VAL D. HORNSTEIN
Val is a principal attorney at Hornstein Law in San Francisco and Los Angeles since 1995. The firm specializes in civil litigation and business transactions with emphases in entrepreneurship, technology & intellectual property, securities, finance, health care, real estate and entertainment law. The firm also handles products liability and significant personal injury cases.
He has developed a successful specialty in securities arbitration and litigation where he has received multiple million dollar plus awards for his Clients.. Prior to his legal career, Val was an information systems analyst with the global information technology company.
His ADR experience includes: American Arbitration Association (Arbitrator), The Mediation Society, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Arbitrator, Chair-qualified), United States District Court, Northern District of California (Mediator and Neutral Evaluator), San Francisco County and Marin County Superior Courts (Judge Pro Tem, discovery facilitator & settlement conference panelist), State Bar of California (Arbitrator), California Association of Realtors (Arbitrator), National Futures Association (Arbitrator), National Center for Dispute Settlement (Arbitrator), CourtCall ODR (Arbitrator & Mediator), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Mediator), Kaiser Health System (Arbitrator), Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (Arbitrator).
Val's many professional affiliations have included: American Judicature Society (former Board member), Bay Area General Counsel Association (former), Executive Committee of the California Lawyers Association, Business Law Section (advisor); State Bar of California Business Law Section, Business Litigation Committee (former co-chair) and Internet & Privacy Law; Adjunct Professor Graduate School of Business and International Studies Dominican University (former); Marin Economic Forum (founding Board member), North Bay Software and Information Technology Association (co-founder and Board member), Bay Area Multimedia Partnership (founding member, Law & Public Policy Committee co-chair).
He has written for, been quoted in or interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Examiner, Marin Independent Journal, SofTech News, Wired News, The Site and National Public Radio.
Val holds degrees from Colgate University (A.B.) and George Washington University Law School (J.D.). He is a member of the Bar of the States of California, the District of Columbia and New York and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Val is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale Hubbell - a testament to the fact that his peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence and has earned him the highest rating available for for both legal ability and professional ethics
He has developed a successful specialty in securities arbitration and litigation where he has received multiple million dollar plus awards for his Clients.. Prior to his legal career, Val was an information systems analyst with the global information technology company.
His ADR experience includes: American Arbitration Association (Arbitrator), The Mediation Society, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Arbitrator, Chair-qualified), United States District Court, Northern District of California (Mediator and Neutral Evaluator), San Francisco County and Marin County Superior Courts (Judge Pro Tem, discovery facilitator & settlement conference panelist), State Bar of California (Arbitrator), California Association of Realtors (Arbitrator), National Futures Association (Arbitrator), National Center for Dispute Settlement (Arbitrator), CourtCall ODR (Arbitrator & Mediator), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Mediator), Kaiser Health System (Arbitrator), Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (Arbitrator).
Val's many professional affiliations have included: American Judicature Society (former Board member), Bay Area General Counsel Association (former), Executive Committee of the California Lawyers Association, Business Law Section (advisor); State Bar of California Business Law Section, Business Litigation Committee (former co-chair) and Internet & Privacy Law; Adjunct Professor Graduate School of Business and International Studies Dominican University (former); Marin Economic Forum (founding Board member), North Bay Software and Information Technology Association (co-founder and Board member), Bay Area Multimedia Partnership (founding member, Law & Public Policy Committee co-chair).
He has written for, been quoted in or interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Examiner, Marin Independent Journal, SofTech News, Wired News, The Site and National Public Radio.
Val holds degrees from Colgate University (A.B.) and George Washington University Law School (J.D.). He is a member of the Bar of the States of California, the District of Columbia and New York and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Val is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale Hubbell - a testament to the fact that his peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence and has earned him the highest rating available for for both legal ability and professional ethics