Practice Groups

Construction Law

PRIMARY PRACTICE

Construction Law, Public Contract Law

EXPERIENCE

Mr. Hoffman concentrates his practice in construction law, where his clients represent the entire spectrum of those affected by design and construction, including owners, developers, contractors, material and equipment suppliers, governmental bodies, architects and engineers. He has authored books, chapters, seminar manuals, magazine features and news columns covering a multitude of issues affecting construction contracting, claims, design and project management. He speaks and lectures on these subjects as well, focusing on practical “real world” issues and solutions. Mr. Hoffman has served as an American Arbitration Association and privately selected arbitrator and mediator and is also a Registered Civil Mediator for court-appointed matters dealing with construction or design-related claims and disputes.

EDUCATION

Indiana University, B.A., 1968; Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, J.D., summa cum laude, 1974

BAR ADMISSION

Indiana, U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana, various other U.S. District Courts, Supreme Court of the United States

MEMBER

Indianapolis, Indiana and American (Public Contract Section, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; Panel of Construction Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association (Large and Complex Case Panel); Indiana Constructors, Inc.; Indiana Association of Cities and Towns; Associated Builders and Contractors of Indiana; National Underground Contractors Association; Indiana Ready Mix Concrete Association

SEMINARS

Lorman Business Center, Inc.; National Business Institute; Indiana Association of Cities and Towns; Purdue University Superintendents Conference; McGraw-Hill Construction Superconference; Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum

PUBLICATIONS

Construction Law Notes, feature column, Indiana Constructor Construction Litigation-Representing the Contractor, Wiley 1986
Fifty-State Design Professional Licensing Laws, Aspen, 1998
Public Contracts Sourcebook, CCH publication pending