Profile
With more than 29 years of tort litigation experience, Paul T. Hofmann is a recognized champion for those whose lives have been forever changed by serious or catastrophic injuries. He has handled hundreds of wrongful death and personal injury suits and won more than $100 million in verdicts and settlements for clients.
Although he is skilled in a wide variety of personal injury matters, Mr. Hofmann maintains a special emphasis on railroad, construction and maritime worker claims. Mr. Hofmann’s New York firm, Hofmann & Associates, is also strongly focused on providing personal and responsive client service. As Mr. Hofmann says, “Our mission is to maximize each client's recovery by thorough research, preparation and creative presentation.”
Mr. Hofmann earned his J.D. from New York Law School in 1981. He is a member of the Maritime Law Association, the American Association for Justice, the Traumatic Brain Injury Association, the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association and other legal organizations. He is also a lecturer, writer and former chair of the ATLA Admiralty Section.
About Paul Hofmann
Law School: New York Law School
Admitted: 1982, New York
Professional Webpage: www.hofmannlawfirm.com/biohofmann.shtml
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Maritime Law Association of the United States
- New Jersey Association for Justice
- New York Association for Justice
- New Jersey Bar Association
- Vice-Chairman, American Association for Justice, 1996-97
- Member, American Association for Justice
- Member, American Association for Justice, Railroad Section, 1995 - Present
- Secretary, American Association for Justice, Admiralty Section, 1995-96
- Chairman, American Association for Justice, Admiralty Section, 1997-98
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Member, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association
- Member, Traumatic Brain Injury Association
- Coacher, Warren Youth Basketball Assciation
- Legal Advisor, New Jersey Association of Rail Passengers
- Member, New Jersey Association of Rail Passengers
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Lecturer, Thoughts on the Legal Decision in the Staten Island Ferry Crash - a Plaintiff's Personal Injury Attorney's Perspective, Maritime Law Association
- Guest Lecturer, Comparative American and Scottish Civil Procedure, University of Glasgow, School of Law, 1989
- "Claims Arising on Government Vessels", ATLA Admiralty Section Newsletter, 1992
- Lecturer, "Use of Professional and Regulatory Standards to Prove Liability in Maritime Personal Injury Cases", ATLA Annual Convention, 1993
- An Analytical Framework for Maritime Preemption Cases Involving Wrongful Death Damages - The Legacy of Miles, Yamaha, Amtrack and Others, Tulane University Law School Maritime Law Journal, 1999
- Lecturer, Negotiations for Draft Hague Convention on Foreign Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments, The Hague, Netherlands, Delegate to the U.S. Committee, 1999
- Lecturer, Claims Arising on Government Vessels, ATLA Winter Convention, 2002
- Lecturer, "From Sea To Sky", A general overview of maritime personal injury claims, New Jersey - Institute for Continuing Legal Education (I.C.L.E.), 2004
- Lecturer and Paper, "The ISM Code's Applicability to, and Benefits for, Injured Maritime Claimants" AAJ Convention, 2008
- Lecture, "Is the Jones Act Dead for the Foreign Seaman? Some Current Topics in Application of the Jones Act and General Maritime Law to a Foreign Seafarer's Personal Injury Claim", New York County Lawyer's Association, 2010
Representative Clients:
- Razo v. Nordic Empress Shipping, Inc., Affd. 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 23713 (2009)
- Razo v. Nordic Empress Shipping, Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57618 (D.N.J. 2008)
- Guenther v. Sedco, Inc., 866 F.Supp. 786 (S.D.N.Y. 1994)
- Eriksen v. Long Island Lighting Co., 653 N.Y.S.2d 670 (2d Dept. 1997)
- Deisler v. McCormack Aggregates Co., 54 F.3rd 1074 (3rd Cir. 1995)
- Alvarez-Rodriquez v. Bermuda Star Lines, 898 F.2d 312 (2d Cir. 1990)
- Coppinger v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad, 861 F.2d 33 (2d Cir. 1988)
- Cammon v. City of New York, 721 N.Y.S. 2d 579 (2000)
- Olsen v. James Miller Marine Services, Inc., 16 A.D.3d 169 (1st Dept. 2005)
Educational Background:
- Rutgers University, B.A. in Communications, 1975
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