342 South Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 Phone: 540-433-2444, Fax: 540-433-3916

Lawrence H. Hoover, Jr.

Telephone:  (540) 437-2243
Fax:  (540) 433-9702
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Larry Hoover was the 2005 recipient of the Tradition of Excellence Award presented annually by the General Practice Section of the Virginia State Bar to recognize “an outstanding lawyer who embodies the highest tradition of personal and professional excellence in Virginia.”

Often referred to as the “Father of Mediation in Virginia, Larry was awarded the Virginia ADR Founder Award in 2004. Now Of Counsel to the Firm, Larry maintains an active practice in mediation and collaborative law along with a part time general practice, teaches alternative dispute resolution to law students and is actively involved in many community activities.

Education   Hampden-Sydney College (A.B. 1956, magna cum laude, phi beta kappa); University of Virginia (J.D. 1959, Order of Coif, Virginia Law Review).

Experience  Certified general, family, circuit civil mediator, trainer and teacher of certified mediation training programs, Supreme Court of Virginia; Certified Enneagram Teacher in the Narrative Tradition; Member, McCammon Group, Richmond, Member, Virginia Supreme Court Advisory Committees on Mediation and the Unauthorized Practice of Law, Mediator Ethics and Mediation Legislation; Lifetime Achievement Award, Office of Executive Secretary, Virginia Supreme Court, ADR Visioning Conference, 2001; Member, Task Force to Develop Standards for Community Justice Centers, National Institute for Dispute Resolution, 1989-91; Member, Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)(Formerly SPIDR); Board Member, Virginia ACR Chapter, Board of Directors 1998-2001; Member, Virginia Mediation Network; Presenter, National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution 1986-1999; Presenter, Advocacy in Mediation programs, Supreme Court of Virginia, Department of Dispute Resolution and Virginia CLE programs; Trainer, Member, Task Force on Developing Training Materials for Transformative Mediation; Trainer, U.S. Postal Service REDRESS Program.

Community and Civic   Founding member, Steering Committee, Restorative Justice Initiative; Founding member and Past President, The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg /Rockingham; Past Chairman, Board of Reference, Institute for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University; Chairman, Advisory Board, Honors Program, James Madison University; Past Chair, Board of Trustees, American Shakespeare Center; Founding member, Past President, Board of Directors, Gemeinschaft Home (transition facility for ex-offenders).

Professional Associations Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Virginia Law Foundation. Member of the Virginia State Bar, Virginia Bar Association, American Bar Association and Harrisonburg-Rockingham Bar Association (Past President); Past Chairman, of the VBA/VSB Joint Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.