Leroy W. Hofmann Esq.
Of Counsel
Location:
Phoenix, Arizona
Phone:
602-748-4391
866-476-3054 (Toll Free)
866-476-3054 (Toll Free)
Fax:
602-266-6908
E-mail:
In May, 2010, Lee Hoffman was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Maurer School of Law, Indiana University.
An accomplished trial lawyer at Plattner Verderame, Phoenix, Arizona, Mr. Hofmann has a decades-long history of mentoring young attorneys and providing pro bono legal services to Phoenix-area nonprofits. In 2000 he served as a founding member for the Arizona Lost Boys Center, an organization created to assist young men who emigrated from Sudan as refugees in the Sudanese civil war, and continues to serve as a volunteer lawyer for the organization.
Certified Legal Specialties
- Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation, Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of Arizona
Bar Admissions
- Indiana, 1958
- Arizona, 1959
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana
- J.D. - 1958
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Law Review: Indiana Law Review, 1956 - 1958
- Law Review: Indiana Law Review, Board of Editors, 1957 - 1958
- Indiana University
- B.A. - 1950
Honors and Awards
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- ABOTA, Phoenix Chapter, First Recipient, Professionalism Award, 1990
- Indiana University School of Law, Academy of Law Alumni Fellows, Inducted, 1992
- Distinguished Service Award, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, 2010 - Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- American Arbitration Association, Member
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Diplomat
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Member, Board of Governors, 1999 - 2002
- American Association for Justice (Formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America), Member
- American Association for Justice (Formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America), State Delegate, 1990
- State Bar of Arizona, Member
- Maricopa County Superior Court, Judge Pro Tem, 1996 - Present
- Arizona Association for Justice (Arizona Trial Lawyers Association), Sustaining Member
- Arizona Association for Justice (Arizona Trial Lawyers Association), President, 1988 - 1989
- Arizona Court of Appeals, Judge Pro Tem, 1985
Past Employment Positions
- United States Army, 1st Lt. Artillery, 1951 - 1953
- Arizona Supreme Court, Justice Fred Struckmeyer, Law Clerk, 1959
- Hofmann, Salcito & Stevens Law Firm, Senior Partner
Pro Bono Activities
- Member, Board of Directors, Arizona Lost Boys Center (Lost Boys of Sudan), 2000 - 2005
- Volunteer Lawyer for AZ Lost Boys, 2000 - Present
- Member, Board of Directors, Beatitudes Campus (Retirement Community), 1986 - 1988
- President, Beatitudes Campus (Retirement Community), 2000 - 2002
- Member, Board of Trustees, The Pacific School of Religion (University of California-Berkeley), 1990 - 1992
