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Lisa W. Timmons

Lisa W. Timmons, Esq., Arbitrator and Mediator is a full-time neutral with extensive experience in labor, employment, and commercial matters. Serving as an arbitrator, mediator, hearing officer, and factfinder, she works across both public and private sectors, resolving complex workplace and business disputes. Since 1998, Timmons has also served as the Executive Director of the Mediation Tribunal Association, a non-profit agency providing ADR services for the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and several Wayne County district courts.

Holding a Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and a Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution from Wayne State University, she is licensed in Michigan and admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Timmons serves on several prestigious panels, including the American Arbitration Association (AAA), Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), the Labor Relations Connection (LRC), New Era ADR, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and many state labor boards. She is a standing arbitrator for the American Postal Workers Union and United States Postal Service and has mediated over 1,500 cases through the USPS REDRESS Program.

She is the Deputy Executive Director of Professional Resolution Experts of Michigan (PREMi), Immediate Past Chair of the ADR Section of the State Bar of Michigan (2025-2026), Co-Chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution’s Mediation Committee (2025–2026), and Neutral Co-Chair of the ABA’s State and Local Government Bargaining Employees Committee of the Labor and Employment Section (2025-2028).

Her contributions to the ADR field have been recognized with numerous honors, including being selected for the College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA) Associates Program (2024-26), the ADR Hero Award (State Bar of Michigan, 2022), the Corporate Citizen Award (Detroit Bar Association, 2021), and recognition as an “Up & Coming Lawyer” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly (2021).

As a former adjunct professor at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Timmons regularly writes and speaks on ADR topics. She is the current Editor of The Michigan Dispute Resolution Journal and a contributing author for the Michigan State Bar’s Labor and Employment Law Section. Her current scholarship focuses on AI in the workplace, early dispute resolution, and cross-border employment issues.

Timmons maintains offices in Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois and is available
for arbitration, mediation, and fact-finding services in domestic and international cases.

Contact: lisa@lisatimmonslaw.com | (313) 461-3993