credentials
Jeanne Franklin is a certified mediator in Virginia, and has been a practicing attorney since 1971, with special concentration on employment issues, the wide range of healthcare delivery issues, problems , and policy, and previously, American Indian law. When serving her clients, she has been able to put to work useful knowledge gained from her study in the field of Organization Development. Her many work experiences, as well as substantive knowledge gained in her fields of practice, have taught much about what helps people and groups identify their objectives, and productive ways to go about achieving them. In her career as a practicing attorney, she has sometimes been called upon to help clients develop large scale projects and programs as the positive development flowing from the resolution of the underlying disputes. As of August 2009, Ms Franklin focuses on the kinds of services offered through Franklin Solutions.
In addition to certification as a mediator, Ms. Franklin serves on the ADR Task Force of the American Health Lawyers Association ADR Service, where she is a mediator panelist. She is a member of the Council of the Virginia Joint Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, and is a panelist with Alexandria Community Mediation Service. Ms. Franklin works collaboratively with other professionals in the ADR community in response to specific project needs. She has been recognized by Virginia Business, in its Legal Elite ADR listing, since 2005. She has written and presented on various health law issues and uses of ADR in evolving healthcare systems and conflicts.
Education:
- Vassar College – B.A. cum laude
- University of Virginia School of Law – J.D.
- Georgetown University Certificate Program in Organization Development – Certificate
Professional Credentials:
- Certified District Court Mediator – Supreme Court of Virginia
- Licensed attorney in Virginia, District of Columbia, and New Mexico (Inactive)
- Awarded AV Rating by Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory
- Past President – the Virginia Bar Association
Professional Memberships and Activities:
- AHLA Dispute Resolution Service – Panelist
- AHLA Dispute Resolution Service Task Force
- Association for Conflict Resolution
- Virginia Joint Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution – Council Member
- American Bar Association ADR Section
- Virginia Bar Association
- Virginia State Bar
- Virginia Women Attorneys Association
- D.C. Bar Association
- Alexandria Bar Association
- Alexandria Bar Foundation - Beat The Odds Committee
- Alexandria Community Mediation - Panelist
- Health Law sections of the VBA and DC Bar Associations
- Committee on Special Issues of National and State Importance ( VBA)
Of Note:
- Virginia Business, “Legal Elite” (in ADR Category)
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation
- 2004 LSNV’s Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico Pro Bono Award
- 2005-6 Alexandria Bar Association’s Don Mela Community Service and Pro Bono Award
- 2006 Declaration of Appreciation for Volunteer Services – Lawyers Helping Lawyers
- 2009 Resolution of Appreciation for Volunteer Services – Virginia Law Foundation
Past Professional Activities:
- Board member/member:
- Virginia Bar Association
- Virginia Law Foundation
- Lawyers Helping Lawyers
- Alexandria Public Law Library
- Task Force on the Public and The Courts (Virginia Supreme Court Commission on Virginia Courts in the 21st Century)
-
Virginia State Bar Professionalism Faculty
- Chair:
- Virginia Legislative Study: HJR101 - Adverse Medical Outcomes, Disclosure and ADR Responses - Co-Chair
- Outreach Committee of VBA Community Service Program
- VBA Committee on the Needs of The Mentally Disabled
- Legislative Study on Juvenile Insanity Defense in Virginia
Interests:
Family, Gardening, Reading Biographies