Caroline County Attorneys Riley & Wells for Criminal & Traffic Defense

Bowling Green Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story, four bay wide, brick temple form building in the Jeffersonian Roman Revival style.

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    Riley & Wells Attorneys-At-Law, PLLC, is registered to practice law with the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission. Our attorneys are licensed to practice law by the Virginia State Bar. We are a local law firm that appears before the Caroline County Circuit, General District, and Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Courts every week. The Caroline County courts are located in the county seat in the Town of Bowling Green. Virginia is a large state and we believe that clients are better represented by local attorneys who regularly appear before the same Courts.

    Caroline Circuit Court

    Clerk

    Hon. Susan W. Minarchi
    email: sminarchi@vacourts.gov

    Phone/Fax

    Phone: (804) 633-5800

    Clerk’s Office Hours

    8:30 AM – 4:00 PM

    Address

    P. O. Box 309
    112 Courthouse Lane, Suite A
    Bowling Green, VA 22427-0309

    Mailing Address: P. O. Box 309, Bowling Green, VA 22427-0309

    Judges

    • Hon. Sarah L. Deneke, Chief Judge
    • Hon. William E. Glover
    • Hon. John Overton Harris
    • Hon. Herbert M. Hewitt
    • Hon. Patricia Kelly
    • Hon. Michael E. Levy
    • Hon. Roy Michael McKenney
    • Hon. Ricardo Rigual
    • Hon. James Bruce Strickland
    • Hon. Gordon F. Willis
    • Hon. Victoria A. B. Willis

    Terms of Court and General Information

    • Civil & Criminal: January, March, May, July, September & November
    • Terms shall begin the second Wednesday of January, March, May, July, September and November. If that Wednesday falls on a Legal Holiday, Term will be on the second Thursday.
    • Grand jury will convene at 9:00 a.m. Civil term will be called at 10:30 a.m.
    • Criminal Cases set on the first day of each term in January, March, May, July, September and November. Appearance by counsel and non-incarcerated defendant is required.
    • All civil cases must be noticed for a term day docket call with appearance for the setting of a trial date. Civil term docket call is at 10:30 a.m.
    • Motions are set by the Judge’s Office.
    • Continuances are granted by the Judge, upon written motion and hearing unless waived by the Court.
    • Commissioners in Chancery are utilized in general chancery causes and selectively in divorce suits.

    Caroline General District Court

    Clerk

    Ms Terry M. Southworth

    Phone/Fax

    Phone: (804) 633-5720
    Fax: (804) 633-3033

    Clerk’s Office Hours

    8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

    Address

    Caroline General District Court
    PO Box 511
    Bowling Green, VA 22427-0511

    Judges

    • Hon. Robert Eric Reibach, Presiding Judge
    • Hon. John S. Martin, Chief Judge
    • Hon. David B. Caddell Jr.
    • Hon. Hugh S. Campbell
    • Hon. Richard T. McGrath
    • Hon. Angela M. O’Connor
    • Hon. Jane M. Reynolds

    Court Schedule

    Arraignments
   4th Mon., 8:30 a.m.
   Wed. & Fri., 8:30 a.m.
Civil
   1st & 3rd Mon., 9:00 a.m.
Preliminary Hearings
   Fri., 1:00 p.m.
Traffic
   Wed., 9:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
   Fri., 9:00 a.m.
Criminal Misdemeanors
   Fri., 10:00 a.m.
Other
   4th Monday
     9:00 a.m.: VASAP Violations
     10:00 a.m.: Animal Control Violations
     11:00 a.m.: Citizen Complaints

    Continuance Policy

    First continuance granted by Clerk with consent of all parties; criminal with consent of Commonwealth’s Attorney; subsequent continuances granted by Judge on motion.

    Caroline Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

    Clerk

    Ms Kristie Gail Daily
    email: kdaily@vacourts.gov

    Phone/Fax

    Phone: (804) 633-9550
    Phone: (804) 633-4061
    Fax: (804) 633-4065

    Clerk’s Office Hours

    8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

    Address

    P. O. Box 462
    Courthouse
    Bowling Green, VA 22427-0462

    Judges

    • Hon. Frank G Uvanni, Presiding Judge
    • Hon. Georgia K. Sutton, Chief Judge
    • Hon. John E. Franklin
    • Hon. Shannon O. Hoehl
    • Hon. Julian W. Johnson
    • Hon. Marcel D. Jones
    • Hon. William L. Lewis
    • Hon. Andrea M. Stewart
    • Hon. Joseph A. Vance IV

    Court Schedule

    Arraignments
   Mondays- 8:30 a.m.
Video Arraignments
   Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (1st, 3rd, and 5th) & Friday- 12:30 
   p.m.
Civil
   Mondays- 9:30 a.m.
   Wednesday (1st and 5th) and Friday - 9:00 a.m.
Criminal/Traffic/CHINS (Adult & Juvenile)
   Tuesdays- 8:30 a.m.
DCSE
   3rd Wednesdays- 9:00 a.m.
DSS
   1st Fridays - 9:00 a.m.

    Continuance Policy

    Continuances granted by Judge on written motion pursuant to Rules of Court.