Valerie Mayo, (Lawyer)
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Forty + years practicing law in the family law arena; hundreds of hours mediating; Continuing to look for a less adversarial way to approach family law issues so that the family is not destroyed in the process.
Collaborative Services
Co-authored a manual published by Quality Control Committee, Rappahannock Mediation Center, A QUALITY APPROACH TO COMMUNITY MEDIATION, Fall 1997. Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Negotiation Seminars 1987-1997. Virginia State Bar Pro Bono Committee 1988-1992. Lecturer, Domestic Violence Training for Magistrates, 1992 and 1994. Lecturer, Virginia District Court Judges Conference, Stalking and Cohabitation, 1993. Keynote Speaker, Domestic Violence Forum, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1993. Lecturer, Virginia State Bar Pro-Bono Conference, Overview of Legal Issues regarding Domestic Violence, 1994. Co-presenter, City of Richmond Bar Association CLE Seminar on Negotiation Skills, Strategies and Techniques, 1996.
Professional Activities
CURRENT:
American Bar Association
Virginia Bar Association
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
15 Judicial Circuit Bar Association
Northern Neck Bar Association
Virginia Women's Attorneys Association
Fredericksburg Area Collaborative Professionals
PRIOR:
American Bar Association
Virginia Bar Association
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
15th Judicial Circuit Bar Association
Northern Neck Bar Association
Virginia Women's Attorneys Association
Frederickburg Area/Northern Neck newly forming Collaborative Law Practice Group
Collaborative Practice Training
| Year | Course Title | Instructor | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic/ Introductory Collaborative Law or Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training. | |||
| 2006 | Basic Collaborative Law Training | Collaborative Divorce Team Trainings LLC | 13 |
| 30-Hr Interest-Based Negotiation & Mediation Skills | |||
| 1990 | Virginia Mediation Network - Family | Virginia Mediation Network | 10 |
| 1989 | Basic Skills Training in Mediation | Community | 20 |
| Additional 15 hours Intermediate/ Advanced interest-based negotiation, communication skills, collaborative, or basic professional coach training | |||
| 2011 | VaCP Collaborative Professionals Training - Preventing Real Property Pitfalls in Divorce and Navigating Emotional Currents | Kelly Murray and Kate Scharff and Lisa Herrick | 5 |
| 2010 | The Collaborative End Game | Jack Himmelstein and Katherine Miller | 5.5 |
| 2009 | VaCP Collaborative Professionals Training - Financial Specialist and Emotional Dynamics of Collaborative Divorce | Collaborative Professionals Training Institute | 5.5 |
| Annual 4 hours collaborative continuing education (basic, intermediate, or advanced) | |||
| 2020 | Legislative Update 2020 General Assembly - Family Law | Larry Diehl | .75 |
| 2020 | Division of Federal Civil Retirement in Divorce | Dan Jamison | 1 |
| 2020 | Case Law Update on Virginia Family Law for GAL | Craig Sampson | 1.25 |
| 2019 | Programs on handling high antagonism in collaborative divorce sessions | Fredericksburg Area Collaborative Professionals | 1.0 |
| 2019 | Advanced Family Law Update (law on drafting Property Settlement Agreements; support issues; custody and visitation issues) | Craig Sampson | 1.5 |
| 2019 | Advanced Family Law - legislative update on laws applying for divorce and custody and support matters | Lawrence Diehl | .75 |
| 2019 | Advanced Family Law - assisting in valuing closely held businesses in divorce discussions | Robert Raymond | 1. |
| 2019 | Advanced Family Law - Retirement issues and impact on separation of same sex partners | Julie Day | .5 |
| 2018 | UCLA Panel: What’s In It For Me? (11th VaCP) 11-12-18 | Del. David Toscano; Robert Merlin, PA; Teresa Cole, JD; and Cathleen Rea, PhD | 1.25 |
| 2018 | Support Redux: Navigating the New Tax Laws and the Emotional Challenges They Create for Spouses (and Teams) (11th VaCP) 11-12-18 | Sanford Cassel, PhD; Frank Morrison, JD; Gigi Robson, CPA, CDFA; and Paul Smollar, JD | 3.25 |
| 2017 | Trust Based Relational Intervention | Richmond County Best Practice Court Team | 6 |
| 2017 | Advanced Family Law - update on Virginia case law; update on Virginia statutes; family law issues in Mediation | Virginia CLE | 3 |
| 2016 | Client Science for Colloaborative Professionals; Client Interviewing and Decision Making through Bad News and other Legal Realities | Prof. Marjorie C. Aaron | 6 |
| 2015 | Impact of DOMA changes on Collaborative Practice | I was the instructor. | 1 |
| 2015 | Autism and a Family Divided | Kristie L. Kane, Esq. | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 2015 VaCP 8th Annual Conference | Mike Fancher, Christopher Macturk, JD, Sharon Nelson, Esq. & John Simek | 6 |
| 2014 | Understand Attachment Styles and its Application in Collaborative Divorce Cases | Yuval Berger MSW, RSW & Lisa Alexander, LL.B. | 7 |
| 2014 | Breaking Down Barriers to Support | CPTI | 6 |
| 2013 | Overcoming Barriers to Settlement | Nina Meierding, MS, JD | 7.5 |
| 2013 | FACP - Attorney Protocol Review and Revision | Susan Williams, Blanton Massey, Valerie Mayo | 1.5 |
| 2012 | VACP Collaborative Professionals - Collaborative Protocols; Roadblocks to Financial Resolutions | Paul Smollar, Jan White, Susan Butler, Debora May, Gigi Robson, Lonnie Brousaard | 6 |
| 2012 | Collaborative Conversations on Support: A Model between Fear and Fairness | Kimberly Fauss, Adele D'Ari, Lonnie Broussard, Paul Smollar | 6.5 |
| 2009 | Domestic Relations Trainings to include custody, visitation, divorce, support and property settlement and distribution | Various | 20 |
| 2008 | Domestic Relations Trainings to include custody, visitation, divorce, support and property settlement and distribution | Various | 20 |
| 2008 | Collaborative Process: Negotiation Skills, Team Communcation, & Ethical Issues | VaCP | 4 |
| 2007 | Introductory Three Day Interdisciplinary Team Training | Collaborative Divorce Team rainings | 20 |
| 2001 | Circuit Court Family Mediation - Co-designed and Taught | I was instructor | 12 |
| 2000 | Roles of Various Players in Mediation - VWAA Conference Panel | I was instructor | 1 |
| 1999 | Spousal Support and Child Support Law - Designed and Taught | I was instructor | 2 |
| 1999 | Enhancing quality and Consistency in Mediation Training Programs | Unknown | 2 |
| 1999 | Agreement Writing Training for Elementary School Peer Mediators - Designed and Taught | I was instructor | 2 |
| 1999 | Advocacy in Mediation Training - Designed and Taught for Virginia CLE | I was instructor | 1 |
| 1999 | Advancing Professionalism in Mediation | Unknown | 2 |
| 1998 | Workplace Mediation; The Elderly | Unknown | 5 |
| 1998 | GAL Role in Mediation - copresenter at Juvenile Law Seminar | I was instructor | 1 |
| 1998 | Agreement Writing Training for Mediators | I was instructor | 8 |
| 1998 | Agreement Writing Training for High School Peer Mediators - Designed and Taught | I was instructor | 2 |
| 1998 | Agreement Writing Training - Redesigned and Taught | I was instructor | 10 |
| 1997 | Virginia Judicial System Training | I was instructor | 4 |
| 1997 | Various Mediation Issues | Virginia Mediation Network | 7.5 |
| 1997 | Family Role Play Training with Ethics - Designed and Taught | I was instructor | 9 |
| 1997 | Basic Skills Training | I was instructor | 10 |
| 1997 | Agreement Memorandum/Unauthorized Practice of Law - Designed and Taught 1/2 segment | I was instructor | 5 |
| 1997 | Accountability in Community Mediation Centers - Helped design and taught | I was instructor | 1.5 |
| 1996 | Virginia Judicial System Training | I was instructor | 4 |
| 1996 | Evaluation Techniques for Meditaion - Designed and Taught | I was instructor | 4 |
| 1996 | Basic Skills Training - Coach and Evaluator | I was instructor | 10 |
| 1996 | Agreement Writing Training for Mediators - Helped Design and Taught | I was instructor | 6 |
| 1995 | Virginia Judicial System Training | I was instructor | 4 |
| 1995 | Spousal Support Training for Mediators - Designed and Taught | I was instructor | 2 |
| 1995 | Ethics in Mediation | Bambi Willis | 2 |
| 1995 | Domestic Violence Issues | Dorothy Larson & Peggy Sullivan | 4 |
| 1995 | Child Support Training for Mediators - Designed and Taught | I was instructor | 4 |
| 1995 | Child Support Training - Designed with Gary Webb of DCSE | I was instructor | 4 |
| 1995 | Basic Skills Training - Coach and Evaluator | I was instructor | 10 |
| 1995 | Advanced Mediation Skills | Dorothy Della-Noce | 8 |
| 1994 | Virginia Judicial System Training | I was instructor | 4 |
| 1994 | Basic Skills Training - Coach and Evaluator | I was instructor | 10 |
| 1993 | Virginia Judicial System Training - Designed and Taught | I was instructor | 4 |
| 1993 | In-service trainings on law and procedures for mediators | I was instructor | 4 |
| 1993 | Divorce and Family Mediation Training- Designed and Taught Training | I was instructor | 20 |
| 1993 | Basic Skills Training - Helped design and taught | I was instructor | 20 |
| 1993 | Basic Skills Training - Coach and Evaluator | I was instructor | 10 |
| 1992 | Training for Trainers | Julie Mazo | 10 |
| 1992 | Basic Skills Training - Agreement Stage; Legal Issues, Critique and Debrief | I was instructor | 10 |
| 1990 | Basic Skills Training-Legal Issues, Bias, Power Balancing | I was instructor | 10 |
| 1989 | Intermediate Training - divorce, psychology,alternatives | Charles Bethel | 7.5 |