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Find a Member

Find general contact information, and a list of practice areas (if available), for a member of the PWCBA -- search by the member's last name or firm name.

Membership Directory

The PWCBA produces an annual membership directory that is made available in electronic format to members in good standing, and to select court services personnel. Directory listings may include the following helpful information for each attorney: name, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses and web addresses, law school attended and year licensed, special services or training available through the attorney's office, legal professional affiliations, states licensed in, and areas of practice. The directory is a benefit of membership and is intended to facilitate communication within the bar and to promote member-to-member referrals. To obtain a copy, contact the PWCBA office.

Community Resources

As an attorney and counselor at law, clients come to you seeking advice on a variety of issues. You may find in the course of working with a client, that their needs go beyond the scope of legal expertise. The Northern Virginia Regional Commission produces a "Quick Guide to Human Resources" which is available in hard copy or on line. This "Quick Guide" provides the names and phone numbers of selected agencies that provide frequently requested human services in Northern Virginia. To order your personal copy of this helpful reference guide, call 703-642-0777. To use the guide on line, visit their web site at http://www.novaregion.org/quickguide.htm.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

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Calendars of Events

Court Calendars

2007 Court Closing Calendars: Circuit Court | General District Court | Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court

2007 J&DR Court Appointed Attorney Rotation Calendar

Upcoming Bar Events, CLEs, and Court Closings

Listserv Guidelines on Access and Usage

The PWCBA maintains a Listserv. All members in good standing of the bar are eligible to participate. To sign-up, simply email a request to admin@pwcba.org, and the list administrator will add your email address to the list.

You are encouraged to use the PWCBA Listserv to share practice pointers, communicate about court procedures (particularly for venues outside Prince William), seek and make referrals to colleagues, and generally network. The bar will also, from time to time, post messages to the Listserv.

Your e-mail address will not be made available by the Bar to outside persons or entities and will never be used for commercial purposes.

To post a message, send an e-mail to list@pwcba.org. Your message will be sent to everyone on the list.

To reply to a message, you can reply to the entire list by hitting reply, or just reply to the individual who sent the message by copying their email address in the "From" line and pasting it into a separate e-mail for a private response.

To unsubscribe, simply send a message to list@pwcba.org with the word "unsubscribe" typed in the subject line. You will automatically be removed.

Those choosing to use the service should keep a couple of points in mind:

First, any e-mail message can be forwarded or copied to anyone else, member or non-member, friend or foe. Members should use good judgment and discretion in making postings. There should be no expectation of confidentiality in postings. Client identities should be protected and nothing of confidence should be revealed.

Second, users should reply privately to postings unless the nature of the issue would tend to be of benefit to the membership generally. The listserv should be viewed as a resource and not a chat room.

Finally, this is a relatively new service. We are learning by doing. Please be patient and let us know of any suggestions for improvement or concerns about the service by emailing us at admin@pwcba.org.

Docket Rescheduling Protocol

Prince William County Judicial Center Protocol for rescheduling dockets when courts are closed due to inclement weather:

Circuit: For the criminal trials and sentencing dockets, the clerk will contact the attorneys to reschedule. For Criminal Docket Call, the docket will be heard on the next day court is open. For civil trials and Civil Term Day, the attorneys/parties should get a new date by agreement through chambers at (703) 792-6010 or put the case on for the next Civil Term Day or Motions Day. Only those civil cases set on Civil Term Day cancelled because of inclement weather may be put on Motions Day to be set. Civil Term Day will not be rescheduled due to weather closing.

For criminal and civil motions, attorneys/parties must file a new notice/praecipe for a new date.

General District Court: For traffic and criminal cases, they will be continued to the officer's next court date. The clerks' office will send notices to the defendant and re-subpoena the witnesses and notify the attorneys as well.

For the civil division, the clerks' office will contact the attorneys to reschedule. Plaintiff's counsel should contact the defendant by letter with the new court date, and provide a carbon copy to the court. If the case was set for trial, the court asks the parties to select a new trial date by agreement, (please check with clerks' office for this date).

Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court: The clerk will reschedule each case and send notification to all parties of the new court date within 7-10 days.

Timesaver Guidelines

2007 Circuit Court Timesavers
General District Court Timesavers