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Hon. Sarah L. Deneke (Ret.) Joins The McCammon Group

For Immediate Release
March 31, 2025
For more information contact:
Katrina F. Jones
kjones@mccammongroup.com

The Hon. Sarah L. Deneke (Ret.) has joined The McCammon Group, a leading provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services in the mid-Atlantic.

The Honorable Sarah L. Deneke has retired after seventeen years of distinguished judicial service.  Most recently, she served thirteen years on the 15th Judicial Circuit Court with one term as Chief Judge.  Prior to that, she served four years on the General District Court. Before her judicial service, Judge Deneke enjoyed a successful career in private practice and served as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for Fairfax County and as a Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney for Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties. Among her many credentials, she is a former Faculty Member of the Virginia State Bar’s Professionalism Course and a former recipient of the Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney of the Year Award. Judge Deneke now brings this record of dedication and accomplishment to The McCammon Group to serve the mediation, arbitration, judge pro tempore, and special master needs of lawyers and litigants throughout the Commonwealth.

The McCammon Group has provided ADR services including mediation, arbitration, special master, ombuds, and judge pro tempore. It consists of eighty-three Neutrals including retired judges and practicing attorneys located throughout Virginia, DC, and Maryland. Importantly, throughout this time The McCammon Group has achieved a settlement rate of approximately 85% in its mediation work. 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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