Fill and Sign the Judicial Settlement Conference Order City of Virginia Beach Form

ORDER OF REFERRAL TO SETTLEMENT Case No. .......................................................................................................... CONFERENCE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA In the Circuit Court of the [ ] City [ ] County of ......................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................... v. ....................................................................................................................................... PLAINTIFF DEFENDANT The Court has determined that this matter, which is curr ently before the Court as a contested civil matter, is appropriate for referral to a settlement conference. It is hereby ORDERED that: 1. Pursuant to Rule 1:19 of the Rules of the Virg inia Supreme Court, the matter is referred to a settlement conference, for which there will be no cost to the parties. 2. The settlement conference will be conducted by a qualified judge selected by agreement of the parties from the list provided by the Court. Wher e the parties cannot agree on a judge, the Court will appoint the settlement judge. 3. Each party must provide a repres entative in person or by telephone who shall have final authority to settle the case. 4. Irrespective of this referral, this case has been set for return to the Court in accordance with the Court’s normal docketing procedures on ......................................................................... at................................................................... 5. The Court must be informed in writing if the dispute is resolved prior to the return date. Otherwise, the parties shall appear in court at that time. ............................................................................................................ _______________________________________________________ DATE JUDGE FORM CC-1419 (MASTER) 5/05 Rule 1:19