Virginia's Judicial System


Norfolk Circuit Court

4th Judicial Circuit of Virginia

Circuit Courts Informational Pamphlet

Clerk


Hon. George E. Schaefer
email: [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 - [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. Jamilah D. LeCruise
  • 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.