Academy Member Inducted 2017
Lee Hornberger
Diplomate member
6730 Mission Ridge
Traverse City, MI 49686
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- Practice Commenced2002
- # of MEDS (as of 21/12/24)357
- # of ARBS (as of 21/12/24)300
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
Biographical
Lee Hornberger is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators.
He does video arbitrations and mediations.
The video of his Michigan Arbitration and Mediation 2022-23 Case Law Update is at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2zY1-1VKE0
The video of his Michigan Arbitration and Mediation 2021-22 Case Law Update is at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZpATRmGCcQ
He is a former Chair of the ADR Section of the State Bar of Michigan (2017-18).
He received First Tier ranking in Northern Michigan for Arbitration by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms in 2019-20. He is in The Best Lawyers of America 2018-19 for arbitration, and 2020-__ for arbitration and mediation. He is on 2016-__ Michigan Super Lawyers lists for ADR.
He has served as a Michigan Civil Rights Commission Hearing Referee; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Hearing Officer; on Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Hearing Officer list; President of the Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association; and Chair of the Traverse City Human Rights Commission. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Michigan State Bar Foundation.
He has received the Distinguished Service Award in recognition of significant contributions to the field of dispute resolution, George N. Bashara, Jr. Award for exemplary service, and Hero of ADR Awards for outstanding contribution from the State Bar of Michigan's ADR Section; is on the "Northern Michigan's A-List" of Attorneys. Traverse: Northern Michigan's Magazine (January 2009); and received Conflict Resolution Services' "Pinnacle Award," the Community Mediation Services' Certificate of Appreciation; and the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.
Case Experience
- ADA Disability
- Appellate
- Bankruptcy/Creditors
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Commercial/Business
- Condominiums
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Discrimination
- Education
- EEOC
- Employment
- ERISA
- Family Businesses
- Health Care
- Labor/Unions
- Land Use/Planning
- Landlord/Tenant
- Lemon Law
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Media & Communications
- Medical Malpractice
- Military
- Mining
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Native American
- Non-profit Organizations
- Pensions
- Personal Injury
- Police
- Postal
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Public Policy
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Securities
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Torts
- Trusts / Estates
- Wage & Hour/FMLA
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death
Education
- Wayne State University, LLM, Labor Law - 1982
- University of Michigan, School of Law - J.D. cum laude - 1968
- University of Michigan, B.A. - 1966
- Video Arbitration and Mediation Capable
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Arbitrating in the Federal Sector - 2022
- American Arbitration Association Labor Arbitrator II Training: Advanced Case Management, New York, NY - 2007
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Labor Arbitrator Training, Charleston, SC - 2006
- New York Stock Exchange, Securities Arbitrator Training, Southfield, MI - 2006
- Domestic Relations Mediation Training, Mediation Training and Consultation Institute, Ann Arbor, MI.- 2005
- American Arbitration Association, Labor Arbitrator Training.- 2006
- Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, Specialized Mediation: Handling Difficult Employment, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Cases, Malibu, CA - 2005
- American Arbitration Association, Arbitrator Training, San Antonio, TX- 2004
Memberships & Affiliations
- Member, National Academy of Arbitrators
- State Bar of Michigan (ADR Section [Immediate Past Chair, 2018-19; Chair, 2017-18; Chair, 2016-17; Chair-Elect 2015-16]; Representative Assembly (2010-16); Editor Emeritus, The Michigan Dispute Resolution Journal (2013-18); Distinguished Service Award from ADR Section in recognition of significant contributions to the field of dispute resolution. George N. Bashara, Jr. Award from ADR Section for exemplary service)
- Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association (President 2007-08)
- American Arbitration Association
- National Mediation Board
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
- Member, Grand Traverse County Board of Canvassers (2007-16)
- Traverse City Human Rights Commission (Chair 2015-16)
- Hearing Officer, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
- Hearing Officer list, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
- Professional Resolution Experts of Michigan (PREMi)
- 2016 to 2023 Michigan Super Lawyers lists for alternative dispute resolution
- The Best Lawyers of America 2018-19 for arbitration, and 2020-__ for arbitration and mediation.
- First Tier ranking in Northern Michigan for Arbitration by U.S. News -Best Lawyers Best Law Firms in 2019-20.
- Second Tier ranking in Northern Michigan for Mediation by U.S. News -Best Lawyers Best Law Firms in 2021.
- National Arbitration and Mediation
- American Bar Association
- American Bar Foundation Fellow
- Michigan State Bar Foundation Fellow
- Montana Board of Personnel Appeals roster.
- Oregon Employment Relations Board roster.
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