The Rocket Docket

The Rocket Docket Featured in Legal Bisnow

The Rocket Docket was featured in yesterday's issue of Legal Bisnow, a daily, electronic newsletter published by Bisnow on Business.  The issue also features a story on Beth Nolan, George Washington University's new General Counsel.

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, a regularly-updated discussion of news and opinions from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. 

Though other courts have attempted to lay claim to the title, the Eastern District of Virginia is the original "Rocket Docket."  Some forty years ago, Judge Albert V. Bryan, Jr., then Chief Judge of the Court, decided that cases were moving through the Court too slowly and sought new ways to ensure the speedy and efficient adjudication of matters.