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| Practice Areas | Commercial Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Construction Litigation; Real Estate Related Litigation; Mold Litigation; Trade Names; Trademark Litigation; Corporate and Business Law; Real Estate; Trust Litigation; Consumer Class Actions; Consumer Collections; Consumer Fraud; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Trial Practice | | | Education | University of Hawaii, J.D., 1998, University of Pittsburgh, B.A., 1994 | | | Admitted | 1998, Hawaii; 2002, District of Columbia | |
| Memberships | Hawaii State and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Hawaii Women Lawyers (President, 2004-2005); Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation (Board Member and Co-Chair, Grant Committee); American Judicature Society (Member, Awards Committee). | | | Born | McKeesport, Pennsylvania | | | Biography | Lane Hornfeck concentrates her practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation and real estate-related litigation. Having practiced for more than 10 years, Ms. Hornfeck has represented a variety of clients, ranging from individuals and small business owners to multi-million dollar business entities in a variety of legal matters, including business disputes, real estate litigation, trust litigation, mold litigation, construction and design defects, antitrust and consumer trade practice claims, class action litigation, collections, foreclosures, and professional malpractice defense, among others. She has experience in state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution forums. Throughout undergraduate and law school, Ms. Hornfeck received numerous merit-based scholarships and awards, including: (i) Phi Beta Kappa; (ii) Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society; (iii) Golden Key National Honor Society (President, 1993-1994); (iv) Dean's List, 1990-1994; (v) Graduation Ceremony Student Speaker; (vi) Carl K. Mirikitani Jr. Scholarship Recipient, 1996-1997; (vii) Bernard Levinson Best Constitutional Law Paper Award, 1997; (viii) Best Student Essay Award, American Planning Association, Hawaii Chapter, 1997; (ix) Baxter Awards for First Place, Best Overall Memorials In The World, 1998; and (x) Best Oralist, Third Place Award, Pacific Region, 1997, Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition. During law school, Ms. Hornfeck served as a research assistant to Real Property Professor David L. Callies and served on the Law Review as an Executive Editor of Research from 1996 to 1998. After graduation, Ms. Hornfeck served as a Law Clerk to Associate Justice Mario R. Ramil of the Supreme Court of Hawaii from 1998 to 1999 and as an adjunct professor teaching first-year legal writing (Legal Methods Seminar and Appellate Advocacy) at the William S. Richardson School of Law from 2002 to 2004. She has also served as an Editorial Board Member of the Hawaii Bar Journal from 2000 to 2007 and was selected as a Pacific Century Fellow in 2003. Ms. Hornfeck has also published the following articles: (i) The Pitfalls of Mediating and Arbitrating on the Mainland: Are You Inadvertently Committing the Unauthorized Practice of Law?, Hawaii Bar Journal, Vol. 11, No. 6, June 2007; (ii) Expert Witnesses in Trial: Views from the Bench and Beyond, Hawaii Bar Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, Feb. 2002, co-authored with Terence J. O'Toole, Esq. republished in "Giants" of the Trial Bar V: Cross Examination of Expert Witness, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, March 26, 2003; (iii) Suitum v. Tahoe Planning Agency: An Opportunity for the U.S. Supreme Court to Clarify the Williamson County Ripeness Standard, Hawai`i Planning, American Planning Association, Vol. XVIII, No. 8, August 1997; (iv) The Best Place, Inc. v. Penn America Insurance Co.: Hawaii Bad Faith Cause of Action for Insurer Misconduct, 19 U. Haw. L. Rev. 845 (1997); and (v) Commercial and Residential Lease Enforcement and Evictions, August 29, 2002, co-authored with Michael Lam, Esq. and Donald Spafford, Esq. | | | Reported Cases | Coon v. City and County of Honolulu, et al., 98 Hawai`i 233, 47 P.3d 348, (2002); Hilton Hotels Corp. v. Parnar, 117 Hawai`i 52, 175 P.3d 162, (2008) (Unpublished); Bento v. Valley Isle Motors, 114 Hawai`i 183, 158 P.3d 929, (2007) (Unpublished); Unite HERE Local 5 et al v. City and County of Honolulu et al, 2009 WL 1426752, Hawai'i App., May 22, 2009 (NO. 28602). | | | ISLN | 914856281 | |
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