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Frank H. Menaker, Esq. Joins The McCammon Group

For Immediate Release
May 1, 2010
For more information contact:
Rich Huffman
Direct Dial: (804) 433-2242

Frank H. Menaker, a distinguished counselor and bar leader, has joined The McCammon Group, a leading provider of mediation, arbitration, and related dispute resolution services in the mid-Atlantic.

Mr. Menaker is currently Of Counsel at DLA Piper’s DC office where his law practice focuses on internal investigations, corporate governance, and regulatory practice.  Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Lockheed Martin Corporation.

He is a past President of the Washington Metro Area Corporate Counsel Association, a former Chair of the ABA Public Contracts Law Section, and a former Chairman of the Working Group of the Defense Industry Initiative that led to the establishment of corporate principles for business ethics and conduct.

In 2008, Mr. Menaker was listed as one of Legal Times’ “Visionaries.”  He also serves as a member on the Dean’s Advisory Council for Washington College of Law at American University.

Mr. Menaker will continue his law practice with DLA Piper, but now also lends his experience to The McCammon Group as he serves the mediation, arbitration, and facilitation needs of lawyers and litigants involved in mergers and acquisitions, government contracts, employment, and other complex commercial disputes.

Mr. Menaker joins the other professionals of The McCammon Group’s Washington, DC Panel:

Donald T. Bucklin, Esq. – Past President of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Geoff A. Drucker, Esq. – Past Chief Counsel of the Dispute, Resolution and Prevention at the USPS
Robert J. Grey, Jr., Esq. – Past President of the American Bar Association
Hon. Walter D. Kelley, Jr. – Former Judge of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of VA
Hon. Rufus G. King, III (Ret.) – Retired Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Hon. Warren R. King (Ret.) – Retired Judge of the DC Court of Appeals
Stanton T. Lawrence, III, Esq. – Life Sciences Intellectual Property Neutral
Willie L. Leftwich, Esq. – Legal, Business and Civic Leader
Frank H. Menaker, Esq. – Former Senior VP and GC of Lockheed Martin Corporation
Alexia Morrison, Esq. – Former Chief Litigation Counsel of the SEC
Hon. William C. Pryor (Ret.) – Former Chief Judge of the DC Court of Appeals
Daniel E. Toomey, Esq. – Construction, Surety, and General Commercial Neutral
Robert P. Watkins, Esq. – Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Charles R. Work, Esq. – Past President, DC Bar

The McCammon Group provides alternative dispute resolution services (ADR) including mediation, arbitration, neutral evaluation, special master, private judging, as well as related facilitation, training, and consulting services.  It consists of seventy-five professionals including retired judges and practicing attorneys located throughout Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.  Since its founding in 1995, The McCammon Group has handled more than 11,000 disputes, with a mediation settlement rate of approximately 85%.  The McCammon Group is committed to the proposition that ADR processes provide individuals, as well as public and private entities, with many substantial benefits including effective and prompt resolution of disputes, self determination, cost savings, timeliness, flexibility, and confidentiality.

For more information, please visit www.mccammongroup.com.

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