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.