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Honorable Joseph A. Leafe
(Ret.)
The Honorable
Joseph A. Leafe (Ret.) is a mediator, facilitator and trainer. His areas of
expertise include local government, organizational disputes, contracts,
employment, real estate, corporate disputes, and professional liability. For
over three decades, Judge Leafe has helped to facilitate disputes between
opposing parties in a number of different venues.
Judge Leafe was
an outstanding lawyer with the Norfolk Firm of Wilcox & Savage from 1982 to
1998. He was a Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for eight years
beginning in 1972. He then served on the Norfolk City Council from 1980 until
1992. He served as Mayor of Norfolk from 1984-1992. Judge Leafe was appointed to
the Norfolk Circuit Court in 1998. Five years later he became the Chief Judge
and remained in that position until he retired in 2006.
Judge Leafe received his
undergraduate degree from Hampden-Sydney College and his law degree from
University of Virginia School of Law.
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