Marshall Yoder
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801
United States
Profession(s)
Lawyer, MediatorMarshall 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.
Professional Activities
Member of the Joint ADR Committee of the Virginia Bar AssociationUndergraduate 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.