Val D. Hornstein
Val D. Hornstein, Esq.
Attorney
Law office of Hornstein Law, San Francisco, CAL (California), US (United States)
VanIAC Panel(s) : International Arbitration
Practice Areas : Accounting, Commercial Lease, Consumer, Corporate Commercial, Defamation, Entertainment, Financial Services, Franchise, Healthcare, Intellectual Property and Licensing, Life Sciences (Biotech, Pharma & Medical Devices), Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures, Partnership and Shareholder, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Securities, Sports, Technology, Telecommunications
Hornstein Law: Founder & Managing Attorney, San Francisco & Los Angeles, CA; 7/92 – Present. AV-Preeminent® and SuperLawyer® ranked. Firm provides business, commercial and technology law advice and counsel to a variety of clients. Specific areas of expertise include intellectual property, healthcare, licensing, strategic alliances, marketing and distribution, real estate; litigation and dispute resolution. Arbitrator and mediator.
Dispute Resolution Experience and Training- Mediator and Neutral Evaluator, U.S. District Court, NDCA (2007-present)
- Mediator, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Judge Pro Tem, Discovery Facilitator & Settlement Conf. Panelist, Marin County Superior Court
- Judge Pro Tem, San Francisco County Superior Court
- American Judicature Society, Board of Directors (former)
- Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, commercial arbitrator
- Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Chair Qualified
- Arbitrator, National Futures Association
- Arbitrator, National Center for Dispute Settlement
- Arbitrator, State Bar of California
- Arbitrator, Kaiser Permanente Office of Independent Administration
- Arbitrator, California Association of Realtors (former) Arbitrator & Mediator, CourtCall ODR certified
- State Bars of California (1988), District of Columbia (1986), New York (1985) and various Federal Courts including United States Supreme Court California Lawyers Association, Executive Committee of the Business Law Section (2018-21); officer (2019-20) Business Law Section, Business Litigation Committee (co-chair 2017-18); Internet & Privacy Law (2002-07)
- Mediator and Neutral Evaluator, U.S. District Court, NDCA (2007-present)
- Mediator, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Judge Pro Tem, Discovery Facilitator & Settlement Conf. Panelist, Marin County Superior Court
- Judge Pro Tem, San Francisco County Superior Court
- American Judicature Society, Board of Directors (former)
- Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, commercial arbitrator
- Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Chair Qualified
- Arbitrator, National Futures Association
- Arbitrator, National Center for Dispute Settlement
- Arbitrator, State Bar of California
- Arbitrator, Kaiser Permanente Office of Independent Administration
- Arbitrator, California Association of Realtors (former) Arbitrator & Mediator, CourtCall ODR certified
- Bay Area General Counsel Association (former) Bay Area Multimedia Partnership, Steering Committee and Legal & Policy Committee Co-chair (former)
- North Bay Software and Information Technology Association, Founder, Board of Directors, Secretary and General Counsel (former)
- Marin Economic Forum, Founding Board member) (former)
- Computer Law Association (former) Licensing Executives Society (former)
- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
- The Mediation Society
- California Lawyers for the Arts; Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of NYC (former)
George Washington university law school J.D., 1985
Colgate university, A.B. English, 1978 dean’s List; Varsity Baseball, Freshman Football, Rugby teams; Writer, Colgate News; London Study Grp.
Data Processing Systems Education, 1979 – 1984 programming languages: Cobol, Fortran, Algol and various others; Systems Design & Analysis: Network Design & Performance Analysis; Network Architecture; Local Area Networks; Telecommunications Systems; Database Design & Analysis; On-Line Transaction Processing
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