept., & Nov.
• Grand Juries, 1st day of Term, 9:00 a.m.
• Civil cases set 2nd Monday, July, Oct., Jan., & April (2:00 p.m.) or may be set by telephone.
• Criminal cases set when appealed or at preliminary hearing.
• Court convenes 9:00 a.m.; 10:00 a.m. for jury trials.
• Commissioners in Chancery are utilized in unusual causes; accountings; suits by creditors; suits on mechanic's lien; partition suits; sale of land of persons under disability, some divorce cases.
• Instructions must be submitted 2 days prior to trial.