Michael E. Ornoff:

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MEDIATION:

Certified Mediator by the Virginia Supreme Court, Department of Dispute Resolution Services

Activities:

  • Regularly serves as a volunteer mediator at the Community Mediation Center of Southeastern Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia
  • Judge, Region IV American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, Representation in Mediation Competition at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, March 3, 2007.
  • Virginia Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Joint Committee - member
  • Association for Conflict Resolution - member

EDUCATION:

Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia

  • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (1976)

T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

  • Juris Doctor (1980)
  • Member of University of Richmond Law Review (1979-1980)

EMPLOYMENT:

Mediation Solutions of Virginia, Inc., Chesapeake, VA

  • June, 2006 to present—Founded an alternative dispute resolution practice dedicated to providing a better way of solving legal, business and personal disputes.

Ornoff & Arnold, P. C., Virginia Beach, Virginia

  • January, 1997 to October, 2005—Medical Malpractice litigation for plaintiff’s and defendants, general personal injury law.

Pender & Coward, P. C., Virginia Beach, Virginia

  • January, 1994 to December, 1996—Medical Malpractice Insurance Defense

Rilee, Cantor & Russell (now Cantor, Arkema, P.C.), Richmond, Virginia

  • January, 1991 to December, 1993—Resident in the firm’s Norfolk office handling Medical Malpractice Insurance Defense

Thomas J. Harlan, Jr. & Associates, Norfolk, Virginia

  • September, 1987 to December, 1990—Medical Malpractice Insurance Defense

Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

  • September, 1982 to September, 1987—Assistant Attorney General representing Department of General Services, occasional litigation for other agencies including Department of State Police, Department of Information Technology, and Department of Personnel and Training
  • Recipient of the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award in 1987
  • Recipient of the Attorney General’s Meritorious Service Award in 1987

Taylor, Hazen, Kauffman, Lipscomb and Smith, Richmond, Virginia

  • April, 1980 to September, 1982—General Practice; Insurance Defense.

COURT ADMISSIONS:

Commonwealth of Virginia

United States Courts

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS:

1990 to 2004 - Appointed by the Attorney General of Virginia as counsel for insured persons and agencies under the Commonwealth of Virginia Medical Malpractice Self-Insurance Plan administered by the Virginia Division of Risk Management

2000 to 2004 - Appointed by the Attorney General of Virginia as counsel for insured persons and agencies under the Commonwealth of Virginia Constitutional Officers Self-Insurance Plan administered by the Virginia Division of Risk Management