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Legal Elite 2024: Alternative Dispute Resolution

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

The Hon. Joanne F. Alper (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

James W. Barkley
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Craig J. Franco
Odin Feldman & Pittleman
Reston

William E. Franczek
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

Jeanne Franklin
Franklin Solutions
Arlington County

The Hon. J. Michael Gamble (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

B. Page Gravely
Hancock Daniel
Richmond

The Hon. Catherine Currin Hammond (ret.)
Juridical Solutions
Richmond

Grayson P. Hanes
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Wayne E. Holcomb
Holcomb Law
Newport News

William H. Hoofnagle III
Florance Gordon Brown
Richmond

The Hon. Thomas B. Hoover (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Cynthia E. Hudson
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Vernon E. Inge Jr.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Richmond

Jonathan L. Kales
Kales & Kales
Fairfax

John A.C. Keith
Blankingship & Keith
Fairfax

Kevin L. Keller
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Stanley P. Klein
The McCammon Group
Richmond

David B. Lacy
Christian & Barton
Richmond

John B. McCammon
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Terence  Murphy
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow
Woods Rogers
Roanoke

Alan B. Rashkind
Furniss, Davis, Rashkind and Saunders
Norfolk

The Hon. Jane Marum Roush (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Mark E. Rubin
The McCammon Group
Richmond

The Hon. Thomas S. Shadrick (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Andrew T. Shilling
Parks Zeigler
Chesapeake

Michael L. Sterling
Woods Rogers
Norfolk

The Hon. F. Bradford Stillman (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Diane McQuade Strickland
Dispute Resolution
Roanoke

The Hon. Winship C. Tower (ret.)
The McCammon Group
Richmond

Douglas A. Winegardner
Sands Anderson
Richmond

P. Marshall Yoder
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver
Harrisonburg

Read all of the 2024 Virginia Legal Elite here.

2021 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Q&A

P. Marshall Yoder

Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC, Harrisonburg

Title: Of Counsel

Other legal specialties: Corporate law, education law and mediation

Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of North Carolina; law degree, Campbell University School of Law; master’s degree, Eastern Mennonite University

Spouse: Julie

Children: Samuel and Benjamin

Fan of: University of North Carolina Tar Heels, Eastern Mennonite University Royals
and West Virginia Mountaineers

Favorite vacation spot: Banff in Alberta, Canada

Career mentors: The Hon. Franklin T. Dupree Jr.; Cecil Harrison; Donald E. Showalter

How has the pandemic affected dispute resolution? With court restrictions early on, there was a definite uptick in the number of people seeking mediation and collaborative practice. Like others, we have learned to conduct sessions via Zoom. … With people in extreme conflict, it has often helped that they do not have to be in the same physical space with the ability to trigger others.

How do restorative justice and collaborative practice principles apply to your practice? The principles of restorative justice shift the focus from punishment to the harm that was done and what can be addressed between the parties as well as their community to repair the harm. Under both practices, you start with the premise that people have the power to resolve their conflicts without the intervention of an adjudicator. My role is to help clients identify their underlying interests, which often do not neatly align with their legal positions or rights, and then work with them and the other parties and counsel to try and meet their interests as well as those of the other disputants.