Civil cases may be set for trial or hearing in one of the following ways:
- File a praecipe and appear on motions day (Third Thursday of each month). This method requires formal written notice to all parties. A time certain will be set by the Clerk when the parties appear in person or by conference call.
- Contact the judge's secretary at 540/667-1606. If this method is used, the party seeking the trial date or hearing date must contact the other parties and obtain their available dates, or coordinate with the judge's secretary about a mutually suitable date for the trial or hearing or to set a date and time to appear before the Court or to call the Court to schedule the trial or hearing.
Regardless of the method used, parties may appear by conference call at a time scheduled with the judge's secretary or the Clerk of the Court if the call is on motions day, so long as they either place the conference call themselves jor provide the court with a number where they may be call collect. If more that two parties are to participate in the conference call, then the party requesting the conference call must make the arrangements, because the Court's phone system is limited to two party conference calls.
One party may appear and set a case, so long as they have contacted the other parties and obtained their available dates and make that representation to the Court.
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