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100 S. Mason St.
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801
United States

Office Phone: 540-438-5375

http://www.wawlaw.com

pmyoder@wawlaw.com

Member since 2005

Membership Type: IACP

Profession(s)

Lawyer, Mediator

Marshall Yoder devotes a substantial portion of his practice to collaborative practice and mediation in both domestic and general civil matters. Marshall comes to collaborative practice after many years as a litigator in Charlotte, North Carolina. Marshall believes strongly in partnering with his clients to determine their underlying interests and long-term objectives and then problem-solving with them in an efficient and effective manner. Marshall was recently selected as a Super Lawyer in the area of collaborative law and he has been named to the Virginia Legal Elite for Alternative Dispute Resolution for the past six years. Marshall is also an Assistant Affiliated Professor at Eastern Mennonite University where he teaches in the undergraduate, MBA, and MA in conflict transformation programs.

Area(s) of Practice: Business Law, Civil Law, Collaborative Law, Estate Law, Family Law, Mediation, Probate Law, Real Estate Law

License(s): Licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia and State of North Carolina

Professional Activities

Member of the Joint ADR Committee of the Virginia Bar Association

Undergraduate Education

University of North Carolina, B.A. 1980

Postgraduate Education

Law Clerk to the Honorable K. Edward Greene, North Carolina Court of Appeals 1987-1988
Law Clerk to the Honorable Franklin T. Dupree, Senior Judge, Eastern District of North Carolina 1988 -1990
Poyner & Spruill, LLP, 1990 - 2005 Litigation Section Co-Chair 2001 - 2005

Professional Education

Campbell University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1987
Editor-in-Chief, Campbell Law Review
Eastern Mennonite University, M.A. in Conflict Transformation, 2010

Comments

I am the Past Chair of the Virginia Collaborative Professionals and a member of the Collaborative Practice Training Institute. I also serve on the Leadership Development Committee of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. I have previously served on the Steering Committee for the Civil Section of the IACP, as the chair of the Civil Committee of the Virginia Collaborative Professionals and as chair of my local practice group.

Groups

Virginia Collaborative Professionals

Collaborative Professionals of the Shenandoah Valley

Collaborative Practice Training

Subject	Year	Hours
Collaborative Practice Training for Law Students, Washington and Lee School of Law	2016	2
Financial Prioritization	2016	1
Ennegram and Collaborative Teams	2016	2
Collaborative Process Training	2015	21
Collaborative Practice Training for Law Students, Washington and Lee School of Law	2014	3
Interdisciplinary Team Training	2014	21
Interest-Based Negotiation & Mediation Skills Training	2014	23
Interdisciplinary Team Training, Fairfax, Virginia	2013	21
Overcoming Barriers to Settlement	2013	7
Designing Learner Centered Training for Conflict Transformation, Summer Peacebuilding Institute, Eastern Mennonite University	2013	36
Backpack to Briefcase Negotiation Training for new lawyers in Virginia	2013	1.5
Advanced Conflict Resolution Skills: Taking Negotiation Skills to a New Level	2012	3
Advanced Interdisciplinary Team Training, Birmingham, AL	2012	20
Basic Interdisciplinary Team Training, Annapolis, Md	2012	20
Collaborative Practice Training for Law Students, Washington and Lee School of Law	2012	3
Basic Interdisciplinary Team Training, Birmingham AL	2012	20
Can We Have a Conversation--Improved Communication Skills in Negotiation and Litigation, Virginia Bar Association Winter and Summer Meetings	2011	3
IACP Conference, San Francisco, CA	2011	12
Basic Interdisciplinary Team Training, Annapolis MD	2011	20
Having Productive Difficult Conversations, Virginia CLE Webinar	2011	3
Basic Interdisciplinary Team Training, Chapel Hill, NC	2011	20
Designing Learner Centered Training for Conflict Transformation, Summer Peacebuilding Institute, Eastern Mennonite University	2010	36
Dispute Resolution by Design: Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference in Chicago, IL	2010	1.5
VaCP Team Presentation to EAPA on Collaborative Practice	2010	2
IACP Conference, Washington, DC	2010	3
Using Effective Non-Adversarial Negotiations to Zealously Represent Your Client	2010	3
Mediation Training for Collaborative Practitioners -- Winchester, Va	2010	6
Organizational Governance and Leadership -- Eastern Mennonite University MBA Program (2006 - 2011)	2010	24
Basic Interdisciplinary Team Training, Columbia, MD	2010	20
Law, Values and Worldview -- Eastern Mennonite University	2010	36
Basic Interdisciplinary Training in Collaborative Practice and Process, Charlottesville, VA	2009	14
Civil Collaborative Training--Dallas, Tx	2009	20
Collaborative Practice Training for Law Students, Washington and Lee School of Law	2009	14
Mediation Training for Collaborative Practitioners -- Lynchburg, Va.	2009	6
The Custody Battle: Using Restorative Justice Principles and Practices in Mediating Child Custody Disputes, West Virginia Mediators Association, Virginia Mediators Network (2010)	2009	3
Transforming Interpersonal and Group Conflict	2009	3
Workplace Communications -- College Communicators Association of Va and DC	2009	3
IACP Conference Minneapolis	2009	12
Basic Interdisciplinary Training in Collaborative Practice and Process, Bridgewater, VA	2008	20
Mediation training for law students, Washington and Lee School of Law	2008	14
Designing Learner Centered Training for Conflict Transformation	2008	36
Collaborative Practice Training for Law Students, Washington and Lee School of Law	2008	14
Critical Issues in Resorative Justice	2008	36
The Restorative Lawyer -- UMass-Amherst; Pa Association of Mediators; Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference	2008	2
Business/Civil/Commercial Collaborative Practice	2008	8
Transforming Workplace Conflict	2008	3
IACP Conference New Orleans	2008	12
Theory of Conflict	2007	48
Circle Process	2007	15
Mediation training for law students, Washington and Lee School of Law	2007	14
Mediation training for law students	2007	8
Principles of Restorative Justice	2007	36
IACP Conference Toronto	2007	6
Conflict Transformation Practice	2006	36
Basic Interdisciplinary Training	2006	21
Group Facilitation Training	2005	15
Interest Based Negotiations	2005	28
IACP Conference Atlanta	2005	12
Mediation Training	1993	35
Arbitration Training	1992	24