ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Title: Neutral, The McCammon Group; Judge, Chesterfield County Circuit Court (Ret.)

Birthplace: Greenville, South Carolina

Education: Bachelor’s degree, East Carolina University; master’s degree, University of the Americas; law degree, University of Richmond

Spouse: Jody H. Allen

Children: Kathryn and her husband, Steven (parents of my two dear granddaughters); John and his wife, Cristi; Elizabeth and her husband, Ian (due to deliver my first grandson in February); and Margaret (to be married to future son-in-law Tim in April).

First job as a lawyer: After a clerkship at the Supreme Court of Virginia, I joined a small litigation practice, then formed a firm with my law school roommate, law partner and ultimate colleague on the bench, Judge Frederick Rockwell III.

Fan of: I’m a fan of teams from all the universities my kids attended: Washington & Lee, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Columbia and Emory.

Recently read book: Walter Isaacson’s biography of Leonardo da Vinci.

Career mentors: Many older and wiser judges and lawyers, but especially Virginia Chief Justice Harry Carrico and Chesterfield Circuit Judge Ernest Gates, each of whom modeled steady temperament, careful judgment and fidelity to the law.

How does your experience as a judge affect the way you approach ADR cases? It enables me, I hope, to speak with some credibility to the parties about the advantages of the mediation process as compared with the uncertainties of litigation. Not only do they avoid risk and cost and delay, but — most importantly — in mediation they decide the outcome of the case for themselves.

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LIST

The Hon. Michael C. Allen (Ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Peter Arntson
McCandlish Lillard PC
Fairfax

James Barkley
Morin & Barkley LLP
Charlottesville

Jack W. Burtch Jr.
Burtch Law PLLC
Richmond

Francis “Chip” Casola
Woods Rogers PLC
Roanoke

Mary Commander
CommanderLaw
Norfolk

The Hon. B. Waugh Crigler (Ret.)
The McCammon Group
Charlottesville

Lynn Fletcher
Lynn Fletcher, Attorney at Law PC
Falls Church

William E. Franczek
Vandeventer Black LLP
Norfolk

Jeanne F. Franklin
FranklinSolutions
Arlington

Michael Gladstone
McCandlish Holton PC
Richmond

B. Page Gravely
Hancock, Daniel & Johnson PC
Glen Allen

Grayson Hanes
Reed Smith LLP
McLean

Michael E. Harman
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Brian Hirsch
Hirsch & Ehlenberger PC
Reston

Wayne E. Holcomb
Holcomb Mediation Center
Yorktown

William H. Hoofnagle III
FloranceGordonBrown PC
Richmond

Jonathan L. Kales
Kales & Kales PLC
Fairfax

John A.C. Keith
Blankingship & Keith PC
Fairfax

Kevin Keller
Willcox Savage PC
Norfolk

Karen Keyes
Arlington Collaborative Law PLLC
Arlington

Stanley P. Klein
The McCammon Group
Fairfax

Robert “Cham” Chambliss Light Jr.
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Lynchburg

John B. McCammon
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Brennan Crowder Morrissett
McCandlish Holton PC
Richmond

Hugh Patterson
Willcox Savage PC
Norfolk

Hans Riede
Odin, Feldman & Pittleman PC
Reston

The Hon. Jane Marum Roush (Ret.)
The McCammon Group
Fairfax

Mark E. Rubin
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Nancy Schlichting
Flora Pettit PC
Charlottesville

The Hon. Thomas S. Shadrick (Ret.)
The McCammon Group
Virginia Beach

Henry Spalding
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

Michael L Sterling
Vandeventer Black LLP
Norfolk

Gregory Stillman
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Norfolk

The Hon. F. Bradford Stillman (Ret.)
The McCammon Group
Norfolk

Diane Strickland
Dispute Resolution LLC
Roanoke

Stephen Test
Hourigan Construction Corp.
Virginia Beach

Craig E. White
Sevila Saunders Huddleston & White PC
Leesburg

Douglas Winegardner
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

The Hon. Robert W. Wooldridge Jr. (Ret.)
The McCammon Group
Leesburg

Marshall Yoder
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC
Harrisonburg