Beyondconflict LLC — Virginia Hoptman & Charlie Rowan

beyondconflict llc provides fresh, effective approaches to preventing disputes and resolving complex cases. we get what’s at stake. many organizations spend millions of dollars annually on litigation, not including liability and settlement costs. damaged relationships and reputations, distracted, disengaged employees, and lost opportunities all compound the cost of disputes. litigation deprives parties of control over process and outcome. we have the experience. before litigating complex cases in private practice, virginia hoptman clerked for us supreme court justice thurgood marshall and third circuit chief judge collins j. seitz. she is a mediator for the dc circuit and district courts. before resolving high-stakes disputes for unisys corporation, charlie rowan litigated in private practice and clerked for howard corcoran, u.s. district judge for the district of columbia. charlie is a supreme court of virginia certified mediator and past chair of the adr section of the fairfax bar as