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Mediating with PDRC since 1996 Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court; Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court; Mentor Career Background: Retired from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission where she was responsible for Counseling and Mediation as well as technical advice and assistance to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) counselors in nine field offices. Retired federal mediator. Educational Background: University of Virginia Mediation Training: Harvard Law School; Bowie State University; National Employment Institute (Georgetown Law Center); Center for Dispute Settlement, Washington, D.C.; Rappahannock Mediation Center, Fredericksburg, VA; Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Supreme Court of Virginia.
Mediating with PDRC since 2004 Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court certification pending. Career Background: Certified teacher in Ohio, New York and Virginia for over 30 years. Educational Background: B.S., University of Cincinnati; Master of Education, Xavier University. Mediation Training: Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center, Community Mediation Center in Harrisonburg, VA.
Mediating with PDRC since 1996 Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications:General District Court, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court, Circuit Court/ Family, Circuit Court/Civil, Child Dependency, Mentor Career Background: Staff mediator for PDRC (since 1998); formerly counselor, Bureau of Child Welfare, New York City Department of Social Services; Systems Programmer and Analyst, International Business Machines, Corp. Educational Background: A.B., Mt. St. Vincent, New York.
Mediating with PDRC since 1996 Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications:General District Court, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court, Circuit Court/Family, Circuit Court/Civil, Mentor. Career Background: Licensed, practicing Virginia attorney; adjunct professor of law at George Mason University School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center; current officer of the Virginia Alternative Dispute Resolution Joint Committee of the Virginia Bar Association and Virginia State Bar; current member of the Supreme Court of Virginia Dispute Resolution Advisory Council. Educational Background: B.A., Princeton University; Juris Doctor, University of North Carolina. Mediation Training:Northern Virginia Mediation Service, Fairfax, VA; Supreme Court of Virginia.
Mediating with PDRC since 2006 Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications:General District Court, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court. Career Background: Retired businessman. Educational Background: Attended University of Maryland School of Business Administration Mediation Training: Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg, VA.
Lawrie S. Parker Mediating with PDRC since 1990 Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court, Circuit Court/Family, Circuit Court/Civil, Mentor, Basic Mediation Trainer, Ethics Trainer, Mentor. Career Background: Founder and Executive Director of PDRC (since 1990); current member of the Supreme Court of Virginia Dispute Resolution Advisory Council, including Mediator Complaint Panel and Ethics Committee; a founder and Board member of the Restorative Justice Association of Virginia. Educational Background: B.A.,University of Michigan; Master of Business Administration, University of Mary Washington. Mediation Training: Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg, VA; Rappahannock Mediation Center, Fredericksburg, VA; Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA; Supreme Court of Virginia



Mediating with PDRC since 2006 Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court. Career Background: Retired legal secretary (41 years); elected and served three terms as elected township official for Westampton, NJ; elected and served 4.5 years on school board for Eastampton, NJ. Mediation Training:Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center.
Mediating with PDRC since 1999 Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court. Career Background: Formerly: Tax attorney for U.S. Internal Revenue Service; Worked for Bureau of National Affairs; Merit System Protection Board; National Institute of Health; National Labor Relations Board. Educational Background: B.A., American University; Master of Arts, American University; Juris Doctor, University of Baltimore. Mediation Training: Northern Virginia Mediation Service, Fairfax, VA.
Mediating with PDRC since 2005 Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court. Career Background: Former owner of two small businesses. Educational Background: B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mediation Training: Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg, VA.
Mediating with PDRC since 2000 Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court; Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court; Circuit Court/Civil; Mentor. Career Background: Currently administrator and staff mediator for PDRC (since 1998); formerly economist for the U.S. Department of Commerce. Educational Background: B.A., State University of New York. Mediation Training: Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Northern Virginia Mediation Service, Fairfax, VA; Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg, VA; Supreme Court of Virginia.
Mediating with PDRC since 1995 Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court; Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court; Circuit Court/Family; Circuit Court/Civil; Mentor. Career Background: Licensed, practicing attorney in Fairfax, VA, private practice specializing in transactional law. Educational Background: B.S., the George Washington University; Juris Doctor, George Mason University School of Law. Mediation Training: Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg, VA; Supreme Court of Virginia.

Our Mediators

Mediating with PDRC since 1996

Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court; Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court; Mentor

Career Background: Retired from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission where she was responsible for Counseling and Mediation as well as technical advice and assistance to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) counselors in nine field offices. Retired federal mediator.

Educational Background: University of Virginia

Mediation Training: Harvard Law School; Bowie State University; National Employment Institute (Georgetown Law Center); Center for Dispute Settlement, Washington, D.C.; Rappahannock Mediation Center, Fredericksburg, VA; Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Supreme Court of Virginia.

Mediating with PDRC since 2004

Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court certification pending.

Career Background: Certified teacher in Ohio, New York and Virginia for over 30 years.

Educational Background: B.S., University of Cincinnati; Master of Education, Xavier University.

Mediation Training: Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center, Community Mediation Center in Harrisonburg, VA.

Mediating with PDRC since 1996

Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications:General District Court, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court, Circuit Court/ Family, Circuit Court/Civil, Child Dependency, Mentor

Career Background: Staff mediator for PDRC (since 1998); formerly counselor, Bureau of Child Welfare, New York City Department of Social Services; Systems Programmer and Analyst, International Business Machines, Corp.

Educational Background: A.B., Mt. St. Vincent, New York.

Mediating with PDRC since 1996

Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications:General District Court, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court, Circuit Court/Family, Circuit Court/Civil, Mentor.

Career Background: Licensed, practicing Virginia attorney; adjunct professor of law at George Mason University School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center; current officer of the Virginia Alternative Dispute Resolution Joint Committee of the Virginia Bar Association and Virginia State Bar; current member of the Supreme Court of Virginia Dispute Resolution Advisory Council.

Educational Background: B.A., Princeton University; Juris Doctor, University of North Carolina.

Mediation Training:Northern Virginia Mediation Service, Fairfax, VA; Supreme Court of Virginia.

Mediating with PDRC since 2006

Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications:General District Court, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court.

Career Background: Retired businessman. Educational Background: Attended University of Maryland School of Business Administration

Mediation Training: Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg, VA.

Lawrie S. Parker

Mediating with PDRC since 1990

Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court, Circuit Court/Family, Circuit Court/Civil, Mentor, Basic Mediation Trainer, Ethics Trainer, Mentor.

Career Background: Founder and Executive Director of PDRC (since 1990); current member of the Supreme Court of Virginia Dispute Resolution Advisory Council, including Mediator Complaint Panel and Ethics Committee; a founder and Board member of the Restorative Justice Association of Virginia.

Educational Background: B.A.,University of Michigan; Master of Business Administration, University of Mary Washington.

Mediation Training: Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg, VA; Rappahannock Mediation Center, Fredericksburg, VA; Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA; Supreme Court of Virginia

Mediating with PDRC since 2006

Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court. Career Background: Retired legal secretary (41 years); elected and served three terms as elected township official for Westampton, NJ; elected and served 4.5 years on school board for Eastampton, NJ.

Mediation Training:Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center.

Mediating with PDRC since 1999

Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court. Career Background: Formerly: Tax attorney for U.S. Internal Revenue Service; Worked for Bureau of National Affairs; Merit System Protection Board; National Institute of Health; National Labor Relations Board.

Educational Background: B.A., American University; Master of Arts, American University; Juris Doctor, University of Baltimore.

Mediation Training: Northern Virginia Mediation Service, Fairfax, VA.

Mediating with PDRC since 2005

Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court, Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court.

Career Background: Former owner of two small businesses. Educational Background: B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Mediation Training: Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg, VA.

Mediating with PDRC since 2000

Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court; Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court; Circuit Court/Civil; Mentor.

Career Background: Currently administrator and staff mediator for PDRC (since 1998); formerly economist for the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Educational Background: B.A., State University of New York.

Mediation Training: Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Northern Virginia Mediation Service, Fairfax, VA; Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg, VA; Supreme Court of Virginia.

Mediating with PDRC since 1995

Virginia Supreme Court Mediation Certifications: General District Court; Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court; Circuit Court/Family; Circuit Court/Civil; Mentor.

Career Background: Licensed, practicing attorney in Fairfax, VA, private practice specializing in transactional law.

Educational Background: B.S., the George Washington University; Juris Doctor, George Mason University School of Law.

Mediation Training: Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center; Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg, VA; Supreme Court of Virginia.

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