About Robert
Robert Banner built a legal foundation at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, earning his J.D. in 1988 after undergraduate study in political science and pre-law at Michigan State University. He returned to northern Michigan after law school and has practiced in the state for many years, blending courtroom work, public service, and community involvement.
After completing his legal education, Banner established himself in Michigan practice. He has served as the Public Administrator for Charlevoix County, a role that places him in the middle of local estate and administration matters. That position has kept him closely tied to county government and to the procedural aspects of probate and public administration. He is admitted to practice in Michigan and has worked on matters that touch on local governance and estate administration.
Banner’s professional life has run parallel to a long stretch of civic engagement. He has been active in the Emmet-Charlevoix Bar Association since the early 1990s and served as its president. He has also belonged to the Rotary Club of Boyne City since 1993 and served as club president. Those roles reflect a pattern: he pursues legal work while staying connected to the people and institutions that shape his region. He joined the board of Northern Community Mediation in 2016 and continues to serve there, bringing an interest in alternative dispute resolution to his work. Earlier, he served on the board of Camp Daggett from 2005 to 2010.
Colleagues and community members have encountered Banner in a number of settings. In the courtroom, he has navigated probate and administrative matters. In civic halls and on nonprofit boards, he has focused on governance and dispute resolution. He has balanced the private demands of legal practice with public roles in county administration and civic organizations.
His career reflects steady ties to northern Michigan institutions, both legal and civic. He has combined bar leadership, nonprofit board service, and a county-level public administrator role into a single professional profile. Those roles underscore an emphasis on locally grounded legal work rather than a repeated presence in large metropolitan practices.
Banner continues to practice law in Michigan and to serve Charlevoix County as Public Administrator. His current practice centers on public administration and local legal matters in Michigan.
