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Mr. Zabel's practice focuses on helping people resolve disputes without litigation in a manner that leaves the parties at peace with the outcome and each other.
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| Professional Activities |
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Fairfax Bar Association, Family Law and ADR Sections
Virginia Bar Family Law Section
Association for Conflict Resolution, National, Virginia and DC Chapters; Family law and Spirituality Sections
Virginia Mediation Network
Peacemaker Ministries, Institute for Christian Conciliation
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| Professional Licenses |
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Virginia Bar
California Bar
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| General Comments |
| Since 1995, Mr. Zabel's practice has predominately addressed family disputes of all sorts, including reconciliation, parenting, separation, custody, support, equitable distribution, elder care, and estate issues. In addition to being an active member of the Virginia Bar, he is certified by the Virginia Supreme Court as a Family and Civil Mediator at the Circuit, Juvenile and Domestic Relations and General District Court levels, and is a Certified Christian Conciliator through the Institute for Christian Conciliation. |
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| Areas of Practice |
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Collaborative Law
Estate Law
Family Law
Mediation
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| Education |
| Undergraduate Education |
| University of Washington, BA 1967 |
| Professional Education |
| George Washington University Law Center, JD 1973 |
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| Collaborative Practice Training |
| Year |
Training Type |
Instructor |
Hours |
| 1994 |
Mediator Skills Training Workshop |
American Arbitration Assoc |
13 |
| 1995 |
Basic Mediation Skills |
Shearhouse/Mast/NVMS |
20 |
| 1996 |
Family & Youth Mediation |
NVMS |
6 |
| 1996 |
Divorce Mediation Skills |
Foskett |
20 |
| 1998 |
Mediation of Family Economic Issues |
Fite |
8 |
| 1999 |
Family Systems Theory in Mediation |
Gibber/Spangler/NVMS |
1.5 |
| 2002 |
Complex and Multi-Party Civil Mediations |
NVMS |
8 |
| 2003 |
Basic Collaborative Law Training |
Pritchard/Carter |
12 |
| 2003 |
Mediation Skills - The Heart of Conflict |
VA-ACR / Cloke |
7 |
| 2005 |
Harnessing Spirtual intelligence in Mediation |
DC ACR / Fox/Pham/Clark |
5 |
| 2005 |
Collaborative Family Law |
VACLE / CLS |
3 |
| 2006 |
Family and child Support Mediation training |
Ravindra / Virginia DRS |
8 |
| 2007 |
Chronic Sources of Workplace Conflict |
ACR / Cloke |
6 |
| 2008 |
Intermediate Collaborative Training |
Tesler |
3 |
| 2009 |
Mediating Claims for Money |
Little / VA-DRS |
6 |
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