Robert J. Hoffman
Robert J. Hoffman
Robert J. Hoffman
Partner and Co-Global Practice Group Leader - Business and Commercial Disputes
Biography
Bob is a seasoned trial lawyer whose national practice is focused on resolution of commercial disputes between businesses and among business owners. He also has significant experience representing clients in cases involving allegations of wrongdoing by both customers and employees, including consumer class actions, significant individual consumer claims and claims involving restrictive covenants.
Bob is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and he has been consistently recognized by leading legal publications and organizations as a top business litigation attorney in the Midwest. He has successfully handled trial or other resolution of cases on a national basis, including dozens of first-chair jury trials in Missouri, Kansas and California.
In addition to his civil trial practice, Bob has been heavily involved in work seeking the exoneration and release of wrongfully incarcerated individuals.
Bob has served on the firmwide governing Board and he is a member of the firm's LGBTQ Global Allies Network.
Admissions
- California, 2015
- Kansas, 1994
- Missouri, 1993
- United States District Courts for the District of Kansas and Western District of Missouri
Education
University of Kansas, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1993
University of Kansas, B.A., 1990
Related Practice Areas
Business & Commercial Disputes
Real Estate
Real Estate Disputes
Corporate Occupiers & Tenants
Antitrust Class Actions
Shareholder Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions
Food, Ag & Nutrition (Class Actions)
Class Actions & Mass Torts
Financial Services
Employment Class & Collective Actions
Sports (Class Actions)
Data Privacy, Telecommunications & Collections
Toxic Tort
Banking & Finance Disputes
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Investigations
Regulation, Compliance & Advisory
Financial Institutions
Finance
Consumer Fraud
Insurance (Class Actions)
Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices (Class Actions)
Cross-border Employment Issues
Campus Free Expression
Higher Education Team
Class Actions
Employment & Labor
Experience
- Successfully defended major international bank against class action claim involving alleged conflicts of interest and breaches of fiduciary duties.
- More than 20 years of ongoing representation of a national bank in hundreds of claims involving allegations of wrongful foreclosure and wide-ranging allegations of common laws torts related to foreclosures and eviction proceedings.
- Obtained a complete defense verdict and favorable attorneys’ fee award on behalf of a commodity brokerage business facing bet-the-company allegations of anti-competitive behavior.
- Successfully resolved claims in defense of the then Governor of Missouri alleging defamation and retaliatory discharge of State employees.
- Obtained a multi-million-dollar verdict and punitive damages award on behalf of a behalf of an individual minority shareholder who was defrauded as part of a corporate squeeze out.
- Plaintiff-side prosecution of municipality’s claims against accountants and auditors for negligence in preparation and audit of financial statements resulting in multi-million-dollar settlement.
- Obtained a defense verdict for an international bank facing claims of fraud and omission in connection with the sale of allegedly contaminated real estate.
- Obtained a defense verdict for the seller of an office building against allegations of fraud and fraudulent omission in connection with the transaction.
- Successfully led the trial effort to exonerate and obtain release of an innocent person who was wrongfully incarcerated for more than 43 years.
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