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Neutral ProfileWelcome! Mediation works to resolve disputes. Little Falls Mediation, located in Arlington, Virginia, is an award winning mediation practice that offers divorce and family mediation services. We also help to resolve disputes in community, workplace, and business matters. Ellice Halpern is the founder of and principal mediator at Little Falls Mediation. Ellice has evolved from working as a lawyer and lobbyist in Washington, D.C. to working as a fair, focused, competent, and experienced mediator in Northern Virginia. To date, she has mediated over 1900 private and court-referred cases, face to face and online. She is a graduate of Cornell University and Georgetown University Law Center and is licensed to practice law in the state of Maryland. She completed her general mediator training and family mediator training with Northern Virginia Mediation Service and has been certified by the Supreme Court of Virginia as a mediator since 2010.
Credentials & Institutional Standing
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Education
Georgetown University Law Center
JD · Law
Cornell University
B.A.
Work History
7 PositionsAdjunct Professor of Law
George Mason University (GMU) Antonin Scalia Law School
2017 – 2021
Taught experiential Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Mediation classes.
Mediator (Family Mediation Program)
D.C. Superior Court Multi-Door Dispute Resolution
2015 – 2019
Mediated court referred family cases.
Founder and Principal Mediator
Little Falls Mediation
2015 – Present
Mediator for divorce, family, business, and community matters.
Mediator (Small Claims Division)
D.C. Superior Court Multi-Door Dispute Resolution
2011 – 2020
Mediated court referred community cases.
Attorney and Special Assistant
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Washington Counsel
American Medical Association
Minority Counsel
U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
Counsel to the late U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Honors & Recognition
3 HonorsTop Lawyers list
Northern Virginia Magazine
2024
Best of Arlington - Best Mediator
Arlington Magazine
2022
Also awarded in 2020 and 2018
Best of the Best
Arlington Sun Gazette
2020
Also awarded in 2019, 2018, and 2016
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