About Us
Lisa W. Timmons, Esq.
Lisa W. Timmons, the chair-elect of the ADR Section of the Michigan State Bar, is an arbitrator and mediator of labor and employment, consumer, probate, domestic relations, and real estate cases. Timmons is a member of PREMi, an invitation only association of attorneys dedicated to ADR across a broad range of industries, and serves as an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association (AAA) on its employment, commercial, and consumer panels.
For over 25 years, Timmons has served as the Executive Director of the Mediation Tribunal Association (MTA). The MTA is a nonprofit agency that provides court-ordered case evaluation for Wayne County Circuit Court and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, making it the largest provider of court-mandated alternative dispute resolution services in Michigan.
Timmons earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Michigan State University, a Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution from Wayne State University, a Juris Doctor from Detroit Mercy Law, and is a Michigan licensed real estate broker.
Timmons was named an Up-and-Coming Lawyer in 2021 by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, and received the ADR Hero Award in 2022 from the ADR Section of the Michigan State Bar. She is on the board of the Detroit Bar Association and the Wolverine Bar Association, chair of the ADR Section of the Wolverine Bar, and co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Action Team of the ADR Section of the Michigan State Bar. Timmons maintains memberships with ArbitralWomen, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) in its National, SoCal, Central and Northeast Ohio, Oregon, New Jersey, Houston, and Detroit regions, Oakland County Bar Association, the Labor Guild, and the Society of Federal Labor and Employee Relations Professionals.
Neutral Experience
Permanent Panels
- APWU and USPS, Detroit District Central Area (regular and expedited, arbitrator)
Private Panels
- American Arbitration Association (AAA), arbitrator and mediator (employment, commercial, and consumer panels)
- New Era ADR
- National Arbitration and Mediation, Inc. (NAM)
- Academy of Court-Appointed Neutrals (ACAN)
- PREMi, (Professional Resolution Experts of Michigan, LLC)
- CAP-Motors (Consumer Arbitration Program for Motor Vehicles)
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), arbitrator
- American Health Law Association (AHLA), arbitrator
Federal, State, Judicial Boards & Panels
- Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC), arbitrator
- Iowa Public Employment Relations Board, arbitrator
- Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission, arbitrator
- Montana Board of Personnel Appeals. arbitrator
- Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), arbitrator
- Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations (resolution officer)
- Nevada Local Government Employee Management Relations Board (arbitrator/mediator/fact-finder)
- Mediator, Pro Se Prisoner Mediation Program, U.S. District Court, MI Eastern District
- Mediator, Oakland County Circuit and Business Court Discovery Mediation
Training
- Early Dispute Resolution, AAA and EDR Institute, November 2023
- General Civil Mediation
- Domestic Relations Mediation
- Labor Arbitration, FMCS
- Arbitration, AAA and FINRA
- Transformative Mediation, USPS
- ICLE, Probate & Estate Planning Certificate
- ICLE, Custody, Parenting Time, and Support Through Judgment Certificate
- ICLE, Family Law Certificate
Memberships
- State Bar of Michigan, Attorney
- US District Court, Eastern Michigan, Attorney
- Detroit Bar, Board of Directors, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- ADR Section, State Bar of Michigan, ADR Council, Chair-Elect (2024-2025), Co-chair Diversity and Inclusion Action Team
- LERA, National and Local Chapters
- Wolverine Bar Association, Board of Directors, Chair of ADR Section
- Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
- American Bar Association
- Oakland County Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association, Eastern MI District
- ArbitralWomen
- The Labor Guild
- Society of Federal Labor and Employee Relations Professionals
Welcome
Lisa W. Timmons, PLLC
Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator, Fact-Finder
Labor, Employment, and Commercial Disputes